{"id":29005,"date":"2026-03-17T15:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29005"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:42:23","slug":"sas-mothibi-eyes-second-comrades-title","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-mothibi-eyes-second-comrades-title\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Mothibi eyes second comrades title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African (SA) long-distance runner Edward Mothibi is setting his sights on a second victory at the Comrades Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mothibi, who won the race in 2019 while representing Nedbank Running Club, will this time compete in the colours of Hollywood Athletics Club as he looks to return to the top.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The much-anticipated up-run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg is scheduled for 14 June, and the experienced runner says he is focused on putting in the work needed to challenge for another win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a dream for every runner, including me, but it takes hard work,\u201d Mothibi said. \u201cMy body is still responding well, and I believe I can push even harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of his preparations, he has been taking part in training runs rather than competitive races, with another build-up event planned for April.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29006,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-29005","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA long-distance runner Edward Mothibi is setting his sights on a second victory at the Comrades Marathon","published_date":"2026-03-17 15:41:11","news_description":"SA long-distance runner Edward Mothibi is setting his sights on a second victory at the Comrades Marathon","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29007,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29005\/revisions\/29007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}