Tayla Kavanagh heads into Sunday’s SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge in Durban with the leader’s bib on her back and a growing target on it. The 25-year-old from Hillcrest in Kwazulu-Natal tops the SPAR Grand Prix…
The roads along Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard will carry more than runners this July. They will carry hope. When the Cape Town Festival of Running returns to the Sea Point Promenade on 18 and 19…
Durban is getting even faster. The 2026 Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K will feature a refined speed-focused route and an earlier 07:00 start, raising hopes of the first-ever sub-27-minute 10km on African soil.
The Comrades Marathon is often described as a race against distance, terrain and self-doubt. In 2026, George Kusche turned it into a mathematics problem and produced a solution so devastatingly effective that it shattered an…
The Sea Harvest Foundation Health Run is poised to transform Saldanha’s shoreline into a ribbon of running dreams on Saturday, 20 June, as athletes, families and fitness enthusiasts gather for one of the West Coast’s…
The stage is set for one of the strongest 10km road races ever assembled on African soil.
Olympic champion and world record holder Joshua Cheptegei will face a formidable challenge from Kenya’s Felix Masai and Gilbert Kiprotich, Lesotho record holder Kamohelo Mofolo, South Africa’s Kabelo Mulaudzi and Uganda’s Emanuel Kibet at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K on 12 July.
With a fast course, elite depth and the possibility of a historic performance, Durban is preparing for a race that could redefine African road running.
The 99th Comrades Marathon produced many remarkable stories on the road from Durban to Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, 14 June 2026. Few captured the imagination quite like the journeys of 84-year-old Johannes Mosehla and 20-year-old Bailey…
Fresh from smashing one of South African sport’s most enduring records, newly crowned Comrades Marathon champion George Kusche revealed he turned to double Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus for inspiration. Join The Athlete…
Last year left bruises deeper than tired legs. This year carries the scent of redemption. Four-time Olympian Irvette van Zyl will toe the line for her second Comrades Marathon carrying a suitcase packed with hard…
On Sunday morning, Durban will hand the baton to Pietermaritzburg and 85.777km kilometres of asphalt will begin whispering promises, lies and legends. The Comrades Marathon rarely crowns a champion through reputation alone. It demands a…
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