Around 1500 trail runners took to the slopes of Table Mountain and its neighbouring peaks, partaking in the Cape Town Trail Marathon events on Saturday, 18 October. Forming part of the festival weekend of running at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, the three trail runs kicked off with the 43km Cape Town Trail Marathon, followed [...]
With the promise that the event is one step away from gaining Abbott World Marathon Majors status in 2026, the 2025 edition of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon takes place this Sunday, 19 October, with a new dual-start using two venues in Green Point. The elite field is once again stacked with world-class talent, including [...]
The four-day programme for the 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon kicks off on Thursday 16 October with the opening of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon Expo at the DHL Stadium in Green Point. The Expo will include race pack collection for all athletes participating in the Marathon as well as the 10km and 5km Peace [...]
In Episode 13 of Season 2, the Diverge Podcast reflects on a busy news week. The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon announced the athletes who will be headlining the 2025 edition in October, Imbuko ChemChamp launched a junior team, while Squirt Cycling Products and Titan Racing launched new products, entries to the 2026 36ONE MTB Challenge [...]
As the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon steps up its drive towards Abbott World Marathon Majors status, it celebrated 50 Days to the 2025 race day with the reiteration of the event’s goals, athlete-first ethos, and the announcement of 6 platinum and 8 gold status athletes who will be toeing the start line on Sunday, 19 [...]
In a landmark moment for African running, the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon has officially sold out at 24 000 marathon entries for 2025, marking the third consecutive year the event has sold out. This record sell-out is a resounding endorsement of Cape Town’s bold journey to become Africa’s first Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) event. [...]
THE SANLAM CAPE TOWN MARATHON will host the 2026 Abbott World Marathon Majors Marathon Tours & Travel Age Group World Championships (AGWC) on May 24 next year. The race is currently in the candidacy process to join the Abbott World Marathon Majors, having secured its first evaluation pass in 2024. If Cape Town passes its 2025 [...]
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 [...]
