GOING THE DISTANCE | SA Half Marathon Championship in Gqeberha reminds us of former glory days

This weekend, the staging of a SA Half Marathon Championship event in Gqeberha brings back many memories of major races and performances. Numerous runners will be on the road representing Border, as indeed so many fine athletes have done over the years. Yesterday morning, my wife Pat was in a storeroom scratching through a filing cabinet seeking documents when I walked in and saw only one file — it read: “Ohlsson’s South African Half Marathon Championships 1991.