May 8, 2025 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 evaluation,

What does it take to become an Abbott World Marathon Major? Some might point to elite fields, flawless logistics, and global recognition. And they wouldn’t be wrong. But if you ask us, the real answer is simpler, and more powerful. It takes all of us. That’s why we’re proud to launch Your Major, a new video series that shines a

The journey to running a marathon begins long before race day. It starts with the courage to try. To put one foot in front of the other, relentlessly, day after day. It means carving out time in busy schedules, believing in yourself through every high and low, and building a support system to help you get there. Marathon running may

“Space for every pace” is a phrase often thrown around by run crews, but for Jaide Jacobs, that promise always seemed to have an unspoken rule. The unspoken rule? It was fine as long as you weren’t running slower than a 6:30 min/km pace. If you did, you were often left behind, feeling like you didn’t truly belong. But Jaide

Shawn-Lee Carelse never thought of himself as a runner. Running was something other people did: athletes, early risers, those with a natural drive for discipline. But for Shawn-Lee, his focus was elsewhere, consumed by a past filled with struggles and addiction. A Path Shaped by Struggle Shawn-Lee’s story begins in Mitchell’s Plain, just as the area was developed around 1979,

​​For Coceka Qomiyana, running began as a necessity. Growing up in the rural Eastern Cape, her daily journey to school stretched 10 kilometers each way – a distance she covered on foot. Back then, running wasn’t a passion or a sport; it was simply how she got from one place to another. But years later, with a life and career