The country’s top road runners will light up the Mother City during the Cape Town Marathon on Sunday 25 September, as the race is the only Olympic qualifier for London 2012. “We are delighted that the marathon has been selected by the IAAF as an Olympic qualifier as it raises the status of the event […]
Daegu Marathon SA team announced
June 9, 2011 2 Comments
Athletics South Africa today announced the team who would represent South Africa at the World Championships in the Marathon. “We are announcing the Marathon team only, as they need to prepare for the World Championships differently to the rest of the Team that goes to the World Championships. The rest of the team will be […]
Muzhingi makes it a Comrades treble
May 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
Durban – A very ‘happy’ Stephen Muzhingi has bagged his third straight Comrades Marathon in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday morning. The Zimbabwean has now run six comrades and drew from a wealth of experience to win the ultra marathon yet again. He ran the 87-km race in 5:32.45.
April wins Hanover Marathon
May 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
April wins in Hanover and books spot on World Championships Team Lusapo April made good use of his knowledge of the Hanover Marathon course when he sprinted away from Kenya’s Peter Kuriu to win on third attempt of racing in Hanover. April made his first appearance in the German City in 2009 when he […]
Kalmer qualifies in Prague
May 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Van der Westhuizen rules in Jamaica and Kalmer qualifies in Prague The international athletics season could not have started on a better note for South African athletes after the superb performances by LJ Van Zyl and Cornel Fredericks in the 400m hurdles and Robert Oosthuizen in the Javelin in Doha where they finished 1st, 2nd […]
Kalmer to debut in Marathon in Prague
May 4, 2011 4 Comments
Rene Kalmer makes marathon debut You know you have arrived in top-flight international athletics, when an International Marathon, which is part of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race Series, invites you to be part of the lineup. A top 10 finish at an IAAF Gold Label Road Race is automatic entry in the London 2012 […]
ASA Marathon Championships 2011
February 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Lusapho April wins the ASA 2011 Marathon Championships in 2:13.21 with Charne Bosman taking the Women’s title in 2:44:44
Oosthuizen favourite for Peninsula Marathon 2011
February 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
Comrades gold medallist Johan Oosthuizen will be part of the biggest marathon field since 2005 for the 44th Peninsula Marathon this Sunday 20 February 2011. The event will have the biggest combined field in the event’s history, with just under 3 500 runners taking part – 2 062 in the marathon and 1 372 in […]
Comrades Mom by Surita
June 20, 2005 1 Comment
In 2004 my mom decided after 15 years of running to realise a lifetime dream and do her first Comrades in 2005. Since January all conversations were about training, shoes, what to eat and off course the fear of a serious injury. There were two scares –one was a torn calf muscle and the other […]
