A landmark achievement for South African distance running. Tayla Kavanagh clocked 30:50 at the Brasov Running Festival, taking 22 seconds off the national women’s 10km road record and becoming the first South African woman to break 31 minutes. The performance follows her South African 5km road record of 14:51 at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, achieved 15 days earlier.
Ryan Mphahlele is back in Durban. The defending Boxer Super Run champion returns on 18 October, but this time he arrives with an honest warning: his fitness is not where it was a year ago. Will the Durban fast lane produce another Mphahlele masterclass?
Glenrose “Supercharger” Xaba made history with a fourth SPAR Grand Prix title in Johannesburg, where 15,000 women ran and elite athletes stood against GBV.
The SPAR Grand Prix goes down to the wire in Johannesburg on Sunday. Glenrose “Supercharger” Xaba is chasing a historic fourth title, but Cacisile Sosibo starts the final race with a 10-point lead. Before the racing begins, 15,000 women will stand together in silence to honour victims of gender-based violence and femicide.
Gerda Steyn will lead the moment of silence before joining the 10km field.
The Boxer Super Run Joburg is putting a different spin on the traditional 5km race, with four waves catering for competitive runners, social groups and invited elite athletes. Taking place at Marks Park Sports Club on Sunday, 15 November 2026, the event will feature the Open Wave at 07:00, Super Social Wave from 08:00 to 09:30, Elite Women at 09:45 and Elite Men at 10:00.
GQEBERHA: Glenrose “Supercharger” Xaba was four seconds from history on a rain-soaked Saturday morning, but her commanding victory in the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge may have been worth far more than the stopwatch suggested. The…
Kabelo Mulaudzi kept his cool on a tough, hilly Joburg course to successfully defend his Absa RUN YOUR CITY JOBURG 10K title. The Boxer runner clocked 28:48, averaging 2:43/km, with teammate Zenzile Pheko only four seconds behind in 28:52. 🇰🇪 Deborah Chemutai won the women’s race in 32:50, leading a Kenyan clean sweep of the podium.
Funding pressure threatened the programme, but parents, coaches and staff rallied behind the young gymnasts.
“Our committed parents are carrying all the costs of gymnastics,” says teacher Farida Hassan. Now the children are preparing for their October 10 badging assessments. The mats may be borrowed. The dreams are theirs.
Gerda Steyn is coming home. 🏃♀️🔥The seven-time Two Oceans and five-time Comrades champion will make her Free State racing debut at the inaugural #Mangaung10K on 25 October. 32:24 is her 10km PB. The question is what she can unleash after another monster ultra season.
Emma Pallant-Browne arrives at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY JOBURG 10K with more than momentum. The British-born South Africa-based runner is enjoying the best 10km form of her career after smashing a personal best of…
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