Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 122, September 2019 | Page 66

RACE CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 2019 South African runners 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 LEANNE HALL g n i r p S to n i e d o M g Racin FNB Joburg 10km CITYRUN, Central Gauteng, 24 September CENTRAL GAUTENG Friday 30 August Beer & Prego 6km Trail Run, Hobby Park, Robert Broom Drive & Lud Hersch Drive, Noordheuwel, Krugersdorp, 5pm, Race Organiser 083 536 7042, www.quicket.co.za Trail Adventure Serengeti Night Trail 15km, 10km & 5km, Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate, Kempton Park, 7pm, Shane Gouldie 082 332 9552, www.entrytime.com Sunday 1 September FIBO Africa Challenge 21km, 10km & 5km, Randburg Central Sports Complex, Cnr Republic Road & Silver Pines Avenue, Randburg, 7am, Michelle Knotzer 079 844 7156, www.timeme.co.za Soweto Walk 4 Life 8km & 5km, Maponya Mall, 452 Chris Hani Road, Klipspruit, Soweto, 8am, Race Organiser 081 386 8050, www.entrytime.com Run for Hope 7.8km & 5km, Hope School Sport Grounds, Pallinghurst Road, Westcliff, Johannesburg, 7:30am, More info: www.westcliffrunforhope.co.za Melrose Arch Walking on Sunshine 5km Spring Walk, Melrose Arch, 8am, Godwill 011 483 9131 (w), www.championchip.co.za The Color Run, Roosevelt High School, 1 Thibault Street, Roosevalt Park, 10am, more info: www.thecolorrun.co.za Sunday 8 September Fred Morrison Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Germiston Stadium, Delville Road North, Germiston, 7am, Les Black 082 552 7866, www.entrytime.co.za Zoo Trot 10km & 5km, Centenary Lawn, Johannesburg Zoo, Upper Park Drive, Parkview, 7am, Lebogang Mathope 011 712 6817 (w) Awesome Spring Run 10km & 5km, Edenpark Stadium, Eden Park, Alberton, 7am, Bongane Mabuza 082 453 5437, www.entrytime.com 66 Saturday 14 September The My Gas Blair Monaghan Challenge 15km, 8km, 4km & 1km, Blair Atholl Estate, Randburg, 7am, Alistair Cronk 084 250 5150, www.entrytime.com Sunday 15 September Rockies Gerald Fox Memorial Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Johannesburg Zoo, Upper Park Drive, Parkview, 7am, Race Organiser 084 674 3290, www.timeme.co.za Wednesday 18 September Prison Break #3 Night Run 10km & 5km, Leeuwkop Golf Club, Cnr Candican Road & Kipling Road, Sunninghill, 7pm, Race Organiser 083 277 4700, www.bouttime.co.za Thursday 19 September Jackal Trail Run 10km & 5km, Jackal Creek Golf Estate, Boundary Road, Northriding, 7pm, Race Organiser 011 053 9153 (w) Sunday 22 September Mayfield Square 10km, 5km & Street Mile, Mayfield Square, Lurie Road, Daveyton, 7am, Vusi Mashinini 072 128 9030, www.entrytime.com The Campus Run Series #3 Spring Run 10km & 5km, The Campus, Sloane Street, Bryanston, 7am, More info: [email protected], www.entrytickets.net Adventure Tails Kings Trail Run 21km, 15km, 10km, 5km & 2km, Kings Kloof Trails, N14, Oaktree, Muldersdrift, 7am, Glizelle Langerman 083 264 3931, www.entrytime.com Friday 13 September Freaky Friday the 13th 5km Fun Run, Rietvlei Zoo Farm, Hennie Alberts Street, Alberton, 5:30pm, Sonja 084 288 4735, www.quicket.co.za Curro Krugersdorp Trail Run 25km, 15km & 5km, Curro Primary School, Norden Road, Krugersdorp, 7am, Dale Hinrchsen 072 127 6646, www.entryninja.com Black Eagle Mountain Run 15km, 8km & 2.5km, Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, Malcolm Road, Poortview, Krugersdorp, 7:30am, Jacqui Purchase 061 907 0063, www.adventurejunkie.co.za Discovery Jacaranda Spring Walk, Gauteng North, 14 September ISSUE 122 SEPTEMBER 2019 / www.modernathlete.co.za Tuesday 24 September FNB Joburg 10km CITYRUN, FNB Bank City, Simmonds Street, to Mary GAUTENG