Caster Semenya has lost an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court over a World Athletics ruling which means she must take testosterone-reducing medication in order to be eligible to compete. For the last five years World Athletics (formerly IAAF) has fought for and defended equal rights and opportunities for all women and girls in our […]
Run Relay Comrades to raise Covid-19 funds
May 19, 2020 1 Comment
Inspired by the impact that global connectedness and action has made towards overcoming the challenges of “Covid19-Lockdown” seven friends, spread across seven towns on three continents, decided to have some fun together and ran a lockdown “Comrades” relay as a fundraiser for KZN Covid-19 Food Relief.
SA team for World Half Marathon Championships
February 5, 2020 1 Comment
Athletics South Africa has selected a full team for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020, which will take place on 29 March.
Chepkirui smashes record at Durban 10K
October 14, 2019 2 Comments
Durban – She came, she saw and she conquered in emphatic fashion! The fastest women in the world in 2019, Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui, lived up to her billing as race favourite for the 2019 FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN on Sunday 13 October 2019, when she took 4 seconds off the South African All Comers record […]
Alfred Ngeno sets new JHB 10k CityRun record
September 24, 2019 1 Comment
Kenya’s Alfred Ngeno said before the race that he would win the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN. He was true to his word as he crossed the line one second ahead of Kevin Kibet in a new Course Record time of 29:16, taking 11 seconds off of the previous Course Record set by Filman Ande of […]
Xaba seeks FNB Joburg 10K success
September 10, 2019 2 Comments
Gauteng – In form Glenrose Xaba is relishing the opportunity to race international competition in the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN on 24 September (National Heritage Day) and the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN on 13 October.
RYCS introduces single-use plastic management
April 17, 2019 1 Comment
The organisers of the FNB Run Your City Series have announced that they will be implementing a Single-Use Plastic (SUP) Management Campaign that aims to drastically reduce the usage of single-use plastics by 85% at all three events which includes the: FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN (Sunday, 19 May 2019), FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN (Tuesday, […]
Glorious Run 2018: A Recap
October 26, 2018 Leave a Comment
Glorious Run 2018 – The military is an important part of a country. Without the great men and women who have fought for our countries or kept it safe then, we wouldn’t be here where we are.
Course records for Ande, van Zyl at Joburg 10k
September 24, 2018 1 Comment
Eritrean Filmon Ande led the top three men at the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN to under the course record on Monday, 24 September 2018, while Irvette van Zyl capped an astonishing two days of racing by smashing the previous course record by almost 2 minutes, leading the top four women under the previous course record.
Xaba wins Women’s Race Durban
July 23, 2018 Leave a Comment
Glenrose Xaba proved to be in a league of her own at the Totalsports Women’s Race Durban(Kings Park Athletics Track) on Sunday, 22 July 2018.
