Sensational Toni McCann delivers world-beating performance at the Otter
Toni McCann took trail running in South Africa to a new level with a remarkable record-breaking performance at the Otter African Trail ‘Retto’ Run, powered by Easy Equities, over the weekend (Saturday 8 October), while Johardt van Heerden became the...
How to form a winning partnership – UTCT and Table Mountain National Park
By Stephen Granger
Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) Manager Frans van Rooyen has been unstinting in his praise for the recent Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT), suggesting that the event’s partnership with the people who look after the city’s huge tourist...
Its a Kyle double as Bucklow and Nortje top the table at Muizenberg
Kyle Bucklow flourished as several of his potential rivals defaulted, leaving the Fish Hoek road and trail athlete to romp to victory in the Muizenberg Trail 20km this morning (Saturday 13 May) while Lisa Geffen (nee Pringle) upgraded her...
‘Big Guns’ in Southern African road running set to turn out in Cape Town...
by Stephen Granger
The count-down has begun for the 2022 OUTsurance Gun Run. Only hours remain before the Gun Run 15km Trail Run gets underway on Table Mountain (Saturday 17 September) as a prelude to the ‘big shot’ racing over...
‘Special’ wins for Kyle, Marion
by Stephen Granger
Kyle Bucklow put his COVID woes behind him to race to an impressive victory at the Special Edition 25km on Table Mountain this morning (Saturday 28 May), while German athlete Marion Leiberich won the women’s competition after...
Ryan Sandes ‘Dream Race’ attracts top-quality field to Table Mountain
by Stephen Granger
Martin Luther King’s ‘I had a dream’ speech in Washington DC in 1963 was a catalyst for a mass march for freedom and the establishment of the American civil rights movement. Sixty years later South Africa’s best...
Trail athletes to tackle ‘the Kilimanjaro of Western Cape’
by Stephen Granger
It’s time to run high once again, with mountain-running junkies heading out to the wine centre of Robertson this weekend (Saturday 6 August) for the Langeberg Skyrace in the Dassieshoek Nature Reserve.
While Table Mountain National Park includes...
The future looks bright for trail as the sun sets on the 2022 Otter...
The sun has set and the dust is settling on the 2022 Otter African Trail ‘Retto’ Run, powered by Easy Equities, which many acclaim as the ‘best-ever’ in the long line of successful ‘Otters’ since the inception of the...
Reilly flies high in the George Mountains
by Stephen Granger
Brand-new father, Kane Reilly, delivered the performance of the day with a superb solo-effort record-breaking win in the Discovery George Mountain Ultra Trail 60km this weekend which saw four records broken and two inaugural champions crowned in...
The ‘Matty Fish’ to swim again at the Otter African Trail Run
While the build-up to the 14th edition of the African Otter Trail Run, powered by Easy Equities (Thursday and Saturday 6 and 8 October), will largely focus on South Africa’s leading trail athletes and who will line up in...