Glenrose Xaba’s next target: a fourth SPAR Grand Prix crown and a new benchmark for South African road running

Glenrose Xaba enters the new SPAR Grand Prix season with a rare chance to separate herself from every champion who came before her: a fourth overall series title. Beyond the record chase, her campaign is shaping up as a litmus test for the depth of South Africa’s women’s road-running scene in an Olympic-cycle year.