Kalmer’s Brave Second In Durban
The open women’s event at the SA Half Marathon Championships in Durban didn’t go according to plan for Rene Kalmer (CGA, Mr Price).
Kalmer Eyes Half-Marathon Title
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has noted with interest the supreme form that Rene Kalmer has displayed this year, and that she has not been beaten on the road since her 6th place at the Nedbank Half Marathon in Pretoria in January.
Half Marathon Champs Hots Up
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has announced that Durban will brace itself this weekend for the coming storm, as some 155 top athletes from around the country gather for the Nedbank SA Half Marathon Championships on Sunday 1 July.
Kalmer Cruises to SPAR Victory
The quietly confident Krugersdorp schoolteacher Rene Kalmer (Mr Price Central Gauteng) rocketed to the top of the SPAR Grand Prix standings in the second of five races by winning the SPAR Mercury Women’s 10km Challenge with Bokomo, in Durban on Sunday.
Put Zing back into Spring
Winter has made its presence felt, with icy winds and bitter mornings – but as the poet Shelley pointed out, ‘If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’ It is a good thing to remember on those cold Pretoria mornings – just three months to go, and it will be Spring again!
Kalmer Beats Injury in PE Win
Brushing aside a calf injury, past champion Rene Kalmer stormed to victory in 33.50 minutes in the SPAR Women’s 10 km challenge with Bokomo at Kings Beach here on Saturday, to take the early lead on the newly-instituted Grand Prix Challenge leaderboard.
Russian Lion wins 2 Oceans
“I feel like a little hare amongst the lions.” This was the way Hungarian Simona Staicu expressed her feelings at the pre-race media conference, the day before the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon.
Stellenbosch Yellow Pages Results
Yellow Pages Athletics Results, Stellenbosch, 2 March 2007
Long Distance Ladies Battle
The fourth Yellow Pages Ultimate Athletics in Oudtshoorn over the weekend showed that athletics is alive and healthy in South Africa.
Cindy Too Fast in 100, 200m
Cindy Stewart extended her unbeaten 100m record with a clear 0.23s gap over Estie Wittstock in the fourth Yellow Pages Ultimate Athletics event in Oudtshoorn on Saturday, with Wittstock also placing second to Stewart in the 200m event.
Kalmer’s Clean Heels
Rene Kalmer (Liberty-Nike) showed she was well and truly on the way to recovery when she won the Johannesburg Spar Women’s 10km Challenge on Sunday.
Stiff Competition in SPAR Challenge
Some of South Africa’s top runners will be competing in the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge with Bokomo in Randburg on Sunday, and a fierce battle for top honours is expected.