Olympian Rutendo Nyahora will take on her maiden Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday 11 April and is aiming for a top ten finish. The Zimbabwean long distance runner who first made a name for herself in 2012 as a consistent podium finisher in the SPAR Grand Prix, will line up for the 56km this weekend after making her ultra marathon debut at the City to City Marathon last September. Completing that 50km race in 3:41.09 for eighth position has motivated the Hollywood

Despite world class performances by South African athletes in the youth, junior and senior ranks, Athletics South Africa (ASA) has been in the media for what has been happening in the boardroom and not on the track, cross country and road. March was a busy month for the organisation’s media department who have had to field questions about whether or not World Athletics had placed ASA under a formal monitoring process after the suspension of president James Moloi for the taver

Day two of the ASA age-group track and field championships on March 27 at Germiston Stadium belonged to record breakers as no fewer than four national milestones fell in a blistering afternoon track session that showcased the country's rising stars at their fearless best. Hurdlers Enrique Bosch (CGA), Janelle Kirkpatrick and Tumi Ramokgopa (both AGN) all rewrote the record books in their respective events, while Christi Loggenberg delivered a jaw-dropping run in the U18 women

Eastern Province Athletics (EPA) sprinter Marko Ferreira stole the spotlight with a statement performance on the opening day of the ASA Age-Group Championships at Germiston Stadium on March 26, delivering what was widely regarded as the performance of the day. The 19-year-old blazed to a 10.09-second personal best in his semi-final before returning to clinch the U20 men’s 100m national title in 10.16. In doing so, Ferreira produced the upset of the day, beating favourites Muk

After producing a stellar performance to set a new 5000m personal best of 15:30 on the second and final day of the KwaZulu-Natal Athletics Senior, Masters and TVET Colleges Track & Field Championships on Saturday 21 March, Tayla Kavanagh is in confident mood of ahead of her 10km season opener. "I'm feeling happy with today’s performance,” she told #TheTopRunner. “As someone without a track background, it is so good to add track into the mix this year. I'm hoping it's going a

In the past, a notable performance at the Om Die Dam 50km race has frequently been an indicator of potential success at the Comrades Marathon. For example after winning Om Die Dam for the first time in March 2019, Joseph Manyedi went to earn his first Comrades gold medal when he finished in fifth position on 9 June, 2019. This year it Tebogo Pulusa who triumphed at the Trojan Om Die Dam Marathon on Saturday 21 March in a time of 2:53:06, suggesting that he is well-equipped t

Despite some encouraging performances, the first day of the KwaZulu-Natal Athletics Senior, TVET Colleges and Masters Championship hosted at the King's Park Athletics Stadium on Friday 20 March was a generally disappointing affair underlined by low participation levels and poor crowd attendance. For example, the senior men’s 10,000m race which had been one of the most highly anticipated events of the two day programme, was ultimately contested by just two athletes in Cwenga

Athletics coach Oupa Maruping hopes the launch of Vorentoe Sports School of Specialisation (SOS) will bring back sponsors to the school. The institution has produced some of South Africa’s top athletes including the likes of Mapaseka Makhanya, Bayanda Walaza, Naledi Makgatha, Nolene Conrad, Tumisang Monnatlala and the Phalula twins, Lebo and her sister Lebogang. The schools’ athletics programme had been sponsored by Murray and Roberts from 2000 but when the construction firm

Just days after winning the Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) title in the fastest 400m clocking of the 2026 season thus far, Lythe Pillay has taken a major stride off the track by securing a high-profile endorsement deal with one of the fastest growing sports apparel and shoe brands On. Yesterday (18 March), the Swiss sportswear giant officially announced that the two-time Olympian had been added to its global athlete roster, signalling a significant move by the brand to shar

Just two weeks after winning the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K, South African long distance sensation Adriaan Wildschutt celebrated one of the biggest titles of his career when he won yesterday’s (15 March) New York Half Marathon in 59:30 on a cold and breezy morning in The Big Apple. Wildschutt, who was running on only the second half-marathon of his career after debuting with an SA Record 59:13 at the Valencia Half Marathon last October, delivered a well tactical perfo

Glenrose Xaba closed off her remarkable racing weekend on cloud nine, with a third victory in as many days. Her impressive streak of weekend victories began with the 10 000m crown at the Athletics Gauteng North (AGN) U16, U18, U20, U23 & Senior Track & Field Championships at the Pilditch Athletics Stadium on Friday 13 March. Xaba clocked 31:56.65 at over 1300m above sea level to win by more than a minute from training partner and Boxer Athletic Club teammate Karabo Mailula (

National women's shot put and discus champion Colette Uys admitted she is not satisfied with her start to the season, conceding she is not yet throwing the distances she had hoped for at this stage. Uys produced arguably the best season of her career in 2025. She threw over 18m for the first time in the shot put when she tossed 18.14m to capture the national title at the Athletics South Africa (ASA) senior champs, backing that up with a gold in the discus, before narrowly mis

After suffering the disappointment of being left out of the team that represented South Africa at the World Cross Country Championships in the United States in January, Zenzile Pheko found that success is born from struggle when his agony turned to joy at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K on Sunday 1 March. Although the 20-year-old claimed the silver medal at the Athletics South Africa (ASA) Cross Country Championships in Middelburg in September, he was injured during the

Buoyed by the performance of his training partner Elroy Gelant who clocked 2:08:20 at the Osaka Marathon on 22 February, Tumisang Monnatlala sees no reason why he shouldn’t have a memorable 42km outing when he lines up at the Milan Marathon in Italy on 12 April. Yet the former SA 3000m steeplechase champion's transition from the track to the road has been anything but conventional because although Monnatlala hs competed in more ultra marathon races than he has over the standa

Although it was Brenda Jepchirchir and Adriaan Wildschutt who grabbed the headlines on Sunday, 1 March, after their dominant victories at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA, a number of other athletes achieved notable milestones. In just his second year as a senior athlete, 20-year-old Zenzile Pheko claimed an impressive fifth place finish as he lowered his personal best from 29:41 to 28:44, while Lesotho’s Nthabiseng Lekotoko also came away with a new career best 33:26 as she

Junior middle distance athlete Anele Matsoso has transitioned to the steeplechase as he has his sights set on qualifying for the World Athletics (WA) Junior Championships in Oregon in August. The Athletics Vaal Triangle (AVT) athlete, a 5000m track runner with a 15:37 PB, will attempt to secure qualification for the 3000m steeplechase and believes he’s in the right shape to meet the 09:00 qualifying standard set by WA. “I’m looking at the 3000m steeplechase to qualify for the

After missing the Legends Township Marathon course record by a mere 21 seconds, Nkululeko Mgubhela has emerged as one of the runners to look out for this season and a dark horse for a gold medal at the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon. Founded by Joe Morris and run through the Johannesburg township of Eldorado Park, the 29th edition of one of South Africa’s longest running township marathons took runners on a two-lap journey of Eldos where the man coached by Hendrick Ramaala a

Maxed Elite top runner Jobo Khotoane is delighted with himself after setting a new course record at the Pirates 21K powered by Medshield, which was held in Johannesburg on Sunday, 15 February. The man from Lesotho ran the impressive time of 1:06:57 to secure victory and break the long-standing record of 1:07:13, set by his countryman Mabutile Lebopo 23 years ago. Khotoane couldn’t hide his excitement for breaking the course record at race infamous for being the 'toughest 21K'

Gerda Steyn and Khoarahlane Seutloali were crowned the Hollywoodbets AC Gauteng's national athletes of the year after an outstanding 2025 that played a key role in the Purple Team dominating three of the country's big four road races. Lesotho national Seutloali dethroned Onalenna Khonkhobe to win both the Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra and Africanbank Soweto Marathon crowns, after finishing behind the Nedbank Running Club athlete in both races in 2024. He also received the mo

Just like he did when he dominated the Biogen 21k in Bedfordview a month ago, George Kusche once again laid waste to all opposition on the way to winning the Balwin Run Series Peninsula Marathon in Cape Town this morning (15 February). Taking advantage of the comparatively windless conditions in the early morning, Kusche led a Nedbank Running Club sweep of the men’s podium when he clocked 2:15:02 which amounted to a 5 minute and 10 second improvement on his previous his prev