Having produced the best season of his career, long-distance runner Elroy Gelant admits he needs some rest as he prepares for his last race of the year. Gelant, who is in the elite field for the Hollywoodbets 10km race in Joburg on Saturday, will close what has been a superb campaign for the 38-year-old athlete….
It remains unclear when breakthrough star Glenrose Xaba will run another marathon, but Caster Semenya says it’s important to not rush her into anything. By setting a South African 42km record of 2:22:22 on debut at the Cape Town Marathon last month, Xaba has already qualified for the women’s marathon race at next year’s World…
Organisers of the Comrades Marathon have confirmed details about next year’s ultra-marathon in KwaZulu-Natal. Here’s all you need to know about the 2025 edition of the race. Where and when The race, a ‘down’ run, will be held on Sunday 8 June. It will start outside Pietermaritzburg City Hall and finish at People’s Park in…
Onalenna Khonkhobe won his second major race of the year on Sunday, emerging triumphant at the Soweto Marathon. The 28-year-old distance runner, who won the Two Oceans ultra-marathon in Cape Town in April, was locked in a tight battle against Joseph Seutloali of Lesotho in the closing stages of the 42km race. Seutloali broke away…
Glenrose Xaba made one of the most spectacular debuts in the history of South African road running on Sunday, breaking the national record in her first 42km race at the Cape Town Marathon. Taking no prisoners as she wound up the pace in the second half, Xaba was incredible, defeating a powerful international line-up to…
Results of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon held on Sunday, 20 October 2024. 42km Men: 1 Abdisa Tola Adera (ETH) 2:08:15, 2 Adane Kebede Gebre (ETH) 2:08:32, 3 Mitku Tafa Dekeba (ETH) 2:10:10, 4 Edward Konana Koonyo (KEN) 2:11:24, 5 Melikhaya Frans (RSA) 2:12:18, 6 Oscar Kibet (UGA) 2:12:28, 7 Adeladlew Mamo Gebreyohannes (ETH) 2:12:37,…
Glenrose Xaba again showcased her impressive form on Sunday, winning the final leg of the Spar Grand Prix women’s 10km series in Johannesburg. Xaba, who had already won the Grand Prix title with a race to spare, triumphed in four of the five events this year, becoming the first South African since 2018 to secure…
Kenyan athlete Gideon Kipngetich and local star Glenrose Xaba demolished the elite fields on Tuesday, charging to impressive victories at the fifth and final leg of the Absa Run Your City 10km series in Joburg. Kipngetich, who had finished second in his debut on South African roads at the Run Your City Race in Tshwane…
Entries will open for next year’s Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon on Monday, 30 September, organisers have announced. The entry window for South Africans will open at 1pm on 30 September and it closes at midnight on 6 October, and the process for local runners will again be a ‘lottery’ draw system. The draws will take…
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