Heat, hills and long distances put the Green Dream Team to the test this weekend, and our athletes rose to it in every corner of the map, from the Cape and the Garden Route to the Free State, the Northern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and as far afield as Kenya. Before we get to the running, a special mention goes to our National Manager, Nick Bester, who is taking on the Nedbank Gravel Burn.

A brand-new marathon with a worldwide story to tell, a Comrades champion on the streets of Amsterdam, and green vests on podiums from Johannesburg and Gqeberha to Potchefstroom and Maseru: the Green Dream Team was out in force. Here is the full round-up, beginning with a historic first in Cape Town.

All eyes now turn to Cape Town, where the inaugural Nelson Mandela Marathon takes place on Sunday, 18 October.

Selwyn Matthews will line up in the green of Nedbank Running Club at the 2026 Nelson Mandela Marathon, bringing a strong combination of speed, endurance and an impressive record of victories across the road distances to the start line.