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HOST OF STARS AT THE 2019 VITALITY WEEKEND
24 May 2019Celebrities from the worlds of sport and entertainment will be in attendance at the 2019 Vitality Weekend running festival in London: the Vitality Westminster Mile on Sunday 26 May and the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday 27 May.
On the Sunday, sporting legend Sir Mo Farah will be at the start line to cheer runners on throughout the morning. Those who have entered the family events may be lucky enoug
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SANLAM CAPE TOWN MARATHON SET TO RAISE R3 MILLION
23 May 2019Cape Town’s beautiful springtime marathon, which for the last three years has retained IAAF Gold Label status, is this year aiming to raise in excess of R3 million for the 50+ charities associated with it. This is a 50% increase in charitable earnings from last year’s event, which was awarded Participation Event of the Year at the annual Sports Industry Awards.
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NEVER TOO OLD TO CHASE YOUR DREAMS
by Michelle Carnegie - 23 May 2019A 58-year-old ‘granny’ who only started running just over two years ago, crossed the finish line of the recent Virgin Money London Marathon in a speedy time of 3:28, and is now well on her way to achieving the coveted Six Star medal awarded to runners who complete all six World Marathon Majors.
If all goes well, by next year this time Karen Brough, a member of the Murray & Rob
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FAST PACE EXPECTED IN CAPE TOWN SPAR WOMEN'S 10KM CHALLENGE
21 May 2019SPAR Grand Prix coordinator Ian Laxton has predicted a There will be a very strong field of runners in the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday.
Since the SPAR Grand Prix was opened to international as well as South African runners, a number of African runners have started competing in the SPAR 10km Challenge series, which is run at six cities ar
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FIRST WORLD RECORD FOR 2020 VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON
21 May 2019The Virgin Money London Marathon, the most popular marathon on the planet, set a new world record for a third successive year as an incredible 457,861 applicants registered for a ballot place in the 2020 event, which will be the 40th edition of the race.
The new world record total represents an increase of 10.5 per cent on last year's previous world record of 414,168 applicants
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#COMRADES2019 GREEN NUMBER RUNNERS
20 May 2019In 19 days, more than 500 athletes from South Africa and around the world will aspire to be inducted into the Comrades Marathon Green Number Club. Since 1921, a total of 12,839 runners have completed the epic ultramarathon more than ten times each, thus earning their place on the coveted Comrades Green Number Roll of Honour.
Traditionally runners retain their race numbers from year to year, w
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RECORDS SMASHED AT FNB CAPE TOWN 12 ONERUN
20 May 2019Morris Gachaga took line honours for the third consecutive time when he won the 2019 FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN in Cape Town on Sunday 19 May.
In cool and near perfect conditions some 14 300 runners set off at 09h00 from Woodbridge Island in Milnerton to take on the 12km to Cape Town.
With arguably the strongest field ever assembled the race was either going to turn in
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LONDON MARATHON: SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST RACE DAY
17 May 2019The Virgin Money London Marathon is about so much more than just the actual race day; it is about the wave of emotions you go through when you receive the confirmation that you got a race entry, the joys and pain of training, the disappointment of getting injured, to the absolute joy and extreme self-satisfaction you feel when you cross the finish line.
Plus, when you are experiencing a
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LONDON MARATHON: THE HIGHLIGHT OF A LIFELONG RUNNING JOURNEY
16 May 2019All four of them are experienced runners who have tackled most of South Africa’s iconic races such as the Comrades Marathon, but none of them have ever run an international marathon. The Virgin Money London Marathon was a bucket list item for all four of them, and it sure did not disappoint!
Gauteng residents Greg James together with partner Chrissie Williamson and Kim van Niekerk toget
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2019 COMRADES REFRESHMENT STATISTICS
14 May 2019It’s 25 days to The Ultimate Human Race; and while runners in South Africa and across the world do their last-minute preparations for race day, the organising committee is ensuring that all Comrades refreshment stations are adequately stocked with a variety of runner refreshments at strategic points along the route.
Sunday, 9 June 2019 will see the 94th running of the wo
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