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The Running Mann: Back in the Saddle (on Dead Donkey Hill)
26 December 2023 — After a long lay-off from one of my favourite hobbies, travelling the country (and world) to run marathons, I finally made my long-awaited return to action at the Shikhumba Marathon in Limpopo Province, and found a solitary out-and-back route that gave …… read more
Go, Shortie!
26 December 2023 — Go, Shortie! Thanks to a changing approach to road running around the world, there is a growth taking place at the moment in shorter races, notably street miles and official 5km races. We decided to look at a few of these races, some now well establish …… read more
Irvette van Zyl, Road to Redemption
8 December 2023 — After missing half the year due to injury and struggling with motivation, Irvette van Zyl hit the ground running in the latter half of 2023, seemingly going from strength to strength as she found her racing form again, culminating in a number of high p …… read more
Puma launches its most explosive and innovative race-day shoe
30 November 2023 — Make your fast, faster than ever with Puma Fast-R 2 Nitro™ Elite Fueled by Nitro™, Fast-R 2 is Puma’s most innovative race-day shoe ever! Limited edition Fast-R 2 Ekiden Rush celebrating 100 years of Japan’s most iconic road running race drops on 8 Dec …… read more
Powerade – Embracing ‘Coming Back Strong Starts With A Pause’
30 November 2023 — Embracing ‘Coming Back Strong Starts With A Pause’Powerade® Renovates Multipurpose Court in Orlando West Park Through its global communications platform “Pause is Power” which was launched globally in 2022, Powerade® champions the often-overlooked pote …… read more
Mission 100 Miler
23 November 2023 — Fresh from winning a wet and wild K-Way MaxiRace Cape Winelands 75km trail ultra, we sat down with Brandon Hulley to talk about his transition from rugby player to elite trail runner, and his unfinished business with 100-milers. – By Sean Falconer… read more
Trail (Mis)Adventures: Out of this World
7 November 2023 — With miles and miles of untouched ‘nothingness,’ the Salt Pans Ultra 100km in Botswana is like nothing I have experienced before. You feel like you are on another planet, like Charlize Theron in that alien movie, Prometheus, and this made it my most ep …… read more
The Running Comic
7 November 2023 — As one of the funniest guys of running in South Africa, Rory Petzer is almost always laughing (in between eating)… except in the 2022 Comrades. He reckons he had nothing to smile about that day! Happily, the 2023 race went much, much better, and now he …… read more
Riga Reflections
7 November 2023 — The new (well, almost new) World Road Running Championships took place this month, and besides heralding an exciting new chapter in global road running, the event proved a hugely successful outing for Team South Africa. – By Riel Hauman & Sean Falc …… read more
Dreams Do Come True
31 October 2023 — It’s been a fantastic year for Thabang Mosiako, with scintillating performances over the 10km and half marathon distances that have thrust him into the top three or four on the all-time South African performance lists. He recently led Team South Africa …… read more