Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 54, January 2014 | Page 24
Race Calendar (continued)
North West
Acres, near Upington, 6am, Heidi Coetzer
082 779 6013
CENTRAL NORTH WEST
NORTH WEST CAPE
Saturday 18 January
Bert’s Great Brick Half Marathon,
10km & 5km, Olenpark Rugby Stadium,
Potchefstroom, 6am, Theo Coetzee
083 538 3162
Saturday 25 January
Ottosdal Nite Marathon, Half Marathon,
10km & 5km, Ottosdal Show Grounds, Koster
Street, Ottosdal, 5:30pm, Willa Naude
018 571 0049 (W)
Sunday 26 January
New Balance Trail Run 12km & 6km
presented by Isuzu, Buffelspoort Dam, 7am,
Nicola Collins 021 883 2413
No races scheduled for this period
NORTH WEST NORTH
Wednesday 1 January
Standard Bank Swazi Slojos Half Marathon
& 5km, Somhlolo National Stadium, Ezulwini,
6am, Lynne Taylor 00268-7602 0202
No races scheduled in this period
Northern Cape
GRIQUALAND WEST
Saturday 11 January
Finlime Flat One Marathon, Half
Marathon, 10km & 5km, Lime Acres
Recreational Club, Central Avenue, Lime
Neighbouring
Countries
NAMIBIA
Saturday 18 January
Breakfast Run Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,
Jubber Hockey Field, Olympia, Windhoek
SWAZILAND
Orienteering
Monday 30 December – Saturday 4 January
BIG 5 O-Week, Ngodwana, Mpumalanga, Event
Office 082 898 7871
Spur Cape Summer Trail Series, Western Province,
15 & 29 January.
Triathlon &
Duathlon
Sunday 19 January
Siyakhula Swim, Orient Beach, Amathole,
Eastern Cape
Saturday 25 January
Totalsports XTERRA Lite Buffelspoort,
Buffelspoort Dam, North West, Hendrico
Burger 021 883 2413 (W)
Sunday 26 January
Totalsports XTERRA Buffelspoort,
Buffelspoort Dam, North West, Hendrico
Burger 021 883 2413 (W)
Ironman South African 70.3,
1.9km/90km/21.1km, Buffalo City, Eastern
Cape, Werner Smith 041 736 8509 (W)
Adventure
Racing
Sunday 19 January
Spur Adventure #4 Duo (long course MTB
& Trail Run – individuals) & Sprint (short
course MTB & Trail Run with water crossing
– teams), Lourensford Wine Estate, Somerset
West, Western Cape, Quantum Adventures
021 789 0188 (W)
THANKS, TOM & NEDBANK
This Race Calendar has been compiled with the help of Tom Cottrell, author and publisher of the Nedbank Runner’s Guide 2014 to Road and Off-road Races in South Africa. Now in its 22nd
edition, the Runner’s Guide is an essential companion for every racer in SA, providing valuable info including venues, start times, route descriptions and everything else you may want to know
about a race.
ADVERTORIAL
Taking part in a three-day stage trail run as part of a two-member team
is a challenge in itself, but imagine meeting your team mate for the
first time the night before the start of stage one! This was the case for
Al Leslie and Matthew Daneel at the 2013 ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun
presented by New Balance, but the experience was so memorable that
they’re teaming up again for the 2014 event.
“I
t was a combination of fear and laziness that caused
my original partner to withdraw, then two more partners
withdrew due to injury or family commitments, so in
desperation I put my name on various Facebook pages and
had three enquiries before the day was out,” says Al. “The
second and third were from two girls, who I later met and
discovered to be stunningly beautiful top trail runners, but
unfortunately I signed up with the first one to reply. Luckily,
Matt turned out to be a machine and the most memorable
part of the race was the scenery, getting to know Matt,
bantering with other runners and the cold beer at the end.
In 2014 I will be looking forward to more of the same!”
Matt’s take on things is the same: “Al is a crazy funny Brit
and had me in stitches 90% of the time, and we’ve been
keeping team spirits high for the 2014 reunion of ‘Team
Satisfaction Octopus.’ We had so much fun on the trails,
but still managed a 10th overall finish, and we’d love to
improve on that. The event atmosphere was incredible,
many new friendships were formed, and the ProNutro
AfricanX Trailrun was definitely my most memorable event
thus far.
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EVENT DETAILS
DATE: 14-16 March 2014
FORMAT: Three-day stage race for
teams of two (male/female/mixed)
VENUE: Festival Village on Houw
Hoek Inn grounds, near Grabouw,
Western Cape
DISTANCE: 33km, 38km & 25km
MORE INFO:
www.stillwatersports.com or
[email protected].