Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 109, Aug 2018 | Page 38

RACE CALENDAR

Race-ready for Spring

Totalsports Ladies ’ Race Johannesburg , Central Gauteng , 9 August

AUGUST 2018

Want to get ready for some fast racing in Spring ? Need to get your legs moving again after some winter hibernation ? Then check out all the races in August and use them as a great stepping stone to build speed and endurance ahead of the peak racing season . As always , our jampacked race calendar has it all , including road and trail runs as well as all the other running-related disciplines ! – COMPILED BY TOM COTTRELL & SEAN FALCONER
GAUTENG
CENTRAL GAUTENG
Wednesday 1 August Kinetic Night Trail Run 8km & 4km , Randpark , Johannesburg , 6pm , Heidi Muller
082 564 6468
Sunday 5 August RevitaPro Klipriviersberg Challenge 18km , 10km & 5km Trail Run , Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve , Peggy Vera Road , Kibler Park , 7am ,
Charles Peternell 083 320 8901
Stor-age Pirates 10km & 5km , Pirates Club , Braeside Road , Greenside , 8am , Race
Organiser 011 568 0922 ( w )
Thursday 9 August Totalsports Ladies ’ Race Johannesburg 10km & 5km , Mary Fitzgerald Square ,
Newtown , 8am , Stillwater Sports 082 911 0445
Wonder Woman Mission Night Trail Run 15km , 10km & 5km , Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate , Kempton Park , 7pm , Shane
Gouldie 082 332 9552
Dirkies Bergpretloop 8.8km & 4km , Hoerskool John Vorster . Graaff-Reinet Street ,
Nigel , 8am & 8:15am , Bout Time 082 562 9841
Sunday 12 August Old Eds Half-Marathon , 10km & 5km , Virgin Active Old Ed ’ s Club , cnr 4th Street & 11th Avenue , Lower Houghton , 8am ( 21 & 10 ) &
8:20am ( 5 ), Race Organiser 011 728 7335 ( w )
Zoo Trot 10km & 5km , Centenary Lawn ,
Johannesburg Zoo , Upper Park Drive , 7:30am ,
Lebogang Mathope 011 712 6817 ( w )
Wednesday 15 August Ruimsig Trail Run 10km & 5km , Ruimsig Country Club , Hole in One Avenue , Ruimsig ,
6pm , Corne van Zyl 011 053 9153 ( w )
Saturday 18 August Clearwater 10km & 5km , Clearwater Mall , cnr Hendrick Potgieter Drive & Christiaan de Wet Road , Strubens Valley , Roodepoort , 7am &
7:15am , Andrew Young 083 236 9275
Central Gauteng Cross Country Champs ,
Kagiso Sports Complex , 11am , CGA
011 873 2726 ( w )
Sunday 19 August
Arthro Choice Half Marathon , 10km &
5km , Inanda Country Base , Rose Road ,
Knopjeslaagte , Midrand , 7am , Glenn Andrews
083 259 7581
Land Drover Mountain Monster Trail Run
28km , 13km , 8km & 5km , Modderfontein
Nature Reserve , Arden Road , Modderfontein ,
8am , Ruan Botes 063 686 7315
Sunday 26 August
Wanderers Aucor Property Half Marathon ,
10km & 5km , The Wanderers Club , 21 North
Street , Illovo , 7am ( 21 & 10 ) & 7:15am ( 5 ),
Hilde Harvey 063 389 0681
Central Gauteng Cross Country Club
Challenge , Tembisa , 11am , CGA
011 873 2726 ( w )
Wednesday 29 August
Merrell Spring Night Trail Run Powered
by Black Diamond 8km & 5km , Delta Café ,
Marlborough Avenue , Craighall Park , 6:30pm ,
Tatum Prins 083 449 0760
GAUTENG NORTH
Wednesday 1 August Jackal Night Trail Run 10km & 5km , Copperleaf Country Club , Ernie Els Boulevard ,
Centurion , 7pm , Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Saturday 4 August SPAR Women ’ s 10km & 5km – Centurion , SuperSport Park , cnr South & West Streets ,
Centurion , 2pm , Race Organiser 012 327 4930 ( w )
Adventure Tails Bark Run 5km & 2km ( with
dogs ), Rosemary Hill 257 , R964 , Pretoria ,
8am , Glizelle 083 264 9331
Sunday 5 August
Smuts Trail Series 21km , 15km , 10 &
5km , Jan Smuts House Museum , Jan Smuts
Avenue , Irene , Centurion , 8am , Shane Gouldie
082 332 9552
Prestige Trail Run Series # 3 21km , 15km , 10km & 5km , Ingaadi Spar , Garsfontein Road , Pretoria East , 8:30am , 8:45am , 9am &
9:15am , Race Organiser 082 562 9841
Cosave Mica Sunrise Challenge Trail Run 12.5km & 5km , Cosave Mica , 560 Alfred
Boyes Avenue , Kirkney , Pretoria , 7am , Gustav Oosthuysen 072 525 5090
Wednesday 8 August Botanical Series Trail Run 10km & 5km , Pretoria National Botanical Gardens , Cussonia Ave , Brummeria , Pretoria , 7pm , Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Thursday 9 August Castle Walk Shopping Centre Women ’ s 10km & 5km , Castle Walk Shopping Centre , cnr Nossob & Swakop Streets , Erasmuskloof , Pretoria , 7am & 7:15am , Liesel van Zyl 060 582 1651
Lady and the Tramp Trail Run 10km & 5km , The Clay Café , The Big Red Barn , Nelson Road , Olifantsfontein , 8am , Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Saturday 11 August Clicks Wierie Half-Marathon , 10km , 5km & 2km , Laerskool Wierdapark , cnr Ruimte Road & Willem Botha Street , Wierda Park , Centurion , 6:30am ( 21 & 10 ), 7am ( 5 ) & 7:15am ( 2 ), Hennelie Kotze 084 031 3212
Sunday 12 August Rietvlei Dam Trail Series 10km & 5km , Rietvlei Dam , Irene , 8am , Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Wednesday 15 August Rietvlei Dam Night Trail Run 10km & 5km , Rietvlei Dam , Irene , 7pm , Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Saturday 18 August Phobians Fifteen 15km & 5km , Pretoria Boys High School , Roper Street , Brooklyn , 7am & 7:15am , Graham Strangleman 076 246 5185
AGN Cross Country Championships , Sutherland & Eldoraigne High Schools , Christopher Road , Centurion , Time TBC , Alet Kieser 073 894 2929
Wednesday 22 August Owl Night Trail Run 10km & 5km , Irene Country Club , 1 MI8 , Doornkloof 391-Jr , Centurion , 7pm , Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Friday 24 – Saturday 25 August Dawn2Dusk 100 Mile & 12-Hour Circuit Race , Gerrit Maritz High School , Daan de Wet
Nel Drive , Pretoria , Fri 4pm ( 160 ) & Sat 7am ( 12-hour ), Gerrie Strydom 082 940 5453
Saturday 25 August SMU Half Marathon , 10km & 5km , Sepako Magatho Health Sciences University , Ga- Rankuwa , Pretoria , 7am , Moses Lengweng 082 426 4455
Adventure Tails Bark Run 8km , 5km & 2km ( with dogs ), Tierpoort Adventure Farm , Rooikat Steet , Tierpoort , 8am , Glizelle 083 264 9331
Wednesday 29 August Run with the Lions Night Trail Run 10km & 5km , The Farm Inn , Silverlakes Road , Silverlakes , Pretoria , 7pm , Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
VAAL TRIANGLE
No races scheduled for this period .
WESTERN CAPE
BOLAND
Saturday 4 August PPC Riebeeck Berg Marathon , Half- Marathon , 10km & 5km , PPC Cement Plant , Riebeeck West , 7:30am ( 42 ), 8am ( 21 ), 8:30am ( 10 ) & 8:45am ( 5 ), Ilze Vlok 079 523 5145
Green Forest Trail Run # 1 21km , 10km & 5km , Lebanon Forest , Grabouw ( 21 & 10 runners bussed to start from Hickory Shack Restaurant , just off N2 between Grabouw & Botriver ), 8:30am ( 21 ) & 9am ( 10 & 5 ), Dominique Provoyeur 084 363 4104
Sunday 5 August Cape Winter Trail Series # 3 13.5km & 7.5km , Taal Monument , Paarl , 9am & 9:21am , Wildrunner Events 021 821 9898 ( w )
Wednesday 8 August Devonvale 10km & 5km Night Run , Devonvale Golf & Wine Estate , Blumberg Drive , off M23 Bottelary Road , near Stellenbosch , 6:30pm , Dominique Provoyeur 084 3634 104
Thursday 9 August Auric Auto / Auto Athlantic BMW Run The
Images : Tobias Ginsberg & courtesy PPC
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