Running’s role championing conservation
By Stephen Granger
The environment and trail running are two sides of the same coin and while challenges remain to be solved, the partnership between SANParks and the trail-running community in South Africa is strengthening conservation and becoming a global...
Kenyans bring their music to the CAPE TOWN 12km
By Stephen Granger
Cape Town’s Central Business District came alive at the Absa CAPE TOWN 12km CITYRUN this morning (Sunday 22 November) with world-class Kenyan athletes Daniel Ebenyo and Jesca Chelangat scooping the big prizes.
From the Heerengracht, up Adderley, through...
Africans hold their own in weekend ultra trail outings
by Stephen Granger
African interest in ultra-trail running centred on the Southern Drakensberg Mountains in the NE Cape and on the Atlantic Ocean island of Madeira over the weekend, with Simon Tshabalala and Ryan Sandes achieving notable results.
Simon Tshabalala...
CITYRUN brings a party mood back to the mother city
By Stephen Granger
The colours have changed to red to reflect the new sponsor and the race name has been tweaked, but the excitement, 'gees' and sporting excellence which characterised the popular ‘Onerun’ in recent years and brought a world...
Cowboys head internationals at UTCT
by Stephen Granger
Cape Town, South Africa is a long way from cowboy territory.
Jim Walmsley is the best-known of a group of runners raised in Arizona, USA, who once called themselves the "Coconino Cowboys" after the second-largest county in the...
Morocco’s Elazzaoui ends the season on a “vertical” high
Leading Moroccan trail athlete, Elhousine Elazzaoui ended his season on a high with victory on Saturday 30 October in a vertical kilometre (VK) race and a second position in the final SkyRace of the year in Italy.
The Limone Extreme...
Mashele claims Durban 10k, Kavanah wins womens’
Precious ‘Machine’ Mashele defended his national title and rising star, Tayla Kavanagh won her first senior title at the inaugural Absa Durban 10K CITYRUN incorporating the ASA 10km National Championships in Ethekwini on Sunday 31 October.
As was the case...
Does the end of an historic rivalry mark a new era for these two...
Two of South Africa's greatest sporting names - and long-standing rivals - have joined forces in a bid to create a mentorship program that they hope will put young African athletes from less privileged backgrounds on the international map.
By...
Running the Sky on cloud nine – a South African trail athlete in Europe
By Stephen Granger
Still on ‘Cloud Nine’ after the ‘best, happiest and strongest run of my life’, East London-born University of Cape Town chemical engineering graduate, Bianca Tarboton, takes on some of the world’s best trail athletes in Italy in...
Mokoka masterclass, flying debut for Simiyu at the 2021 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
By Stephen Granger
Stephen Mokoka handed down a masterclass of marathon running to some of the continent’s best athletes, racing away to his second victory in the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in cold, wet conditions in Africa’s ‘Mother City’.
Kenyan marathon...