Drawing on notes made by Sanlam Cape Town Marathon Safety Officer, Phil Prinsloo, during meetings in the Joint Operations Committee (JOC), it gives a clear idea of how things went wrong as the wind ...

Runners woke to disappointing news on Sunday as the 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon was cancelled at short notice after fierce overnight winds continued into the early hours.

Following the cancellation of Sunday’s Sanlam Cape Town Marathon just an hour and a half before the scheduled 6:10am start, ...

Clark Gardner, group CEO of Faces, the organisers of the marathon, said that severe winds caused extensive damage to the race ...

Cape Town Marathon’s ambitions to become a Major Marathon has been dented following the cancellation of the race owing to extreme wind in the Mother City.

All participants who were supposed to run the cancelled 2025 race will get an entry to 2026 and a "provisional" Abbott World ...

Marathon CEO Clark Gardner says organisers were 'devastated' after months of preparation, especially with international ...

In a landmark moment for African running, the 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 ...

As an avid, social runner who has two full 42,2km Soweto Marathon medals, with a finishing time that will remain classified ...

24,000 athletes had entered to compete in the 2025 event, which was in the final year of a multi-year eval process to become a World Marathon Major in 2026. With heavy winds in Cape Town, event ...

African Bank is offering Cape Town Marathon runners 50% off to join the Soweto Marathon after the Cape Town race was cancelled due to strong winds.