Rocky Road Runners

What a deal!!! All Rockies members get 10% off their bill at which you can find upstairs at Zoo Lake Sports Club Don't forget to wear some Rockies gear to get your discount! The perfect spot to get a good breakfast in after the Saturday Time Trial and Sunday Club Run.

Home - Rockies | Rocky Road Runners As one of the oldest and most established running clubs in South Africa, Rocky Road Runners offer a great forum and support for runners to do what they love – running. We are centrally based at The Zoo Lake Sports Club Cnr of Lower Park Drive and Westwold Way in Parkwood.

On Saturday 07 March, Rockies hosted a special time trial in honor of Richard Wilkinson who played an important role in the club and shared many an encouraging word with his fellow runners. Thanks so all the Rockies who came to enjoy the time trial.

We hope to see you on Saturday 😄

We will start with a relaxed easy 7km run from Zoo Lake Sports Club, wind our way through Parkview and Westcliff towards JHB Zoo where we will do the 5km Zoo Trot. The GPX route can be downloaded off the Rockies Whattsapp Community group. We hope to see you there!
Zoo Lake Sports Club

Meet your new CGA President, Karabo Mabilo, duly elected at the council meeting today

Rockies 2026 weekly club runs started off with a bang!!! Well Done to everyone who got out their running shoes. We hope to see more people next week.
-Wednesdays Speed Session 6am start (meet at the Zoo Lake dam wall).
-Saturdays 5km Time Trial, 7am start, meet at the Sakhumzi parking lot at Zoo Lake.
-Sunday long runs, 6am start with loops of 7km, meet at the Rockies container in the Zoo Lake Sports Club parking lot.
All paces are welcome at all club runs 😀 Zoo Lake Sports Club

Do you have running goals for 2026? Join Rockies Running Club for a supportive community. Based at Zoo Lake Sports Club email [email protected] for more information.

CHEAPEST MARATHONS IN SOUTH AFRICA
If you’re looking for a good running deal, this is the list to check out. It pays to head out of the big city for a rural running adventure. And those in Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga will want to head south.

Knysna Heads Marathon is back at the top of the table this year and is the only marathon in the county offering fuel economy below R3 per kilometre.

Laingsburg in the Karoo is second whilst the Umzila Ka Tambo in the Transkei rounds out the podium.

There’s some amazing value on this list (and a few races even throw in a free race t-shirt). I can recommend all those that I’ve run. Links to detailed race reports for those I’ve run since starting the blog are below:

https://runningmann.co.za/2019/05/01/knysna-heads-marathon/

https://runningmann.co.za/2019/11/17/karoo-80k/

https://runningmann.co.za/2024/08/19/festival-of-running-marathon-earning-your-easter-eggs/

https://runningmann.co.za/2019/09/08/prince-mangosuthu-ultra/

https://runningmann.co.za/2019/02/21/ottosdal-night-marathon/

https://runningmann.co.za/2018/05/26/outeniqua-marathon/

https://runningmann.co.za/2019/03/10/klerksdorp-marathon/

[Most expensive marathons to follow]

MOST EXPENSIVE MARATHONS/ULTRAS IN SOUTH AFRICA
The bigger they are, the harder they’ll hit your pocket. The scent of Romano lingers in the air as Two Oceans scores an unwelcome victory. The good news is that the goodie bag will be a lot better in 2026 and the race fee will not be increased in 2026 or 2027.

Loskop is second but have substantially reduced their entry fee in 2026 (to R527 which likely sees them drop off the top 10 list altogether). Cape Town Marathon podiums and are expected to be the most expensive rand/km road race in South Africa next year as they’ve increased their 2026 fees while others have remained static or reduced.

Despite keeping their entry fee static for another year, Comrades is 4th followed by another of the big ultras, Om Die Dam, in 5th.

If you ran all 10 on the most expensive list, it would cost R6,664 in entry fees. Still much cheaper than running a major and most trail runs but organisers will need to look at creative ways to halt increases or risk excluding a large portion of the road running community.