Risenga Baloyi (51) from Tzaneen (Flora Park) is a testament that indeed nothing under the sun is impossible.

He started training for marathons in 2017 after he was told by people close to him that he would do well in marathon races.

He eventually took them upon their word and participated in his first race which was the 12 kilometre Tuffy Marathon last year where he finished the race in one hour and four minutes.

Ever since he has participated in different kinds of races in the country and in the southern part of Africa.

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In the beginning of July this year he completed the 42 km the Victoria Falls Marathon, in which they ran from Zimbabwe to Zambia and finished the race back in Zim with the time of four hours and 22 minutes.

In May he participated in the Diacore Gaborone Marathon in Botswana where he again finished the race in good time.

“I want to tell anyone with a dream, that it is not too late to realise your dream, don’t allow your age to limit you.

“Had I known from a young age that I was gifted in marathon running I would have been far in this field,”said Baloyi.

He currently teaches at Relela Primary School in Bolobedu and he is also the athletics trainer at the school.

“We have improved as a school in athletics this year, we even competed provincially, where as in the past we only ended up within the circuit,” he added.

Baloyi says he is more healthier than he has ever been and he no longer has the heart condition which he had before he started training for marathons.