NMMU Madibaz result and photos

Our inaugural NMMU Madibaz Street Mile in George was well supported with a total of 85 runners participating in the various categories. 16 year old Simonay Weitsz (KPMG) was once again the winner in the ladies open race in 4:52,23.  This time she was leading from the start and was initially chased by Kesa Molotsane (Kovsies) and…

Did you know?

The Klein Karoo Street Mile finishes in front of the school where South Africas first dream mile athlete, De Villiers Lamprecht attended high school. Oudtshoorn Boys High is now the CP Nel Museum. Lamprecht was head boy at Boys High in 1960 and ran his first dream mile in 13 November 1964 as a student…

Your name on your vest: Yes!

I was looking at photos from the Tomtom Tembisa Street Mile  and noticed how good it looks when the athletes have their names rather than race numbers on their vests. Like at the IAAF Diamond Leagues 🙂 This also makes it more interesting for the spectators and help the announcer too. We decided to use the name identification system…