by zaadmin | Dec 23, 2011 | Featured, News
Zithulele Sinqe, South Africa’s former premier marathoner has died as the result of a car accident on Thursday. Mandla Radebe, the general manager of Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA), said on Friday that Sinqe, 48, had been involved in a motor vehicle accident in...
by zaadmin | Nov 21, 2011 | Featured, Marathon, News, Women
Rene Kalmer has stamped her authority on the South African Marathon circuit with her 5th place at the 2011 Yokohama Marathon on Sunday 20 November. Her time of 2:29;59 is the 15th fastest time ever by a South African. Speaking from Japan, Kalmer was elated with her...
by zaadmin | Nov 4, 2011 | Featured, News, Soweto
First it was New York, followed by London, Paris and China. But this year Queen Serobe made a decision to return to her roots and run the Soweto Marathon for the first time, and it will be for a good cause. What started as running for fun in 2003 turned into running...
by zaadmin | Nov 3, 2011 | Featured, News, Pre-event, Soweto
Can anyone prevent Lesotho from once again claiming the men’s title at the 2011 Soweto Marathon on Sunday 6 November? That is the question that is currently being asked. In truth the squad from Lesotho will be a tough nut to crack, with the winners of the race since...
by zaadmin | Nov 1, 2011 | Featured, Marathon, News, Pre-event, Soweto
“I’m coming here to break the record,” the words of Russia’s Nina Podnebesnova upon her announcement that she will be running the 2011 Soweto Marathon. Since making her debut at the distance in 2004 in Moscow at their National Championships where she finished...