SIYABONGA Mafuleka weNRB Harriers Athletics Club ungomunye wabagijimi abazobe bedlana imilala emjahweni iZululand District Marathon (ZDM) webanga lika-56km ozogijinywa kusukwa oLundi, usongwe KwaNongoma, ngeSonto.
Lo mjaho oxhaswe nguMasipala wesiFunda iZululand oholwa yiMeya uMichael "Mkhonyovu" Khumalo, ogcine ukugijinywa ngo-2019.
Ukhuza ibuya nonyaka ngenhloso yokusiza abagijimi basesifundeni iZululand namaphethelo ukuwenza izikhathi zokuzibekisela indawo kwiComrades Marathon ezogijinywa ngoJuni 14, eThekwini, kuphelelwa eMgungundlovu.
I-ZDM yanonyaka okulindeleke igijinywe nangabagijimi abanohlonze bakwezinye izifundazwe nabangaphandle kweNingizimu Afrika, izogijinywa ngokusuka eMangosuthu Buthelezi Airport, oLundi, isongwe eKing Bhekuzulu High School, KwaNongoma.
UMafuleka (32) waseJozini, KwaMhlabuyalingana, ongaphansi kweNRB Harriers Athletics Club, usebenzise umjaho uMhlathuze Crocs Marathon yebanga lika-42km obuseMpangeni, ngoMashi 21, lapho elale khona isibili ngesikhathi esingu-2:30:25, ngemuva kukaSicelo Mkhwanazi odle umhlanganiso ngo-2:28:43.
Nyakenye, udle umhlanganiso kwi-Best of the Best Marathon yebanga lika-42km, walala endaweni ka-13 kwiPrince Mangosuthu Ultra…