Long distance runner Makwande Mngcwengi will make another attempt at this weekend’s Ultra Trail Cape Town. An ultra marathon specialist who claimed an impressive 5:53:12 finish at the 2023 Comrades Marathon, Mncwengi is one of a growing number of long distance road runners who have begun making the transition to trail running. The KZN-based runner made his UTCT debut in 2022, covering the 100km distance in 13 hours 03 minutes 59 seconds to take 11th place overall and finish a

Reflecting on another successful season during which he broke Gert Thys' 26-year-old SA Marathon record, Elroy Gelant attributes the mercurial highs he experienced over the last two years to his excellent support structure whose cornerstone is his wife Tamzin Thomas. After popping the question to his SA & African Champion 100m and 200m sprinter finance last November, the fastest couple in South Africa were married at a private ceremony in Stellenbosch this past weekend. The

Of all the athletes you could have picked to finish on the podium at the Athletics South Africa (ASA) 10km Championships in Bloemfontein on Saturday 15 November, you would have been hard pressed to select Onalenna Khonkhobe as one of your medal favourites. Yet that’s exactly what the reigning Prince Mangosuthu 52km and 2024 Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathon champion did. Running in the colours of Athletics Central North West (ACNW) against a host of 10km specialists, Kh

In the absence of Maxime Chaumeton and Kabelo Mulaudzi - two of South Africa's fastest 10km athletes of the year - the door is wide open for new national 10km champion to be crowned. Incorporated into the Northridge Mall Marathon and Half, the Athletics South Africa (ASA) 10km championships take place in Bloemfontein this weekend (15 November), where Central Gauteng Athletics (even without Chaumeton and Mulaudzi) will look to dominate the senior men's competition. Boasting