by zaadmin | May 16, 2013 | Comrades, Featured, Interviews, News, Pre-event
Stephen Muzhingi interview – 1. We are counting down days till Comrades Marathon on the 2nd of June, 17 to be exact. How has the training been going? Yes it is close now to race day. The training has been fine. I feel that I am in as good shape I was at the last...
by zaadmin | May 10, 2013 | Comrades, Featured, News, Pre-event
The legendary Zola Budd will be part of a field of nearly 20000 athletes to take to the road for the 2013 Comrades Marathon on Sunday, 2 June. Budd completed her first ever ultra-marathon last year alongside good friend and Comrades veteran Bruce Fordyce who finished...
by zaadmin | May 2, 2013 | Featured, News, Walking
Thursday, 2 May 2013 – The 23 year old Lebogang Shange from Central Gauteng not only won the SA Championships, but travelled to Mauritius less than a week later where he also won the Africa Race Walking Championships. As the Africa Champion and according to the...
by zaadmin | Apr 23, 2013 | Featured, Marathon, News
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 – Over the past weekend, Sibusiso Nzima finished sixth at his first marathon ever while Irvette van Zyl (formally Van Blerk) became the fifth fastest female marathon athlete in South African history after finishing 10th at the London...
by zaadmin | Mar 30, 2013 | Featured, News, Ultra
Novice runner David Gatebe beat a highly competitive field at the 44th Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon today in a time of 03:08:54. Gatebe, who is a sporting officer at the Implats Mine in Rustenburg, says the strong winds did not play a major role in his run. “I...
by zaadmin | Mar 16, 2013 | Featured, News
Saturday, 16 March 2013 – Contrary to media reports that I was removed as President of Athletics South Africa at a meeting on 9 March 2013, that meeting did not make such a decision. On more than one occasion this past week, in correspondence to myself and my...