Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 150 May 2022 | Page 19

RUNNER ’ S HIGH
Where : Cape Town , Western Cape Event : Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathon Photographer : Tobias Ginsberg
The Experience : The return of the Two Oceans in 2022 brought not only a new women ’ s course record in the Ultra , courtesy of Gerda Steyn , but also exciting sprint finishes in both the men ’ s Ultra and men ’ s Half Marathon . Here we see eventual Ultra winner Endale
Abayneh Belachew of Ethiopia ( far left ) trailing South Africans Nkosikhona Mhlakwana ( far right ) and Onalenna Khonkhobe as they race along Rhodes Drive , with the back of Table Mountain as backdrop . In the end , Belachew only beat Mhlakwana by three seconds , while Khonkhobe took sixth place .
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