South Africa is a hotbed of sporting activity with dozens of races taking place each and every weekend around the country. fitCal is a new, South African website that allows you to search through the races and events in from across the country to create your own customised schedule.

Running, cycling, swimming and multi-sport events like triathlons are all represented in the online calendar which lets you first filter by your sport of choice and then by your region before churning out your list. Once you have a list of events it’s simple enough to add them into your schedule with the fitCal website exporting to Apple’s iCal, Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook.

fitCal was created by Mike Stopforth in response to his growing frustration at “trying to find running, cycling and swimming events by my (his) preference across the myriad (in many cases sub-standard) event and fitness-related sites online.”

fitCal is open just in time for those, like myself, training for the Two Oceans marathon in April and looking for any opportunity to race. The site is still in a testing phase at the moment but anyone can sign up. (Stopforth does warns that there are still quite a few bugs in the code but welcomes any feedback which can be submitted through the fitCal Twitter account.)

(Main image: www.fitcal.co.za)