Wildschutt targets SA 10K record

ADRIAAN Wildschutt wants to set the Absa Run Your City Gqeberha 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

“It 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.

Wildschutt is returning to the Windy City for the popular series opener on March 1, intent on having yet another record-breaking season like the previous campaign in which he bettered four national records.