SPAR Women’s Challenge Celebrates 30 Years in Durban
20 June 2019 — The oldest race in the SPAR Women’s Challenge series, the Durban race, turns 30 this year, and the organisers predict a fast and exciting race as part of the celebrations on Sunday 23 June.… read more
Can Johannes Continue SPAR Grand Prix Domination?
18 July 2019 — The 2019 SPAR Grand Prix Women’s 10km Challenge series has reached its midway point, with Namibia’s Helalia Johannes firmly in the lead after three wins in the first three races. Now, can she make it four from four in the Pretoria leg on 3 August, or w …… read more
Fast Pace Expected in Cape Town SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge
22 May 2019 — There will be a very strong field of runners in the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday.… read more
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The Reading Runner
The cover of our June issue might have made you do a double take … Yes, it is a runner and yes he is reading and well running! Marukgwane Tshiamo Moremogolo is running to raise awareness of literacy in South Africa #Run4Books, but we aren’t going to give the whole story away!
Fighting the War on Plastic
We all have to do our bit to save the environment, it’s now a global crisis and reducing our carbon footprint has never been more important. In our June Magazine, we tell the story of Uzwelo Bags who take plastic waste and create something phenomenal which not only creates jobs for those that need it, they…
The Magic Number
Finishing one Comrades Marathon is impressive, finishing more than two is fantastic, but then you have those who have a “Go Big or Go Home” mentality, Isaac Mabula is one of these runners, he has now successfully completed 30 Comrades! We caught up with him before this year’s run to have a little look back…
Enjoying every Minute
An active life is a happy life …. right? Michelle Williams started running/walking for the goodie bags, but what she got from running is something she wouldn’t trade for anything! Want a happy read that will leave a smile on your face?