Daniel Claassen races to top five position in Chamonix
Cape Town trail athlete, Daniel Claassen, got South Africa’s challenge at Ultra-trail Mont Blanc of to an impressive start yesterday (26 August) when he finished fifth in the 152km TDS race – the first non-French athlete home in the...
Cape Town wins bid to host the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Championships
In a ground-breaking announcement by World Athletics, Cape Town has been named as the host for the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships – the first time the event has been awarded to Africa and the second time...
Kenya power to the fore at Golden Trail World Series climax at Sierra Zinal
Kenyan athletes have dominated world distance running in track, cross-country and road in recent decades and are fast moving to challenge Europe and the USA’s dominance in trail and mountain running following their success in the world’s most competitive...
‘Whale’ of a time for Kyle and Simone at De Hoop
Kyle Bucklow and Simone Malan raced to memorable victories in the 10th Merrell Whale of Trail, supported by PSG Wealth and Cape Nature, run over 53 testing kilometres in near-perfect conditions at the De Hoop Nature Reserve at the...
Two Oceans Trail is back as evergreen Nicholas Rupanga eyes a podium position
The Miwaylife Two Oceans Trail Races open the 2025 Two Oceans weekend tomorrow morning (Friday 4 April) with the traditional ‘long’ and ‘short’ trail races taking place on and around the slopes of Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain.
The Two...
Underson and Marion on point at Pass to Pass Ultra-trail
Underson Ncube and Marion Leiberich produced the performances of the day at the Pass to Pass Ultra-Trail presented by Hoka, while Zimbabwe-born Admire Muzopambwa won the gruelling ‘Hundred’ in one of South Africa’s most testing ultra-trail challenges.
Now in its...
SA’s Bianca Tarboton races to memorable trail victory Down Under
Otter TERREX Trail champions, Bianca Tarboton and Robbie Simpson, turned in top performances at the Tarawera Ultra-trail by UTMB, run from New Zealand’s North Island centre of Rotorua this weekend (Saturday 15 February), with kiwi athletes Ruth Croft and...
Otter’s champions set to take on New Zealand’s best at Tarawera
Current Otter TERREX Trail Champions, Robbie Simpson and Bianca Tarboton, take on a strong international line-up at Tarawera Ultra-trail by UTMB, New Zealand’s most important trail event, this weekend.
South Africa’s premier trail marathon, ‘the Otter’, which takes place in...
Three from Africa set for trail action Down Under at Tarawera
Three of South Africa’s best-known women trail athletes will line up at the start of New Zealand’s biggest trail race - the 16th Tarawera Ultra-trail by UTMB, facing challenges of sporting excellence and embracing powerful life experiences through connecting...
Elhousine and Katie rule as Africa features strongly in Trail Runners of the Year...
Elhousine Elazzaoui and Katie Schide have been named Trail Runners of the Year (TROY) for 2024, following a global poll of trail running experts from around the world, coordinated by Freetrail, a USA-based trail-running organisation.
The “Flying Camel”, as the...