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ON OUR COVER George Kusche. Photo by Armand Jansen van Vuuren
CONTENTS
RUN MAGAZINE • ISSUE 13 • AUTUMN 2026
PHOTOGRAPHS MENTZ GERMISHUIS, SAM CLARK
POINT OF VIEW
17 THE ED reflects on size, strength and the healthy joy of running
130 SURROUND SOUND
Should runners play music at races? Stuart Mann shares his notes
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VISUAL STOKE
18 RAD RUNS
Glorious road, track and trail action from across the globe
101 INSTA INSPIRATION Motivate your training with these epic shares from passionate runners
GLOBAL ADVENTURES
24 CHINA’ S HIDDEN TRAILS
An expat hits her stride running between worlds in The Middle Kingdom
56 SKY HIGH
The Matterhorn Ultraks delivers a bucket-list experience in the Swiss Alps
86 THE BIG AFRICAN STAGE
These multi-day adventures offer raw challenges across wild landscapes
LEKKER LOCAL RACES
64 CAPITAL HILLS
A rolling course returns a rewarding finish at the Pretoria Marathon
70 BEYOND COMFORT
Ultra-Trail Cape Town serves up a gruelling challenge over 100 miles
102 DIGGING DEEP
Kimberley’ s inaugural Big Hole Marathon proves a gem of a race
112 DEEP SOUTH CLASSIC
Ocean vistas and a pass that pulls no punches at the Red Hill Marathon
120 CIRCUIT WORKOUT
The Red Star Marathon is a flat spin around an Mpumalanga racetrack
124 20 COOL COUNTRY RACES
Diarise these dates for an athletic weekend on roads less travelled
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