Smiling Steyn Smashes Comrades Marathon Up-Run Record to Win in PMB
Gerda Steyn has won the women’s race in the 2019 Comrades Marathon, smashing Elena Nurgalieva’s long-standing record to become the first woman to finish the up-run in under the 6-hour mark
Comrades Spirit Carries Wostmann Across the Line
The first SA woman home at the 2014 89-kilometre Comrades Marathon “down run” from Pietermaritzburg to Durban recalls the lows and highs en route to her remarkable achievement
Bosman Proud to Top SA Runners at Comrades
Having set herself a goal of a top-10 finish, best-placed Comrades Marathon finisher for South Africa – Charné Bosman – will relish her fifth-placed finish in a time of 6:53:34 in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday
Koen Targets Improved Comrades Finish
Entries for the 2013 Comrades Marathon open on Saturday, 1 September. Kerry Koen, the top South African women’s finisher in the 2012 race, says: “Enjoy your first one. Don’t set unrealistic targets.”
Happy Women’s Day from the CMA
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) celebrates how far the iconic race has come since the first woman participant in 1923.
Kalmer Aims for Olympic Personal Best
Two Oceans 21km champ René Kalmer talks about her win, the upcoming defence of her 5000m title in PE, and the busy period leading up to the 2012 London Olympic Games
Riana SA’s Two Oceans Ultra Champ
Riana van Niekerk ran a PB in the 2008 Two Oceans ultra-marathon, to finish as the first South African home. Picture: Gerhard Uys Riana van Niekerk gave up her regular training for Gauteng’s Om die Dam 50 race to take part in Saturday’s Two Oceans ultra-marathon, and managed to finish as the first South African […]
Farwa First S-African Home
Farwa Mentoor showed once again why she is rated the country’s top ultra-marathon runner, when she finished the 2007 Comrades Marathon as the first South African woman home.