Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 113, December 2018 | Page 38
RACE CALENDAR
Holiday
Racing
DECEMBER 2018
South African runners really are blessed with a terrific race calendar,
with so many great races to do, so check out these events for the
coming month, including road and trail runs as well as other running
disciplines, and make your racing plans! – BY TOM COTTRELL
AND SEAN FALCONER
Trilogy Trail Run, Boland, 9 December
CENTRAL GAUTENG
Sunday 2 December
World Aids Day Half Marathon, 10km &
5km, Katlehong Sports Complex, Lesotho
Street, 7am, Arnold Ravhutulu 079 135 4566
The Campus Run Series 8km & 5km –
Campus Catchup, The Campus, Sloane
Street, Bryanston, 8am, [email protected]
Wednesday 5 December
Kinetic Christmas Night Trail 8km & 4km,
Randpark, 6pm, Heidi Muller 082 564 6468
Thursday 6 December
Decathlon Killarney Country Club Night
Run 8km & 5km, Killarney Country Club, 60
Fifth Street, Lower Houghton, 7pm,
[email protected]
Sunday 9 December
Orlando Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,
Orlando Rugby Ground, Soweto, 6am,
Sibongile Maruto 078 445 0249
Zoo Trot 10km & 5km, Centenary Lawn,
Johannesburg Zoo, Upper Park Drive,
Parkview, 7:30am, Lebogang Mathope
011 712 6817 (w)
Sunday 16 December
Gauteng Striders Reconciliation Day 10km
& 5km, Vosloorus Stadium, Moagi Road, 7am,
Boyce Joko 071 682 1775
Wobblers and Wigglers Hat Race 7.8km Fun
Run, Pirates Club, Braeside Road, Greenside,
8am, Hennie Booysen 082 801 0924
GAUTENG NORTH
Friday 7 December
TrailAdventure Serengeti Night Trail 15km,
10km & 5km, Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate,
Benoni, 7pm, Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552 Sunday 2 December
KeyHealth Smuts Summer Trail Series #3
21km, 15km, 10km & 5km – December,
Smuts, Irene River, Jan Smuts Avenue, Irene,
7am, Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Saturday 8 December
Group 1 Nissan Over the Moon Trail
Run 10km & 5km, Rietvlei Zoo Farm, 101
Swartkoppies Road, Mulbarton, Johannesburg
South, 7pm, Leigh Barnsley 060 874 1039 Wednesday 5 December
Christmas Elves Night Trail 10km & 5km,
Copperleaf Country Club, Ernie Els Boulevard,
Centurion, 7pm, Glizelle Langerman
083 264 3931
Wobblers and Wigglers Hat Race 7.8km
Fun Run, Gauteng, 16 December
Saturday 8 December
Skosana 10km, 5km & 1 mile, Pretoria
Correctional Services, Kgosi Mampuru Street,
6:30am (10 & 5) & 8:30am (mile), Enoch
Skosana 082 825 8001 Nelson Road, Olifantsfontein, 7am, Shane
Gouldie 082 332 9552
TrailAdventure Run 21km, 15km, 10km,
5km & 2km (with dogs), Tierpoort Adventure
Farm, Rooikat Street, Pretoria East, 7am,
Glizelle Langerman 083 264 3931 Oukraal Boulevard, Hazeldean, Pretoria East,
Bark Run 10km, 5km & 2km with dogs,
Tierpoort Adventure Farm, Rooikat Street,
Pretoria East, 7am, Glizelle Langerman
083 264 3931 Rietondale Park, Arcadia. Pretoria, 5pm,
Sunday 9 December
TrailAdventure Tiger Trail Run 21km, 15km,
10km & 5km, Tierpoort Adventure Farm,
Rooikat Street, Pretoria East, 7am, Shane
Gouldie 082 332 9552
The Great Train Race 10km, Rayton to
Cullinan, 7:30am, Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Wednesday 12 December
Rietvlei Night Run 10km & 5km, Rietvlei Dam,
Pretoria, 7pm, Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552
Zwartkop Night Race #2 10km & 5km,
Zwartkops Country Club, Old Johannesburg
Road, Centurion, 6pm, [email protected]
Saturday 15 December
TrailAdventure Run 15km, 10km, 5km &
2km, The Big Red Barn, 7 Nelson Road,
Olifantsfontein, 7am, Shane Gouldie
082 332 9552
Christmas Bark Run 10km, 5km & 2km with
dogs, The Big Red Barn, 7 Nelson Road,
Olifantsfontein, 7am, Glizelle Langerman
083 264 3931
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Friday 21 December
GoSport Night Trail Run 15km, 10km &
5km, Cowhouse Market, cnr Ridge Road and
6pm, 6:05pm & 6:10pm, Albie 082 453 0096
Monday 31 December
Cid to Cid Old Year’s 10km & 5km,
James Matshekga 082 566 1595
VAAL TRIANGLE
Sunday 9 December
Sharpeville Constitution Signing 27km &
5km, George Thabe Stadium, Sharpeville,
Vereeniging, 6am, Norman Dlomo 072 295 4175
Monday 31 December
Nedbank Ou Jaar’s Party 10km, 8km, 6km,
4km & 2km, Kollegepark Primary School,
cnr Theo Wassenaar & Generaal Froneman,
Vanderbijlpark, 6:30pm, Dawid Jordaan
082 364 1954
WESTERN CAPE
BOLAND
Friday 30 November
Spier Twilight Trail Run 10km, 5km & 3km,
Spier Wine Farm, on R310 Baden Powell
Drive near Stellenbosch, 6:30pm, 6:40pm &
6:42pm, Uge Nel 082 658 3078
Saturday 1 December
Run the Vines Landskroon Trail Run 17km,
Sunday 16 December
Hazeldean Farm Run 30km, 15km, 10km &
5km, Cowhouse Market, cnr Ridge Road and
Oukraal Boulevard, Hazeldean, Pretoria East,
6:45am, 7:15am, 7:30am & 7:45am, Albie
082 453 0096 10km & 5km, Landskroon Wines, Suid-Agter
TrailAdventure Barn Trail Series 21km,
15km, 10km, & 5km, The Big Red Barn, 7 Stellenbosch, 7:30, 8am & 8:30am,
Paarl Road, near Paarl, 7:30am, 8am &
8:15am, Lans Pepler 082 787 2472
Sunday 2 December
Festive Family Fun Run 10km, 5km &
3km, Blaauwklippen Wine Estate, on R44,
www.entryninja.com
GAUTENG