Elite runners attend 45 day training camp

The LowMed Sport Academy elite training camp commenced on Saturday with a 20-kilometre run.

Athletes from Transkei, Limpopo, Swaziland, Johannesburg and our province are hard at work preparing for the 2018 season.

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“Some of these athletes already made their mark on the South African running scene. It is amazing to see what they produce, even though they have very few or even no resources,” said sponsor of DAC Wynand Nel of Oasis.

Well-known South African athletes, such as fastest of the local runners of this year’s Comrades Marathon, Bonginkosi Noluhlazana, are also part of the training group. Noluhlazana has run the Comrades on seven occasions, and earned a silver medal for a sub 7:30:00 on each occasion. His best time was on a down run, when he recorded 6:26:25, while his best up time is 6:42:10.

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The 2016 South African Schools Cross Country silver medallist, Emmarencia Masina (14) and this year’s title holder of the SASCC, Felicity Sibande (13) also joined the team of 26 athletes till January 15.

Tertius Mentz, Folavio Sehohle, William Mothosolo, Amos Khoza and Abednico Mashaba are some of the local runners that have made their mark on the running scene.

For the duration of the camp, the athletes are based at St Marks East High College.

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