It’s TERREX time at Ultra-trail Cape Town – and they mean business
With Africa’s most prestigious trail race, Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT), less than a week away, a closely-knit group of talented trail athletes with a global reach have made their presence felt in South Africa’s ‘Mother City’ in recent weeks.
The decision...
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...
Ugandan and Kenyan athletes plunder medals at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships...
Ugandan athletes reigned supreme in the mountain running ‘Up and Down’ race on the final day (Sunday 6 November) of the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships at the Thailand resort of Chiang Mai, taking top honours in both...
Golden trails lead to Madeira for season climax
It’s showtime for trail running as the world’s top marathon-distance trail athletes fly into Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese Island of Madeira, to take part in this week’s Golden Trail Series Grand Final at the Madeira Ocean&Trails® Stage...
Kane Reilly races to record-breaking win at Cape Town Trail Marathon
Kane Reilly turned the tables on long-time rival, Johardt van Heerden, racing to a record-breaking victory at the Cape Town Trail Marathon by Ryan Sandes, while Landie Greyling took the women’s title after a race-long battle with close rival...
‘Hoerikwagga’ to host leading trail athletes in top trail marathon tomorrow
Tomorrow’s Cape Town Trail Marathon (Saturday 15 October) fulfils the dream by race founder, Ryan Sandes, in showcasing the ‘Mother City’s’ trails to the world and is shaping up to be another rich chapter of high-profile trail racing in...
Mountain runners to fly high in first Vertical Kilometre challenge
Running-related competitions, whether on track, road, cross-country or trail, typically take place over distances measured horizontally on the earth’s surface. The commencement today (Thursday 13 October) of Sanlam Cape Town Marathon’s weekend of running, however, sees a footrace measured...
Ryder and Odendaal overcome challenges to triumph at the K-Way MaxiRace Cape Winelands
Thirty-eight-year old transport logistics operator come KZN berry farmer, Douglas Pickard, raced to another high-profile ultra-trail victory in the 120km K-Way MaxiRace Cape Winelands presented by Banhoek Chilli Oil in association with Yenn Health and On Running in Stellenbosch over...
Kanyimo upsets Tshabalala in the Witteberg Mountains
by SPNA / Kelly Burke
Perfect weather conditions made for an exciting race at the 2022 K-Way SA 4 Peaks 24km Mountain Challenge over the weekend (Saturday 17 Sept), with fast-improving in-form Johannesburg athlete, Collin Kanyimo, taking line honours in...
It’s time for Africa – Kenyan-power at Sierre-Zinal
by Stephen Granger
Kenyan distance runners, Mark Kangogo and Esther Chesang broke the chain of European and American dominance in trail running today (Saturday 13 August) with emphatic victories in one of the world’s premier trail races, Sierre-Zinal, in Switzerland,...