Gijima – a global impact movie on how running changed a South African’s life
by Stephen Granger
Sinovuyo Ngcobo is not a name widely known in running circles, but a dramatic short film on his life is set to change that. ‘Gijima’, which translates from Zulu into ‘swift runner’, premiers on Saturday June 11...
Cape Town could become Ultra-trail’s 2020 showcase
“This time for Africa” sang Shakhira, celebrating the arrival of one of the world’s biggest sporting events on the African continent – the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Chances are that Nic Bornman and Stuart McConnachie, organisers of South Africa’s...
Otter African Trail Run earns prestigious SANParks award
The Otter African Trail Run has walked off with a prestigious ‘Kudu Award’ at the annual South African National Parks awards ceremony in Johannesburg this week, with the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park, through which the...
Sandes leads “epic” UTD, Sekhuthe in second
Ryan Sandes held the lead at the halfway stage of the Ultra-trail Drakensberg 100 miler on Friday (April 23), after the race moved from the Sani Pass border post into Lesotho in freezing conditions.
Sandes showed just why he is...
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...
Team Salomon double at the Olla de Nuria
by Stephen Granger
Norwegian Stian Angermund bounced back to his best form to win the Golden Trail World Series opener at Olla de Nuria in the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain on Sunday (June 13, 2021).
Golden Trail Champion, Maude Mathys, made...
AFRICANX RESULTS
RESULTS: THIRSTI AFRICANX Trailrun
STAGE 1Date: Friday 26 March 2021Distance: +-24km / total climb 650mStart Venue: Paul Cluver Wine EstateFinish Venue: Houw Hoek Hotel
TOP 10 OPEN CATEGORY: STAGE 1OPEN MEN’S TEAMS:1 Juan Van Deventer and Eric Ngubane (Nedbank 1) 01:32:10,...
It’s the Robbie and Landie show in the Ultra-trail Cape Town pipe-opener
31-year-old Scottish athlete Robbie Simpson raced to an emphatic victory at the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town Peninsula Traverse 55 km (PT55) in windy conditions this morning (Friday 24 November), while Stellenbosch athlete Landie Greyling won the women’s race following...
Far from African shores: The Azores hosts Golden Trail Championship
The Azores islands in the north Atlantic are dramatic. From fishing villages to green pastures and hedgerows of blue hydrangeas, lake-filled volcanic calderas and terraced tea plantations, they offer an almost bewildering array of views and terrain. One island,...
World trail athletes aiming for the Top of the Table in RMB Ultra-trail Cape...
by Stephen Granger
The eyes of the trail world will be focused on the southern tip of Africa this weekend as the RMB Ultra-Trail Cape Town (UTCT) hosts athletes from all continents, participating in the 10th running of Africa’s top...