Kilian Jornet races to record-breaking win in the French Alps
by Stephen Granger
Fourteen years after winning Ultra-trail Mont Blanc for the first time, Kilian Jornet recorded his fourth win, enhancing his reputation as the ‘greatest of all time’ with a record-breaking victory in the 171km circumnavigation of Mont Blanc...
Great week for ultra-distance running as Comrades Marathon and Ultra-trail Mont Blanc take centre...
by Stephen Granger
Two of the world’s greatest ultra-distance footraces take place this weekend, with the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc and Comrades Marathon coinciding for the first time in history and saturation television coverage of the two great races likely to...
OUTsurance Gun Run ready to fire again
by Stephen Granger
The fuse has been lit for the 28th OUTsurance Gun Run and the first post-COVID edition of the race is scheduled to explode into life on Cape Town streets in mid-September.
One of Cape Town’s ‘Big Five’ road races,...
Jornet and Mathys favoured to retain titles at Sierre-Zinal as African challenge rises
by Stephen Granger
Leading trail runners from the north, east and south of Africa line up tomorrow (Saturday 13 August) for one of the world’s oldest and most iconic trail races, Sierre-Zinal in Switzerland, with every chance of podium positions...
Pink celebrations as thousands complete Totalsports Women’s Races around South Africa
by Stephen Granger
Totalsports Women’s Races turned on the charm in style with more than 20 000 runners taking part in the 20th edition of the event in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban in a colourful and joyful celebration of South...
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...
Whales, vultures and fynbos serve up a De Hoop feast as Van Heerden and...
by Stephen Granger
Leading South African trail athletes, Johardt van Heerden and Landie Greyling, were victorious at De Hoop Nature Reserve over the weekend, living up to their pre-race favourite status with convincing victories at the Merrell Whale of Trail...
It’s welcome back to Two Oceans Trail as Collin and Lijan take the honours
by Stephen Granger
Pretoria-based distance runner Collin Kanyimo, 37, raced to victory at the re-vamped Two Oceans Long Distance Trail Race, run over a challenging 24km course in ideal conditions this morning (30 July), with Stellenbosch athlete, Lijan van Niekerk,...
New route brings class and character to Sanlam Cape Town Marathon as the event...
by Stephen Granger
With just eighty days to go before the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, the pieces of the puzzle are coming together with two significant announcements concerning the race made at the 80-day launch at a City hotel this...
Off-road aficianado’s set to have a Whale of a Trail in a global biodiversity...
by Stephen Granger
After a three-year hiatus, South Africa’s trail runners once again are heading south this weekend (30 July) to De Hoop Nature Reserve at the southern-most region of the continent to compete in the seventh and biggest edition...