| NEDBANK RUNNING CLUB NATIONAL | WEEKEND RESULTS ROUND-UP: 22-23 August 2026 |
| Tuesday, August 25, 2026 |
 It was another big green weekend for Nedbank Running Club, with our club branches out in full force, flying the green flag with pride. The headline act was the Absa Run Your City Tshwane 10K, which drew a strong club turnout among the 10,000-strong field in Pretoria, with athletes filling out the top 25 finishers and claiming multiple age-category podiums reigning Comrades Marathon Up Run champion George Kusche among them, testing his speed on the road for the first time since his record-breaking win in June. Development squads celebrated double podiums in the Western Cape, half marathon and marathon runners chased personal bests from George to Durban to Uganda, and further afield the club had representation at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Here's the full round-up...More... |
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| Comrades Marathon Prize Money to be Paid After 2026 Results Confirmed |
| Tuesday, August 25, 2026 |
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 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is pleased to announce that the South African Institute of Drug-free Sport (SAIDS) has confirmed that all tested athletes who completed the 2026 Comrades Marathon have returned negative results for prohibited substances. This clears the way for more than R8-million in prize money and incentives to be paid out by the CMA, as well as for the issuing of gold medals to the top 10 men and women...More... |
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| ENTRY PROCESS FOR 2027 COMRADES MARATHON TO OPEN 25 AUGUST |
| Friday, August 21, 2026 |
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 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) takes pleasure in announcing that entries for the 2027 edition of the Comrades Marathon will open on Tuesday 25 August 2026, and will take place in three stages. This follows the official launch of the 2027 race on Wednesday 19 August, where the official campaign for the centenary edition of the race, The Greatest Story Ever Run, and a special 100th edition race logo, were unveiled...More... |
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| The Greatest Story Ever Run – Comrades Marathon Launches 2027 Centenary Edition |
| Wednesday, August 19, 2026 |
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 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) today officially launched the 2027 centenary edition of the iconic ultramarathon between Pietermaritzburg and Durban, taking place on Sunday, 13 June 2027. The launch was held at the Kings Park Rugby Stadium in Durban, with the Kings Park sport precinct announced as the finish venue for 2027, and the CMA also announced an increased entry cap of 28,000 for the 100th edition of the race...More... |
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| NEDBANK RUNNING CLUB NATIONAL | WEEKEND RESULTS ROUND-UP 14-16 AUG |
| Tuesday, August 18, 2026 |
 With Women's Month in full swing, this weekend delivered exactly the kind of story it deserved: Nedbank Running Club WPA's ladies swept the entire overall women's podium and the women’s podium in the Veteran age group at the John Korasie 30km in Simon's Town - and claimed the team prize while they were at it. It capped a huge weekend for the club nationally, with provincial Cross Country Championships run off in the Western Province, Central Gauteng, Gauteng North and the Free State on Saturday, 15 August, the Totalsports Women's Race series wrapping up its three-city tour in Johannesburg on Sunday, an ultra-marathon in northern KZN, and strong showings in Grahamstown and George. Here's the full round-up, starting with that remarkable ladies' sweep...More... |
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| NEDBANK RUNNING CLUB NATIONAL | WEEKEND RESULTS ROUND-UP 8-10 AUG |
| Wednesday, August 12, 2026 |
 This past weekend belonged to women's running. Sunday, 9 August marked National Women's Day, and 2026 carries extra significance - it is the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women's March, when more than 20 000 women walked to the Union Buildings in Pretoria and gave the country the words that still echo at every start line: "Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo" - you strike a woman, you strike a rock. This year's national theme, "Empowered Women, Empower Nations," set the tone for a weekend in which Nedbank Running Club women - and the men who train and race alongside them - were out in force from Cape Town to the Eastern Cape to the Highveld. With Women's Month running through all of August, there is plenty more still to celebrate. Here's the full round-up, starting with the standout story of the weekend...More... |
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| SPAR GRAND PRIX LEADERBOARD |
| Friday, August 7, 2026 |
 SuperSport Park, Centurion, Tshwane, South Africa: There’s a new name at the top of the SPAR Grand Prix leaderboard after the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge in Tshwane at the weekend...More... |
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| NEDBANK RUNNING CLUB NATIONAL | WEEKEND RESULTS ROUND-UP |
| Tuesday, August 4, 2026 |
 This past weekend belonged to women's running. At SuperSport Park in Centurion, 18 000 women lined up for the SPAR Women's Challenge Tshwane, and Nedbank Running Club was right at the heart of it - on the podium, in the age-category results, and even in the media centre. Elsewhere, green vests were out in force from Soweto to Elsies River to Gqeberha. Here's the full round-up, starting with the standout story of the weekend...More... |
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| GLENROSE XABA BREAKS COURSE RECORD TO WIN SPAR GRAND PRIX RACE IN TSHWANE |
| Monday, August 3, 2026 |
 SuperSport Park, Centurion, Tshwane, South Africa: Defending series champion Glenrose Xaba picked up her first win of the 2026 SPAR Grand Prix series, coasting to an impressive victory at the third leg of the campaign in Tshwane on Saturday, 1 August...More... |
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| CMA Members Affirm Independent Path at Special General Meeting |
| Sunday, August 2, 2026 |
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 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) held a Special General Meeting (SGM) on Saturday 1 August to consider the Association’s strategic direction regarding its relationship with KwaZulu-Natal Athletics (KZNA) and Athletics South Africa (ASA)...More... |
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