Molotsane must be wary of Conrad threat
Stars face-off in second leg of Spar 10k Challenge
The Spar Women’s 10km Challenge series moves to Port Elizabeth this weekend.
The race starts at Pollok Beach in Summerstrand on Saturday morning (7am).
Reigning Grand Prix winner Kesa Molotsane, who dominated the series last year, got her 2018 campaign off to an excellent start with a convincing victory in the opening race in Cape Town in March.
But Molotsane would do well to keep a watchful eye on KPMG teammate Nolene Conrad, who appears to be in the form of her life.
Conrad recently became the latest South African to achieve IAAF Gold Label status after finishing 25th in the World Half Marathon championships in Spain.
She recently finished eighth at the Vienna Marathon in a time of 2:38:17. She also won the Two Oceans 21km race in March. In the past few years, Conrad has been a familiar figure on the podium at Spar races, and was third on Grand Prix ladder last year.
She missed the opening race in Cape Town this year because of her world half marathon commitment, but with five races to go, the battle for the title is still wide open.
Three-time Grand Prix winner Irvette van Zyl, who finished third in Cape Town, despite being six months pregnant, is still undecided about whether she will run on Saturday.
Other runners to look out for in PE are Glenrose Xaba, who was second in Cape Town, Christine Kalmer, who is back in form after a quiet 2017 because of illness, and the Phalula twins – Lebo and Lebogang – who are both former Grand Prix winners.