Blantyre is bracing for a weekend of high-octane athletics as the eighth edition of the city’s iconic 42.195 Kilometre race prepares to descend on Kamuzu Stadium this Sunday, 27 September, with organisers targeting a bumper turnout of more than 300 competitors. The prestigious event will see professional and amateur athletes alike battle it out across […]
Mulanje-based long distance athlete, Edson Kumwamba — whose Athletic Club member Jafali Jossam managed to be on the winners podium in the 2019 Blantyre Marathon — is preparing his club athletes for the third edition scheduled for June 20. He has organised two prize giving races, stating with a 10km on March 28 and the […]
After failing to host it last year due to Coronavirus restrictions, the Blantyre Marathon is on this year on Sunday, June 20. Blantyre Marathon is an annual event that brings top Malawian athletes together to compete for best prizes as they aim at representing Malawi in other platforms across the world to get medals. The […]
Kefasi Kasiteni and Doris Fisher, who both came second in their respective categories of Sunday’s Blantyre City Marathon, are now set to participate at the Old Mutual Soweto Marathon on November 3 in South Africa on an all-expenses-paid trip, courtesy of Old Mutual. The two qualified to represent Malawi after winning the September 7th Run […]
Sunday’s Blantyre City Marathon has identified a new winner in Zomba-based Mphatso Nadolo but it seems the performance of long distance runners is going down as Nadolo was far from breaking the 42.195km course’s 16-year-old record of 2:18:40hrs, set by veteran Henry Moyo in 2003. He clocked 2:29:38 and it was not even his personal […]
All is set for the 2019 Blantyre City Marathon scheduled to start at 6am on Sunday (October 13) as the athletes eye to break the 42.195km course’s 16-year-old record of 2:18:40hrs, set by veteran Henry Moyo in 2003. An extra K500,000 incentive was dangled last year by the organisers, Malawi National Council of Sports, that […]
Rab Processors have partnered with organizers of the 2019 Blantyre City Marathon scheduled for October 13 in which the company shall provide 1,000 bottles of Vital Premium purified still water in 500ml bottles. Rab Processors are also sponsors of the Southern Region Football League through their juice brand, ThumbsUp, as well providing training and match […]
Having heard of the glamour that is associated with the now revived Blantyre City Marathon, South Africa-based athlete Peter Chiwaya says he is shaping himself up to be properly fit to fight for honours in next year’s edition. Chiwaya is an ultra runner — races that use mountain and hill trails in which they start […]
The second edition of the revived Blantyre City Marathon has been shifted from September 29 to October 13 in order to meet some of its logistics for a successful event. All other arrangements such as having the proceeds from the event to be channeled to Kachere Rehabilitation Centre at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre […]
This year’s winners of the Run 4 Reforestation half marathon along the trails of Zomba Plateau on September 7, will be awarded with the grand prize of participating at the Old Mutual Soweto Marathon in South Africa on an all-expenses-paid trip, courtesy of Old Mutual. Organised by Zomba Forest Lodge, prizes for the inaugural event […]
The record time which Malawi’s international mountain trail long distance (Ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba set at 6:54:25hrs when he won the South African Puffer 80km race last year still stands after this year’s event held last Saturday. In 2017, Kumwamba ran the race in 7:32:45 and this year’s winner, a white South African named Ian […]
Malawi’s international mountain trail long distance (Ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba has formed an athletics club in Mulanje, which currently preparing to stamp its authority at the forthcoming Blantyre City Marathon, scheduled for next month. So far Mulanje Athletic Club has 20 athletes both male and female and Kumwamba says they are still receiving more […]
Proceeds from the second edition of the revived Blantyre City Marathon, scheduled for September 29, will be channeled to Kachere Rehabilitation Centre at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. And just like last year, the champion in both categories will walk away with K1 million prize money and there is also an incentive of K500,000 […]
Deep mountain snow affected Malawi’s international mountain trail race specialist, Edson Kumwamba during the 90km Marathon du Mont Blanc in France on Friday, June 28 but he still came an impressive 14th position in Open male section and 18th on the Globe 2 (world class) in 12hrs 57min 25secs. This is a huge improvement from last […]
Malawian athlete from Mulanje District, Doris Fisha, ran the 2019 Comrades Marathon on Sunday, June 9 in a time of 7:20hrs and earned herself a silver medal but she was forced to participate at this great event as a South African because she was denied a citizen clearance letter from Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM). […]
Malawi’s international mountain trail race specialist, Edson Kumwamba has finally been granted his travel Visa to France to participate in that country’s 90km Du Mont Blanc race on June 30 and his air ticket is also ready. Kumwamba, who is gunning for the winners’ podium this year, first took part in the event to years […]
The injury that Malawian Imran Paya picked before the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon and which he aggravated during the race in April, has come to haunt him as it has affected his hopes of participating in the Comrades Marathon scheduled for this Sunday, June 9. Paya picked up a serious injury when he strained […]
Malawi’s international mountain trail race specialist, Edson Kumwamba is training harder for his second attempt at France’s 90km Mont Blanc race on June 30 and he says this time around he is gunning to be on the winners’ podium. Kumwamba, who came an impressive overall second place in the five-legged Sri Lanka Ultra X 250km […]