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Images : Craig Kolesky , Stephen Freitag , Wayne Reich course , the weather was great , and I really enjoyed myself ,” said Grobler . “ The course was very wet and overgrown , so it was quite tricky in places , but I had a great time !” Former record-holder Masilo took second place in 8:27:32 , with Thato Kabeli third in 9:00:28 .
The 2022 Dusi Marathon winner , Bianca Haw , took first place in the women ’ s 65km , crossing the line together with her fiancé , Andrew Houston , in a winning time of 11:21:30 . “ What an amazing run ! I have been wanting to come back to SkyRun for a while now , mainly just to beat a friend ’ s time for this route , so to have won and beat their time , I am in my element ,” she said with a beaming smile . Second place went to Estee Cockcroft ( 11:40:18 ) and third was Carna Koch ( 11:49:10 ).
Taking a break from being behind the lens to photograph the SkyRun , Chris Strydom set a new course record for the 38km route with a blistering 4:09:18 , with Melanie Pieterse and Micaela Louw taking a tied first place for the women in 6:53:39 . Remarkably , there was also a tie for second place in the women ’ s race , with Louise van Jaarsveld and Susan Ferreira both clocking 7:15:26 .
For more info on the event and the full results of the 2022 K-Way Skyrun , got to https :// skyrun . co . za
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