Maxwell to use Cape Town Marathon as a stepping stone
CAPE TOWN – Tanith Maxwell was just an 8-year-old when her uncle, Kevin Flanagan, won the SA Marathon Championships in Durban in 1983.
Struck by the passion of his niece who was there to welcome him home at the finish line, Flanagan bought her a pair of North Star “tackies” to start her running career. And the rest is history.
Even before that, Maxwell had been introduced to the passion of long distance running, being an avid supporter of her parents, who completed 14 Comrades Marathons between them. She seemed predestined to run marathons and run them fast, and in ten days’ time will line up for another high profile 42.2km race in the form of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon.
Now one of South Africa’s leading marathoners, Cape Town’s Maxwell can look back on no fewer than six occasions when she donned the green and gold marathon vest, starting with the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006 and ending with the London Marathon in 2012.
Between those were the All Africa Games in Algeria in 2007 and three World Athletics Championship marathons in Japan (2007), Germany (2009) and Korea (2011).
Source: iol.co.za