uKhahlambha hosts the Southern Africa’s top trail athletes at Ultra-trail Drakensberg mountain extravaganza
All trails lead to the Underberg region of the Drakensberg this weekend (28-30 April), as the country’s leading trail and mountain runners make the journey to race HQ at Premier Resort Sani Pass for the sixth edition of Ultra-trail...
Sunset promenade fun for road runners as Green Point Lighthouse points the way
Andre Afrika and Bianca Tarboton were the cream of the crop at the Crazy Store Lighthouse 10km this week as over a thousand runners made use of perfect late afternoon conditions to enjoy an out and back run along...
Simon stars in Southern Drakensberg at the K-Way Skyrun
By Kelly Burke and Stephen Granger
Despite a slippery, overgrown course from heavy rainfalls in the area, Simon Tshabalala, showed once again why he is one of the leading mountain runners in South Africa, by taking the 100km 2022 K-Way...
Brandon and Michelle are Maxi Race royalty in storm-affected race
George athlete, Brandon Hulley, overcame some of the toughest trail conditions in the business, to win his first major career title at the K-Way Maxi Race Cape Winelands 75km, presented by Banhoek Chilli Oil, at Stellenbosch over the weekend...
The heat is on – rising temperatures could be decisive in the 16th Otter...
It’s not known as the Grail of Trail for nothing and tomorrow’s Otter TERREX Trail, presented by EasyEquities, promises to live up to this sobriquet and even surpass its heady triumphs of the past.
Over the past decade, top trail...
It’s a red letter day as running’s elite and Cape Town’s city runners prepare...
Two years ago Stillwater Sports CEO Michael Meyer spoke of his vision of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY 10km series becoming the best road running series in the world. Sunday’s Absa RUN YOUR CITY CAPE TOWN 10km is likely...
UTCT pulls international favourites
By Stephen Granger
Americans Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dauwalter are the best in the world when it comes to Ultra-trail racing right now and the two are strong favourites to win the 7th Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT) 100km tomorrow (Saturday 28...
Warriors on Wheels
By Stephen Granger
Nura Mohamed, 17, could be the envy of her peers. The young woman has already travelled to twelve countries with her family and enjoyed many adventures at home and abroad including completing the 2018 Cape Town Cycle...
Running – South Africa gears up at the weekend
This weekend sees the launch of the Western Cape 2021 Discovery Vitality Virtual Run Series with the running of the Firgrove Half Marathon. A second leg in the series will be run in three week's time.
The Spartan-Harriers–organised event, along...
A Kenyan triumph as Koech and Obiri tough it out to win at the...
Kenyan athletes Benard Koech and Hellen Obiri were crowned champions at the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Half Marathon in the northern UAE emirate this morning after an hour’s intense racing, but weather anomalies kyboshed record attempts on one of...