Table Mountain “Golden Trail” route still “padlocked”
Leading trail and mountain athlete, Meg Mackenzie, scorched a 30 km route on Saturday (July 4) in a run planned to open the ‘Strava Segment’ for a much anticipated Golden Ticket challenge on Cape Town's Table Mountain - before...
South African trail runners chasing Golden Tickets
Table Mountain, one of the continent’s most iconic landmarks, holds the fate of South Africa’s top trail athletes hoping to win a Golden Ticket and a trip of a lifetime to the Azores. Top runners will be vying for...
Cape Town Marathon off, huge virtual event on – organisers
Organisers have finally confirmed what the running community has anticipated for months - that the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2020 event is cancelled. However, the confirmation will give fresh impetus to the unique and equally anticipated virtual event.
The continent’s...
Trail running’s Golden Ticket
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a classic children's book by Roald Dahl, loved by children around the world, in large part due to the excitement created by a contest to win a “golden ticket” which would entitle the...
“Comrades” – at 99, the world’s greatest ultra-marathon, now virtual, too
Over 40 000 runners from around the world participated in Sunday's (June 14) virtual Comrades Marathon, celebrating it’s 99th year remotely, away from the iconic 90 km route between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The massive participation underlined the race's status as the...
Virtual sports – cycling’s rise
Participatory virtual sports apps have gone all-in during the coronavirus pandemic. They have been marketing heavily and engaging with an ever-growing number of real-world events. As with delivery apps, virtual meetings apps, streaming sites and to a lesser extent...
Cape Town, Lagos marathons innovate to stay tops
Africa's top marathons - the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon and the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon - are both responding positively to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 virus, ensuring their events don’t lose traction during lockdown curtailments.
The two...
Eliud Kipchoge, in support of virtual Lewa Safari Marathon, shows star pulling-power.
Whenever Eliud Kipchoge runs, the world takes notice, affording the Kenyan athlete similar status to that given to Roger Bannister after the English doctor had broken through the four-minute mile barrier at Oxford in 1954.The only human to have...
Trouble with the Comrades
OPEN LETTER TO COMRADES RUNNERS
DearComrades Marathon Runner,
Much has transpired in the six weeks since I last addressed you on 6 April regarding the then- uncertainty as to the status of the 2020 Comrades Marathon, since which the race was...
Breaking new ground, Cape Town Marathon goes virtual
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2020 will go ahead and will host runners from all corners of the planet, according to the organisers - but with one major caveat: the race will be offered in virtual form.
Cape Town Marathon...