Wildschutt targets SA 10K record

ADRIAAN WILDSCHUTT wants to set the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQE-BERHA 10K alight yet again like he did last year, but this time the America-based athlete from Ceres in the Western Cape needs some help.

- MATSHELANE MAMABOLO-

ADRIAAN Wildschutt.

(Anthony Grote)

“Tt wasn’t ideal running alone for most of the race last year,” Wildschutt says of his stellar solo effort which saw him setting a new South African record of 27:28 having led from the 3km mark.

His time has since been improved by Maxime Chaumeton who ran a 26:55 in Romania and Wildschutt is now looking to become the first athlete to clock a sub-27 minute 10km on African soil. The fastest verified 10km time on the continent belongs to Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei who ran a 27:16 at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K back in 2018.