After a standout 2025 season that saw him break four national records, Adriaan Wildschutt has set his sights on further record-breaking achievements in 2026.
Wildschutt will return to the Absa Run Your City Gqeberha 10km on March 1, where he aims to become the first athlete to clock a sub-27-minute 10km on African soil.
It would mean a lot to run sub-27:00 on SA soil. It would probably be one of my highest achievements. It would certainly mean the world to me, says the 27-year-old, who set an SA record of 27:28 on his Run Your City Series debut in The Friendly City last April, before Maxime Chaumeton eclipsed that mark with a 26:55 clocking in Romania six months later.
