Unfinished Business – 20 Comrades, 20 days
11 Aug 2022 — For most runners, the 2022 Comrades Marathon will start in the early morning hours of 28 August, but for Mike Sewell it will start 19 days earlier, in Cape Town, when he begins his 20 Comrades in 20 Days Challenge. By Sean Falconer… read more
Ed’s World Champs Blog: Terrific 200s – Brought to you by PUMA
22 Jul 2022 — Right, I’m sitting down to write this World Champs blog just after watching two incredible 200m finals, which wrapped up the programme for day seven of the Champs in Eugene, and I’m still buzzing. – BY SEAN FALCONER The 200m sprint often plays second f …… read more
Rising Sprint Star Signs for PUMA
21 Jul 2022 — Global sports brand PUMA has signed 22-year-old US-American track and field athlete Abby Steiner. The rising star’s victory in the women’s 200-metre final of the US Outdoor Championships in 21.77 seconds made her the second-fastest woman in the world o …… 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!
