The 2026 Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K is shaping up to be one of the greatest road races ever staged in Africa. Brenda Jepchirchir, Beatrice Chepkoech, Jackline Rotich, Neheng Khatala and South Africa’s Tayla Kavanagh headline a world-class women’s field chasing history on Durban’s iconic streets. Could Africa witness its first women’s sub-30 minute 10km?
Lesotho distance-running star Neheng Khatala is building momentum like a runner climbing a long mountain pass as she prepares for the 2026 Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathon in Cape Town on Saturday, 11 April. Renowned…
The road along Beach Road in Humewood is set to hum like a tightly strung racing flat on Sunday when the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K fires the starter’s pistol at 07:00 on Sunday…
With Heritage Day as its backdrop, the race is a celebration of unity and pride. While the elites chase records, thousands of recreational runners will thread through the same city streets, each stride telling its own story.
Neheng Khatala’s journey, from a small village in Lesotho to the roar of international crowds, is a testament to grit grown in rocky soil. Her message to aspiring runners is as poignant as it is powerful—a rallying cry from one who’s scaled steep hills both literal and metaphorical.
The race continues to boast an impressive prize purse of R357,500. The first male and female finishers will each take home R37,500, with R30,000 awarded to second place and R27,500 to third.
“We started of with a pace of 2:46 in the first kilometre, but then we got a head wind that made it a little bit more difficult and I knew that the SA record would not be possible today,” Gelant said afterwards.
“I’m very happy. It shows that if you believe in yourself, work hard, dedicate yourself and listen to what your coach says and follow the programme you’ll do much better.”
The Hollywoodbets Durban 10km makes a return for the 4th edition
Kenya’s Christine Njoki, the current holder of the SA all-comers record, claimed a dominating victory at the Totalsports Women’s Race in Durban on Sunday 4 August 2024. Starting and finishing at the Suncoast Casino on…
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