Johardt van Heerden sets new South African Otter Classic record and Toni McCann breaks existing Otter Classic record to become the fastest woman to win. NATURE’S VALLEY REST CAMP, SOUTH AFRICA — This weekend, the 11th running of the Otter African Trail Run took place on South Africa’s pristine Garden Route on Saturday, …
1st lady over the line and winner of the 2019 Otter Run is Toni McCann, breaking Ruby Muir’s 2013 record and setting a new fastest time for the Classic Otter in an official time of 04:52:51. Read more…
Congratulations to our 2019 Otter Classic winner, Johardt van Heerden in an official time of 04:02:59 – setting a new Classic record, as well as the fastest time ever set by a South African. Read more….
Johardt van Heerden and Bianca Tarboton were the frontrunners in the Otter African Trail Run Prologue run over a 3km circuit at Nature’s Valley today. The Prologue is a race in its own right, offering significant interest the day before the Otter African Trail 42km marathon, but is essentially a vehicle to determine the starting …
UCT Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering graduate, Robbie Rorich, has spent most of 2019 cycling slowly through Africa on the trip of a lifetime. A talented sculptor with an international calling card, Rorich is also one of South Africa’s stand-out trail athletes, distinctive through his flowing long hair, baggy shorts and leather sandals, but also through …
Robbie Rorich’s time of 4 hours 10 min 54 sec stands as the fastest by a South African. Read More »
South Africa’s leading marathon-distance trail athletes, Kane Reilly and Johardt van Heerden, are set to renew their north vs south rivalry in two classic African trail events. Mpumalanga athlete, Van Heerden, takes on Cape Town’s Reilly over testing mountain and coastal trails in successive weekends over the next ten days at the Rhino Peak Challenge …
The Otter title is one that has eluded both Kane and Johardt Read More »
Fourteen years ago, Elana van Zyl called time on her stellar career which had taken her to all the corners of the planet to run fast on track and road, winning world titles and breaking world records. Unlike several other running legends, such as Sonja Laxton and Colleen de Reuck, who scorned the onset of …
Twenty-five-year-old former Polish track star, Bartlomiej Przedwojewski, upset the form book to sweep to a record-breaking victory in the Otter African “Retto” Trail Run yesterday morning between Nature’s Valley and Storm’s River, with pre-race favourite, Kilian Jornet, forced out of the race in the early stages through injury. Conditions were near-perfect for running, but …
