by zaadmin | Dec 12, 2012 | Africa, Featured, News, Track
The South African athletics team had an impressive start to the Zone 6 Games in Lusaka, Zambia, winning 11 medals on the first day, of which six were gold. The South African sprinters dominated the both the men’s and women’s 100m races, with clean sweeps in both...
by zaadmin | Nov 4, 2012 | Featured, Kenya, Marathon, News, Soweto
Sunday, 4 November 2012 – Kenya’s Shadrack Kemboi won the men’s title at 20th edition of the Soweto Marathon in 2:16:28. The 26 year-old, along with compatriot Timothy Kibet, lead most of the race, but Kemboi broke away at the 33km mark. “South Africa must...
by zaadmin | Sep 17, 2012 | Featured, Marathon, News, Soweto
Monday, 17 September 2012 – Entries for the 20th Soweto Marathon are open with just under 20 000 runners expected to compete in the marathon and all other sub events this year. For the first time in history, the events will be split over two days with the 10km...
by zaadmin | Sep 10, 2012 | 10km, Featured, News, Women
Poppy Mlambo (Bidvest Running Club) cruised through the finish line in top position in today (Sunday, September 9) SPAR Weekend Witness Women’s 10/5km in a time of 35.38 in a record entry field of 3,321. This is the third time that Mlambo has won the SPAR Weekend...
by zaadmin | Aug 27, 2012 | Events, Featured, Half, News
Monday, 27 August 2012 – Stephen Mokoka ran the fastest time ever in South Africa, by a South African athlete, at the SA Half Marathon Championships in Constantia, Cape Town yesterday. This is applicable to races on unaided courses. A mere two weeks after...
by zaadmin | Aug 23, 2012 | Featured, Gear, News, Out & About, Your Articles
I was browsing through some of my old running photo’s the other day – circa 1982 – and it made me realise how much running gear has improved. In 1982 – I had just joined the Nelspruit Marathon club then – our running shorts were hand-made...