Losing your leg is a devastating loss, losing it because of a disease that has plagued you your whole life at the age of 23, is something many would not come back from. But Erin Lazarus is not anybody, she has overcome every obstacle in her path and with her running blade affectionately known as Stompy, she is running her way to the London Marathon.
Not too many people can say they have run a marathon, never mind 100 marathons in 100 days. That will probably sound like climbing Mount Everest to the average person… but that’s what 21-year-old Joburg student Chad Markgraaf did last year. And now he’s getting ready for his equally long but much bigger #RUNSA2024 challenge. – By Richard Laskey with Sean Falconer