Spring Marathon Season

1 September is officially the first day of Spring and Spring brings in Spring Marathon Season with Finisthime recording no less than 15 events in the month. From Triathlons, to Mountain Races to the only IAAF Gold Label event on the continent, the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, Finishtime will once again ensure that results will be accurate, easily accessible and in the case of Cape Town Marathon, once again will have Live 5km splits, taking…

"Spring Marathon Season"

Almost 30 000 results captured

August was busy month for the crew of FinishTime, timing a total of 14 races across South Africa, including one race in Swakopmund, Namibia. The busiest weekends were the 4 August and 26 August, where no less than three events were timed on a single day. 28 610 results were captured over the 14 races, with the bulk being the Mandela Day Marathon (17500) and the three ladies’ races (Totalsports Ladies Race Cape Town and…

"Almost 30 000 results captured"

Mandela Day Marathon

History was made at the Mandela Day Marathon, when FinishTime introduced for the first time Live 5km split timing for the 10km, Half Marathon and Marathon, timing a total of 17 500 runners across all three races. Being able to provide the 5km timing splits is yet another innovation of FinishTime and means that those who are not able to watch the race unfold live on Television, can now follow how the race unpacks at…

"Mandela Day Marathon"

SportsSplits SA time IRONMAN

The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon history making endeavours capped off an incredible month for FinishTime, and it started with one of the biggest events in the global sporting fraternity – the 70.3 IRONMAN World Championships held in Port Elizabeth on 1 and 2 September. Over the weekend, FinishTime recorded splits and final times of almost 6000 athletes, from elite to age groupers. And this was followed worldwide.   Jan Frodeno, reclaimed the title he last…

"SportsSplits SA time IRONMAN"

SportsSplits SA make History

Sunday 23 September saw South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka make history when he won the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in a new course record time of 2:08.31. The following around this feat was all over Social Media. While the sporting community was ecstatic about this performance, ardent followers of the race and Mokoka were not only celebrating his performance, but also the new APP used by the event to be able to track Mokoka’s, and other…

"SportsSplits SA make History"