Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 59, June 2014

WHAT’S NEWS South African Athletes on the World Stage Images: Kenta Onoguchi, Lauren van der Vyver & Courtesy Ernst van Dyk Just after ﬁnishing, a satisﬁed Ryan said, “I am really stoked to come away with a second place. It was an awesome but brutal race, and my legs had nothing left in the ﬁnal 40km, so I had to dig really deep. Watching the sunrise over Mount Fuji was something very special and a memory I will never forget. Feet up now and time to eat some sushi!” Ernst makes it 10 in Boston Sandman on Podium in Japan Ryan Sandes ﬁnished second in the 168km Ultra Trail Mount Fuji in Japan on 26 April in a time of 20:19:08, an amazing feat considering he won the 125km Transgrancanaria in the Canary Islands at the beginning of March, and then went on to set a new record for the Drakensberg Grand Traverse with Ryno Griesel on the 24th of March, followed just three weeks later with the Mount Fuji race. French runner François d’Haene came home ﬁrst in 19:09:20, while Mike Foote was third in 20:54:10. Six-time Paralympian and veteran wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk made history on 21 April when he became the ﬁrst athlete to win 10 titles at the Boston Marathon in the USA. He led from start to ﬁnish to cross the line in 1:20:36, ahead of Kota Hokinoue of Japan (1:21:14), and set his second-fastest Boston time after his (then) course record 1:18:27 of 2004, which stood as the world record until beaten by Canadian Joshua Cassidy’s 1:18:25 in Boston in 2012. collection, which also includes one Paralympic gold, three silvers and three bronzes, as well as two World Championship titles as well as a silver and two bronze medals. In the men’s main race in Boston, SA’s Lusapho April was 15th over the line in 2:14:59, just over six minutes behind winner Meb Keﬂezighi (2:08:37). He stayed with the chasing group for most of the race, but dropped back late in the race after trying to close on the leaders. Ernst won the race from 2001 to 2006, and again from 2008 to 2010. In 2005 he also won the New York and Paris Marathons, and in 2006 he added the Los Angeles Marathon to his MA Online LIKE, TWEET, CONNECT Chat, debate, ﬁnd inspiration, enter our cool competitions…Join the Modern Athlete online family today! READER SURVEY TO THE POLLS If you’re not running this year’s Comrades Marathon, will you be supporting on the 89km route? If you’re not in KwaZulu-Natal, will you be watching on TV? Wendy-Joy Timmes: “I follow it every year from the get-go. I’m quite emotional at all the high and low points, having done 1 ‘Up’ and 1 ‘Down’ myself. Love and hate watching the last hour and last few minutes before the 12-hour cut-off. When I have a breakaway for church, I still have my cellphone to track friends via sms.” Melynda Leigh Ward: “My dad ran his ﬁrst when I was 4 years old and I’ve been supporting every year since. This year will be my second attempt at it. I’m now 35.” GV (@GV16i): “I completed my back-toback Comrades two years ago. I will watch and support this year for sure!” Warren Bernard (@Run20_20): “I’ll 8 What is your favourite race food? be watching online from NZ. I will relive my 2012 run while watching online while dreaming and preparing for 2015!” Lindiwe Moeti: “I can’t run this year but I will be watching from the start with some hot coffee at home! Maybe I’ll support along the route in the future.” Jennifer Joynt: “It would be nice if there was more TV coverage. We want to see the back runners as well!” Find Us! www.modernathlete.co.za Twitter: @modern_athlete Facebook: modernathletemag ISSUE 59 JUNE 2014 / www.modernathlete.co.za Bananas – 50% Energy bars – 12.5% Gu’s & Gels – 20.8% Peanut Butter Sandwich – 7.3% Potatoes – 9.4% Check out our regular polls on www.modernathlete.co.za ON SITE What you can do on www.modernathlete.co.za • • • • • • Submit an event to let readers know about upcoming races. List your running club so interested athletes can ﬁnd you! Add your company to our Directory so people can get to your product or service. Submit a FREE classiﬁed advert. Remember to enter our monthly competitions under the ‘WIN’ tab. Subscribe to our FREE digi-mag.

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