Old Mutual is committed to social development and investing in South Africa’s social fabric through sports and is involved in helping coordinate some of the toughest sporting events in the country.
Old Mutual sponsors a number of running events, including Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon, Old Mutual Om die Dam and Old Mutual Buffs Marathon. Each of these events contributes to promoting unity, celebrating diversity and stimulating growth and education.
The Old Mutual running portal is a community platform created for athletes to interact, ask questions through the forum and find race information. With the help of Old Mutual virtual coach, Norrie Williamson, Old Mutual has created customised training programmes, designed to help athletes achieve their target finish times.
Muzhingi gets double as Thys says he will break five hours for Comrades!
Stephen Muzhingi became only the second runner ever to win both the Old Mutual Two Oceans marathon and Comrades marathon when he crashed across the finish line in three hours, eight minutes and eight
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William Makwalakwale won the Old Mutual Om Die Dam 50km in 2 hours 51 minutes and 5 seconds leaving over 6,000 runners strung out around the dam in his wake.
Heavy mist and cool weather greeted the massive field as they headed across the dam wall with the contenders coming to the fore on the
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Nedbank’s Zingisile Marikeni won the Old Mutual Buffs Marathon in East London in a time of 2 hours, 28 minutes and 6 seconds.
Marikeni stayed to the rear of the large lead bus that pulled away from the field shortly after the gun. “I had been told that there were some visiting runners,
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One of the attractions of road running is the ability to get into a rhythm, switch off and enjoy the peace and solace of running down a smooth road. This ability to disassociate in road running is sacrificed when you take up trail running. Any loss of concentration can literally see you in
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