Four-time Soweto Marathon champion Irvette Van Zyl is fighting to be fit ahead of the Two Oceans Ultra-Marathon set for 6 April in Cape Town after battling with injury woes for five months.
Hollywood Athletics Club manager Manfred Seidler has confirmed to SABC Sport that Irvette Van Zyl has been listed as one of their elite female runners for the upcoming Comrades Marathon on 8 June.
Four-time Soweto Marathon champion Irvette Van Zyl has withdrawn from the People’s Race due to a hamstring injury.
Four-time Olympian Irvette Van Zyl has opted out of the sold-out Cape Town Marathon in October to focus on the Soweto Marathon in November.
Despite participating in three previous Olympic Games, South African long-distance runner Irvette van Zyl refuses to call herself an Olympian.
South Africa’s ultra-marathon queen Gerda Steyn once again left her mark on the Two Oceans Marathon, as she shattered her own record by nearly two minutes on Saturday morning.