Saturday, April 19, 2025

Trail Running

Mice or men on Muizenberg Mountain?

Some believe Muizenberg had its origins in the direct translation from the Dutch, ‘Mice Mountain’, but it will be anything but mice who will be in action in tomorrow’s Triple Crown opener, the Muizenberg Trail 20km. Siviwe Nkombi - looking...

Great season opener for Toni at La Palma

South African trail athlete, Toni McCann, raced to an emotional season-opening victory at the Transvulcania by UTMB ‘Volcanes’ 48 km on the Spanish island of La Palma yesterday morning (6 May), with another South African, Meg Mackenzie, finishing strongly...

Trail history as South African team announced for World Championships

In a major step forward for trail and mountain running in South Africa, Athletics South Africa (ASA) have announced the names of sixteen trail athletes to take part in the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, which are scheduled...

Stunning landscapes, farming hospitality and intense competition at Ultra-trail Drakensberg

New champions were crowned, dreams fulfilled and hearts broken as the traditional ringing of the cow-bells by the 100 miler finishers signalled the close of the sixth edition of the Ultra-trail Drakensberg (UTD) at the Premier Resort Sani Pass...

Fireworks at Ultra-trail Drakensberg as top trail athletes battle for honours

Johardt van Heerden showed why he is rated South Africa’s leading trail athlete with an emphatic victory in the 21km race (DRJ21) at Ultra-trail Drakensberg yesterday while at the other end of the distance spectrum a surprised Ross Lutsch...

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...

AFRICANX TRAILRUN glory for debutants in a sunny finale

Underson Ngube and John April (Team Ride Along 2), Julia Jansen van Rensburg and Alexa Rack (Team Nam Power) and Stuart Marais and Kerry-Anne Marshall (Team New Balance #WeGotNow) were crowned 2023 PICKLE JUICE AFRICANX TRAILRUN champions after a...

It’s anyone’s game as seconds separate top teams in thrilling contest at AFRICANX TRAILRUN

Somerset West runners, Hakeem Smith and Lovemo Nyaude (Team HTRCrew Trail Taxi), upset the form book when they took line honours in the 34km second stage of the Pickle Juice AFRICANX TRAILRUN this morning (Saturday 18 March), while strong-running...

Ostrich-country duo fly to victory on first day of AFRICANX TRAILRUN

Outshoorn is known for its ostriches, one of the fastest creatures across the land. And feathers and dust were all that their rivals saw of Oudtshoorn-based athletes, Underson Ncube and John April (Team Ride Along 2), in the final...

Trail legends AJ and Bernie back for more AFRICANX glory

AFRICANX multiple-winner AJ Calitz is back once again with his renowned ‘trail buddy’ Bernard Rukadza to compete in the PICKLE JUICE AFRICANX TRAILRUN 3-Day Stage Race, starting tomorrow. The two legends of trail running have won the title on...