Mbuthuma Eyes World Championship Gold
Introducing our #FollowFriday feature on Nedbank Running Club’s Fikile Mbuthuma, who celebrates 15 years of marathon running this year. Mbuthuma, who won Comrades Marathon gold with an historic eighth-placed finish in 2016, has World Championship gold and a Comrades Top 5 finish on her bucket list.
April 2008 Woman of the Month: Blanche Moila
The first black South African woman to be awarded Springbok Colours in 1984, today Blanche Moila is the graceful epitome of success achieved in spite of the unbearable circumstances of our country’s past. Advocating for support and development of historically-disadvantaged young South Africans girls, Moila strives to make a difference every opportunity she has.
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.
Riana van Niekerk wins Loskop
Riana van Niekerk of the Mr. Price Club won the Loskop 50km Ultramarathon in 3:22:05 on Saturday 21 April 2007, and as the ultra’s 2006 defending champion, became the first woman ever to successfully defend her title in the history of the race.
Riana Wins Om die Dam Ultra
Riana van Niekerk of the Mr Price Club won the Old Mutual Om die Dam ultra-marathon in 3:22:39 on Saturday 17 March 2007.
SA Women 6th in Richest Race
Champion marathon athlete Gloria Baebo completed the fourth and final leg of Standard Chartered’s Greatest Race on Sunday in Hong Kong in a time of 2 hours 50 minutes.
Gloria Baebo ready Hong Kong
Champion marathon athlete, Gloria Baebo, is to run the fourth and final leg of the world’s most lucrative athletics race in Hong Kong this Sunday (March 4).
Riana Wins Petro SA Marathon
Riana van Niekerk (Mr. Price Club) won the Petro South Africa Marathon in Mosselbaai 2:49:33 on Saturday 24 February 2007, in a new record time for the tough course.
Leballo Ninth in Richest Race
Champion marathon athlete, Louisa Leballo, crossed the finish line in ninth position in a time of 3:12:28 at the third leg of Standard Chartered’s Greatest Race on Earth in Mumbai yesterday morning (Sunday, January 21).
Champ Represents SA in Mumbai
Accomplished marathon athlete Louisa Leballo, the sixth woman home in last year’s Two Oceans Marathon, is to run the third leg of the world’s most lucrative athletics race in Mumbai this Sunday (January 21).
Riana 5th in Singapore
Champion marathon athlete, Riana van Niekerk, crossed the finish line of the Singapore Leg of the Standard Chartered Greatest Race on Earth in fifth position earlier today (Sunday December 3), in a time of 2 hours 55 minutes and 45 seconds.