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Running for Madiba
1 December 2011 — It’s close to 9am on a Thursday morning in one of South Africa’s biggest prisons; the Pretoria Central Prison. The sights and sounds inside… read more
Want to Start Running Again
1 December 2011 — I put on a lot of weight with my pregnancies. I have been walking for the last year and I would like to start running again. I weight 102kg a… read more
THE JOY OF WALKING
1 December 2011 — In 1991 at the age of 36, I was a mother of three young children and an occasional smoker. In July of that year, I was persuaded to join The Run/Walk f… read more
Fanie Matshipa: Comrades Glory Beckons
1 December 2011 — Fanie Matshipa (33) lives in the small mining town of Steelpoort in Mpumalanga. Until recently he was a jockey on the local golf course but now works f… read more
Kate Roberts: Africa’s Triathlon Queen
1 December 2011 — Born and bred in Bloemfontein, Kate loved all things sporty from an early age. She started running at 11 and earned provincial colours for cross-countr… read more
Domestic Runner
1 December 2011 — Martha Mokobe grew up in Hammanskraal, just outside Pretoria, and moved to Johannesburg in 1991. She moved in with the Rogers family in Craighall Park… read more
Blade Runner
1 December 2011 — As an avid motorbike enthusiast, Heinz always loved taking to the open road. And so it was no different on 12 March 1982, when he left from Olifantsfon… read more
Kovsie Camaraderie
1 December 2011 — The University of the Free State’s (UFS) athletics club has been quietly going about its business since it was founded in 1921. In their 90 year… read more
A New Challenge
1 December 2011 — I have been battling infertility for many years and have tried everything. I needed to shift my focus and find a new challenge to distract myself, so i… read more
Trailing It Up
1 December 2011 — GAUTENG WINTER TRAIL SERIES, 5 JUNE – 3 JULY Four years ago, the Wildrunner team, organisers of the summer and winter trail s… read more