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 38 ISSUE 113 DECEMBER 2018 / www.modernathlete.co.za 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