BrahGate Archives - The Running Mann

3rd June 20267th August 2026

Must Loathe Rules (When run crews go delinquent)

The Streisand Effect refers to the phenomenon where an attempt to suppress, hide, or censor information ends up drawing far more attention to it instead.

The term originates from a 2003 incident involving singer and actress Barbra Streisand, who sued a photographer and website for publishing an aerial photo of her Malibu home. Before the lawsuit, the image had attracted virtually no public interest. After legal action was taken, news of the lawsuit spread widely—and so did the photo. What was meant to erase the image instead amplified it.

When I published the initial BrahGate article outing Luke “7^th placed lady” Jacobs as a bib bandit I had no knowledge as to who the Must Love Hills run crew were, any of their members or even that Luke Jacobs ran for them. In the original version of the article I made no reference to run crews at all and no names other than that of Luke Jacobs were mentioned.

12th May 202612th May 2026

Doubling Down on Integrity: A Question for Kendra Stewart

They say a picture says a thousand words. Here’s exactly one thousand words explaining how this photo of an unnamed female bib bandit in Must Love Hills kit is relevant for integrity, ethics and morals.

A picture that deserves one thousand words (if anyone has the identity of the bandit running in B65036 please let me know). Update: Bandit identified as Adele van Aswegen.

The timing chip from #65036 has been removed. Whether this is sensible or devious is debatable but at least this bandit won’t compromise the official results and ship’s log. Removing the timing chip does however indicate premeditation and that the bandit and bib provider knew what they were doing was wrong.

23rd April 2026

Karin-Mari scores a sponsor (silver linings over silver medals)

I have some great news to share. There is indeed a silver lining to the BrahGate saga: This morning Karin-Mari Dötze, the 10^th placed lady at this year’s Two Oceans half marathon, officially signed with Nedbank and became a sponsored athlete.

22nd April 202629th April 2026

Good Hope DJ & former Stormer is latest BrahGate Bandit

I had several reports of sightings of Good Hope FM DJ and former Stormers centre on the Two Oceans half marathon route but he was mysteriously missing from the results. Thanks to some sleuthing from readers we have the big Scooby Doo Doo reveal…

Well known personality, Morgan Newman, was spotted on the 2026 Two Oceans half marathon route but was mysteriously missing from the results.

21st April 202629th April 2026

Karin-Mari’s Story (How Two Morons Stole her Special Moment)

[Sunday 12 April, 07:39, University of Cape Town, Finish Line].

There is just one gold medal remaining at the 2026 Two Oceans Marathon. Twenty were handed out at Saturday’s ultra and 19 have been claimed so far at the half marathon. Who will claim the 10^th placed ladies’ position?

Two Oceans hosts the country’s largest, richest and most prestigious half marathon. It attracts a strong international field. All of today’s medals have been won by professional athletes – most of them from other countries. But then there’s a surprise. Instead of yet another purple Hollywood or green Nedbank vest adding to their weekend’s medal tally, a diminutive figure in the black and white of Jeppe Athletic Club rounds the corner and hits the finish straight.

14th April 202629th April 2026

Two Oceans 2026: Two Top 10 “Ladies” Disqualified as Topless Photos Emerge Online

Luke Jacobs, a Partnership Sales Manager with HYROX South Africa, decided to run the Two Oceans half marathon in Larissa Parekh’s race number. He finished as 7^th lady. As you can see from the photos below he does not run in a sports bra.