Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 117, April 2019 | Page 48
RACE CALENDAR
Wednesday 10 April
Merrell Autumn Night Run #2 8km &
5.5km, Simon’s at Groot Constantia,
Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot
Constantia Road, Constantia, 6:30pm,
Tatum Prins 083 449 0760, https://
runningraces.co.za/cape-town/merrell-
autumn-night-run-series-cape-town-2/
Sunday 14 April
Llands and Sands Run, Trail, Beach
& Tar 11km, 4km & 1km, Llandudno
Lifesaving Club, Cape Town, Western
Cape, 8:30am, Race Organiser
072 195 1211, llandstrail@gmail.com
Wednesday 17 April
Merrell Autumn Night Run #3 8km &
5.5km, Simon’s at Groot Constantia,
Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot
Constantia Road, Constantia, 6:30pm,
Tatum Prins 083 449 0760, https://www.
entryninja.com/events/event/45562-
merrell-autumn-night-run-3
Friday 19 April
Old Mutual Two Oceans 24km &
12km Trail Run, UCT Grounds,
Jameson Plaza, 7am, Race
Organiser 087 740 5260, info@
twooceansmarathon.org.za, https://
www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/
Old Mutual Two Oceans Fun
Runs 5.6km, 2.1km, 250m &
56m, UCT Rugby Fields, Upper
Campus, Rondebosch, 11am, Race
Organiser 087 740 5260, info@
twooceansmarathon.org.za, https://
www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/
Saturday 20 April
Old Mutual Two Oceans 56km Ultra
Marathon & Half Marathon, Main
Road, Newlands, 5:50am (21) & 6:30
(56), Race Organiser 087 740 5260,
info@twooceansmarathon.org.za,
https://www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/
Saturday 27 April
Freedom to Run 10km & 5km, Next to
Vangate Mall, Bridgetown, Cape Town,
7am, Fadia Roberts 072 972 7765,
admin@nantesac.co.za
TrailFun Series: Durbanville
Hills – Freedom Day 10km &
5km, Durbanville Hills Wine Estate,
Tygerberg Valley Road, Durbanville,
7:30am, Rodney Russell 074 900 9235,
http://www.trailfun.co.za/events/event/
durbanville-hills-trail-run/
KWAZULU-NATAL
Wednesday 3 April
Giba Gorge Night Fun Trail Run 10km
& 5km, Giba Gorge MTB Park, 110
Stockville Road, Pinetown, 6pm,
Fiona Williams 079 508 7268,
Fiona@gibagorge.co.za,
https://www.gibagorge.co.za/
Saturday 6 April
Arthur Creswell Memorial Ultra
Marathon & Half Marathon, 52km -
Oaklahamba Municipality Bergville,
21km – Ladysmith Sports Club,
5:30am, Lincoln Sibiya 079 361 0871,
lacracesecretary@gmail.com, https://
www.eventtiming.info/entryonline.
php?id=386
Drakensberg Rock Jumper Trail Run
Two Days 21km, 12km & 15km
CANCELLED
Saturday 6 – Sunday 7 April
Bushman’s Trail Runs Two Days
30km, 20km, 10km & 5km, Wagendrift
Dam Campsite, Estcourt, 5:30am, Race
Organiser 082 791 7069, lauren@
kzntrailrunning.co.za, https://kzntrail-
running.co.za/events/the-bushmans-
trail-2019/
Forever Resorts Loskop Ultra Marathon
50km, Mpumalanga, 13 March
Sunday 7 April
Durban City Marathon, Half Marathon
& 10km, Kings Park Stadium, Isaiah
Ntshangase Road, Durban, 5:30am, Race
Organiser 031 312 9374, admin@kznath-
letics.co.za, http://dbncitymarathon.co.za/
Gooderson Leisure Willem Boshoff
Memorial 4-in-1 Marathon, Half
Marathon, 10km & 5km, Gooderson
Natal Spa, Paulpietersburg, 6am,
Race Organiser 064 007 3924, https://
runningraces.co.za/durban/gl-willem-bo-
shoff-memorial-marathon/
Sunday 14 April
Rising Sun Chatsworth Freedom
Ultra Marathon, Half Marathon &
10km, Chatsworth Stadium, Trisula
Drive, Arena Park, 5:30am, Ven Moodley
082 789 5559, info@chartworthathletic.
co.za, https://runningraces.co.za/durban/
chatsworth-freedom-ultra-marathon/
WESSA Umgeni Valley Trail Run
24km, 12km & 5km, 1 Karkloof Road,
Howick, 7am, www.kzntrailrunning.
co.za, https://kzntrailrunning.co.za/
events/wessa-umngeni-trail-april-2019/
Friday 26 April
Law Enforcement Foundation (LEF)
Night Run 10km & 5km, Northwood
Crusaders Sports Club, KwaZulu-Natal,
6pm, www.wardevents.co.za, http://
www.wardevents.co.za/event-info/lef-
fun-run-walk-series/
Friday 26 – Sunday 28 April
Ultra Trail Drakensberg Two Days
160km, 100km, 62km & 30km, Sani
Pass Road, S.A. Border Post, 5am,
Spurgeon Flemington 082 329 7737,
spurgeon@runningmanadventures.co.za,
http://www.ultratraildrakensberg.com/
Saturday 27 April
Selati Pongola Sugar Cane 4-in-1
Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km &
5km, Pongola Caravan Park, Lucas
Meyer Street, Pongola, 5:30am, Hein-
rich Koen 083 228 7682, pongolaac@
outlook.com, https://runningraces.co.za/
durban/pongola-sugar-cane-marathon/
Sunday 28 April
South Coast Ultra Marathon, Half
Marathon & 10km, Ugu Sports and
Leisure Centre, Cnr Knox Gore Road,
Gamalakhe, 6am, Race Organiser
084 511 7651, https://runningraces.co.za/
durban/south-coast-ultra-marathon/
Husqvarna Mid-Illovo Trail Run
16km & 8km, Gwahumbe Game &
Spa, 6:20am, Shannon MacKenzie
082 493 4466, http://roag.co.za/eventin-
fo.aspx?EventID=2306
FREE STATE
Wednesday 3 April
Standard Bank TrailrunSeries –
SweatGear Happy Valley Night Race,
Happy Valley, Bloemfontein, Free State,
5:40pm, www.trailrunseries.co.za
Saturday 6 April
Potato Pride Wilge Marathon, Half
Marathon & 10km, GJ Humans
Sports Ground, Frankfort, 7am, Anita
Oberholzer 071 382 7219, https://
www.runnersguide.co.za/pages/
calendar/races_in_sa/RacesInSA.
aspx?RaceNo=1500059495
Standard Bank CityRelay – 4x4km
Business Relay, UFS Kovsies
Cross Country Track, UFS Gate 5 at
Furstenburg Road, Bloemfontein, 7:30am,
Race Organiser 082 777 6770, nelio@
cityrun.co.za, https://cityrelay.co.za/
Saturday 13 April
Kilo’s for Klompvoetjies Half
Marathon, 10km & 4km, Voortrekker
High School, 3 West Street, Bethlehem,
6am, Elmarie Kruger 082 908 1844,
https://www.runnersguide.co.za/pages/
calendar/races_in_sa/RacesInSA.
aspx?RaceNo=1500058669
Thursday 18 April
Standard Bank TrailrunSeries
– Volksblad Kos & Kunsmark
Middelwater 10km & 5km, Be Human
– Middelwater Farm, R30, Glen,
Bloemfontein, 5:30pm,
www.trailrunseries.co.za
Saturday 20 April
Campus 2 Campus Marathon, Half
Marathon, 10km & 5km, Goldfields,
TVET College, Constant Lithuge 071
005 0115, https://runningraces.co.za/
bloemfontein/campus-2-campus-
marathon/
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Standard Bank TrailrunSeries –
Makro Stuck in the Mud 20km,
10km & 5km, Bloemfontein Makro,
Bloemfontein, 6:30am, https://www.
facebook.com/events/trailrun-series/
standard-bank-trailrunseries-makro-
stuck-in-the-mud/294645394499379/