Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 62, September 2014

PUT A SPRING race calendar Ma IN YOUR STEP! SEPTEMBER 2014 Image: Courtesy Wildrunner Events 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 LAUREN VAN DER VYVER Gauteng CENTRAL GAUTENG Sunday 7 September Gauteng Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Mogale City (42) or Cecil Payne Stadium (21) to Johannesburg Stadium, Staib Street, Doornfontein (10 starts at finish venue), 6am, Race Secretary 011 873 2726 (W) Randpark Trail Run Series #3 8km & 4km, Randpark Golf Course, Setperk Street, Randburg, 8am, Tilani Edwards 073 256 8653 Sunday 14 September Fred Morrison Half Marathon & 10km, Germiston Stadium, Delville Road North, Delville, Germiston, 7am, Les Black 082 552 7866 Zoo Trot 10km & 5km, Centenary Lawn, Johannesburg Zoo, 7:30am, Sophia Mtshali 011 626 2000 (W) CHOC Celebration of Life Fun Walk 8km & 4km, Zoo Lake, Lower Park Drive, Parkview, 8am, Ndizwanga Mulovhedzi 076 478 8663 NEW DATE – WAS 17 AUGUST Sunday 21 September Sasﬁn Gerald Fox Memorial Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Johannesburg Zoo, Upper Park Drive, 7am, Saul Levin 083 326 0848 Sunday 28 September Bonitas City2City Ultra Marathon 50km, Half Marathon & 10km, James & Ethel Gray Park, Melrose, Johannesburg, to Centurion Rugby Club, West Avenue, Pretoria (21 & 10 start at finish venue), 6:30am, Race Organiser 086 046 0906 (W) GAUTENG NORTH Saturday 6 September Spirit of Flight 10km & 5km, Swartkop Air Force Base, 6:30am, Jan Essau 071 343 4504 Wildcoast Wildrun, Border, 11/13 & 18/20 September. Run4Rhinos 10km & 5km, LC De Villiers Sports Campus, Hatfield, Pretoria, 7am, Melissa Sussens 071 875 8674 Sunday 7 September Bryton Miners Revenge Trail Run 15km & 6km CANCELLED Saturday 13 September Value Logistics Ou Voetpad Mountain 10 Miler, 10km & 5km, Tshwane University of Technology Campus, Building 21, Staatsartillerie Road, Pretoria West, 7am, Henning Strauss 071 405 5588 Wednesday 17 September Tuks Nite 10km & 5km, LC De Villiers Sports Campus, Hatfield, Pretoria, 6pm, Vollie Spies 082 821 6952 Saturday 20 September Clover Irene Village Mall Spring Run Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Irene Village Mall, Centurion, 6am, Wynand Breytenbach 082 937 0733 Wednesday 24 September Great Afternoon Series #3 10km & 6km, Weskoppies Hospital, Pretoria West, 5pm, Race Secretary 076 680 4576 Saturday 27 September Andrew Greyling Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Brooklyn Design Square, cnr Veal & Middel, Brooklyn, Pretoria, 6am, Liesel van Zyl 083 373 9818 VAAL TRIANGLE Saturday 6 September Nedbank Spring Run Half Marathon, 10km & 5km CANCELLED Western Cape BOLAND Saturday 6 September Worcester Rainbow Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Johan Heyl Sports Grounds, Roux Road, Worcester, 6:30am & 7am, Natale Roeloefse 082 771 1543 Riebeek-Kasteel Half Marathon & 10km, Riebeek-Kasteel Church Hal

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