Mokoka won a race over a trio of Kenyans who finished between 2:09:02 and 2:09:21 behind him. Namibia’s Helalia Johannes won the women's race in 2:29:28.

De Reuck's has a strong connection to the race as she grew up very close to the race course and her father ran it 15 times and her brother finished in the top-10 in 1995.

*Key Excerpts From Appeal Court Judgement The judges felt that regardless of who Pistorius thought was behind the door, that he should have known his actions would result in death.

Former Olympic 5000 silver medalist Ochichi got the first marathon victory of her career.

The six-time global medallist and two-time world champ (once indoor) who beat the great Kikpeter in the Olympics and Rudisha at Worlds will be missed. RIP at age 34. Hezekiel Sepeng: "He was a better athlete than me – one of the best ever. We competed against each other many times, but we were great friends. I was his mentor.

McKenzie was a pioneer for women's running in SA, setting multiple national records and later on, world age group records. Her 2:06.5 Masters record from 1967 is still 7th on the all time 40-44 age group list.

Jenny Simpson was way back in 9th in 2:05.08, but still beat Caster Semenya in 11th (2:06.84). Other US distance action included Gabe Grunewald 3rd in the 3000 (8:52) and some less than stellar men's 1500s as Lopez Lomong was 11th in 3:43 as Kenyan Collins Cheboi won in 3:36.

It's his second positive test as he got a 6-month ban 4-years ago.

La Grange set 6 SA marathon records during his career, with a PB of 2:13 and was the first athlete to run a sub-2:20:00 marathon on the continent of Africa.