Otters dazzle at Storm’s River as Van Heerden and McCann top the prologue table
Johardt van Heerden (19:48) and Toni McCann (21:49) ran the fastest times at today’s (Friday 7 October) prologue to the 2022 Otter African Trail ‘Retto’ Run, powered by Easy Equities, at Storm’s River as the race atmosphere continued to...
It’s Otter time as top trail athletes gather in the Tsitsikamma
Not for nothing is the Otter African Trail Run, powered by Easy Equities, known as the Grail of Trail and on Saturday (8 October) many of the country’s leading trail exponents will again be tackling the iconic 42km stretch...
Incentive rewards and weather conditions set to influence outcome of the ‘Retto’
The build-up to Saturday’s Otter African Trail Run, powered by Easy Equities, is winding to a crescendo with athletes gathering at Storms River for tomorrow’s non-elite ‘Challenge’ (Thursday 6 October) 42km race. And speculation is rife on the impact...
Pot of gold under the Otter African Trail rainbow
The Otter African Trail Run has long been regarded as Southern Africa’s most prestigious marathon-distance trail race, regularly attracting the world’s leading trail athletes.. But over the 13-year life of the event, the rewards for excelling at the Otter...
A Comrade has fallen
Sam Tshabalala has died and a flame has been extinguished in the portals of the Comrades Marathon, somewhere along the road between Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
Tshabalala became known as the first Black athlete to win the Comrades Marathon, but he...
Patrick and Emily puff their way to victory across the Cape Peninsula mountains
by Stephen Granger
Thirty-three-year-old actuary, Patrick Cameron-Smith, and research & analysis leader in a software company, Emily Djock, stepped up into the trail-running big league with emphatic winning performances at the annual Peninsula Ultra Fun Run (PUFfeR) which took place...
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...
Stellenbosch University Steeplechaser shocks Olympians at OUTsurance Gun Run
Ashley Smith and Fortunate Chidzivo were crowned king and queen of the OUTsurance Gun Run Half Marathon at Green Point this morning (Sunday 18 September) as Cape Town-based athletes regained the thrones from their inland rivals in the 28th...
Sakwe, Djock claim gold at THIRSTI AFRICANX TRAILRUN 1-Day XPERIENCE
by SPNA / Jacky Maclean
Siyabonga Sakwe and Emily Djock took top honours in the 42km THIRSTI AFRICANX TRAILRUN 1-Day XPERIENCE that took place at Paul Cluver Wine Estate in Grabouw on Saturday 17 September 2022.
Taking the format of an...
Tashwell and Nicky fly high on the mountain to win the inaugural OUTsurance Gun...
by Stephen Granger
Twenty-four-year-old BA student at UWC, Tashwell Damons, and Cape Town and Cambridge-trained economist, Nicky Wills (25), took the honours at the inaugural OUTsurance Gun Run 15km Trail Run from Van Riebeek Park, Oranjezicht, to Green Point Common...