Our Race Calendar is Back – Bigger and Better!
16 May 2022 — Our Race Calendar is back at last after more than two years on hold due to the COVID pandemic, and we’re going bigger than ever before with it! Compiled by our Ed Sean Falconer, it is now two months instead of one, so this edition contains May and June …… read more
Even Better Than Before
25 May 2022 — The lightweight, neutral PUMA Velocity Nitro 2 is a slight upgrade on what was already a really good shoe, offering a cushioned, responsive and comfortably smooth ride. – By Sean Falconer In 2021, PUMA made the running world sit up when it introduced i …… read more
Have Your Say: High Race Fees
19 May 2022 — Columnist Manfred Seidler wrote last month that our races are not over-priced, but his opinion was not shared by all in the running community, as can be seen from the comments we received in response.… read more
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Have Your Say: High Race Fees
Columnist Manfred Seidler wrote last month that our races are not over-priced, but his opinion was not shared by all in the running community, as can be seen from the comments we received in response.
Running for Reagan
This year’s winner of the Sanet Wentzel Spirit Award at the THIRSTI AFRICANX TRAILRUN was Jéan Payne, who is using running to cope with a heart-breaking loss. This is her story.
One for the Record Books!
The big story to come out of this year’s Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra was Gerda Steyn finally breaking Frith van der Merwe’s 33-year-old course record, but as she told us, it almost didn’t happen!
Sprinting into the Record Books
South Africa has a new sprinting sensation, Viwe Jingqi, and she is still just 17, but she has already claimed three national records, some of which had stood for more than three decades!
