In Episode 6 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice chats to EcoBound and To Hell and Back’s Zane Schmahl about the oldest mountain bike stage race in the country. Over beers in Gamkaskloof – as Die Hel is actually known – they spoke about the history of the event, the difficulties of staging a [...]
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon proudly announces its successful completion of Stage 1 in the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) candidacy process, marking a significant milestone in its journey to becoming Africa’s first Major marathon. This achievement reflects the unwavering support of the Cape Town residents, South Africa’s entire marathon running community and the race’s [...]
In Episode 2 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice looks back at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, as well as the Cape Town Trail Marathon, and the Prince George Monumental 100 Miler. Then casts his gaze ahead at the 2024 FNB Wines2Whales and finds out from Zane Schmahl what the route conditions are like [...]
Sho Watanabe and Michelle Wheeler added international flare to the African extravaganza by winning the Wheelchair Invitational at the 2024 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. The Japanese and American were each joined on the podium by a compatriot; on Sunday, 20 October. It was Geert Schipper and Noemi Alphonse who proved the winners’ fiercest competition though. [...]
There was delight for South Africa as Glenrose Xaba shattered the National and Sanlam Cape Town Marathon records, on marathon debut; on Sunday, 20 October. The current South African 5 000 and 10 000 metre, as well as the 10 kilometre road record holder, clocked an impressive time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, and 22 seconds, to [...]
1 200 trail runners started the three Cape Town Trail Marathon events on Saturday, 19 October 2024, joining nearly 7 000 road runners on the start and finish lines of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. The athlete numbers were swollen by friends and family members cheering their favourites on. All this combined to create a festival of [...]
Deon-Lee Hendricks and Tayla Kavanagh were the first of the 2024 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon weekend’s winners when they raced to victory in the 10 kilometre Peace Run; on Saturday, 19 October. The victors and their fellow 6 830 Peace Runners had to contend with a stiff tail wind on the first half of the course [...]
As the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon builds towards gaining Abbott World Marathon Majors status excitement is growing for the 2024 edition, which takes place on Sunday, 20 October. With elite runners from across the African continent descending on the Mother City the 18th edition is set to be fiercely contested. Though the action is by [...]
Tune in for Episode 1 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast. The relaunched pod will be a shortcast/micro pod of between 10 and 20 minutes in length, focusing on the events and sports host, Seamus Allardice, covers on www.diverge.info. To read more about the events and news covered in this episode click through to the website: [...]
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon has reached a record-breaking sellout of 21,000 participants for the 2024 event, bolstered by the success of the #YouDoCount campaign. This achievement further cements the marathon’s status as the leading marathon on the African continent as it continues to pursue the prestigious Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) status. The overwhelming [...]
