Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 62, September 2014 | Page 49

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Entries for the Ekurhuleni 5150 African
Championship on Sunday 2 November
at Germiston Lake are now open, so
make sure you start your tri adventure
on the right note.

5150 African Championship, one of the
highlights on the triathlon calendar, raced
over the standard distance format of a
1.5km swim, 40km bike and 10km run.
This makes it the ideal way to ‘get your
feet wet’ in triathlon.

South Africa boasts some of the world’s
biggest road running, cycling and open
water swimming events, so it comes as no
surprise that triathlon is one of the fastestgrowing sports in this sports-mad country,
and with SA’s triathletes doing exceptionally
well in Glasgow at the Commonwealth
Games, there is still more enthusiasm
around triathlon.

Last year Henri Schoeman blazed a trail
en route to taking the men’s title while
Andrea Steyn dominated amongst the
women, but we’ll have to wait to see who
will be crowned 5150 African Champion
this year and earn those all-important
qualifying points to the 2015 Hy-Vee 5150
US Championship.

Platform to Ironman

The 5150 race format is governed by
the same set of rules as IRONMAN and

IRONMAN 70.3 and is organised by the
same team, so for athletes who harbour
aspirations of reaching IRONMAN level,
there is no better place to start than the
Ekurhuleni 5150 African Championship,
which will feature an all-new bike course
this year, taking athletes along the N17
before returning to Germiston Lake.
Entries close 13 October
and are open to
individuals and teams.
Don’t miss the triathlon
action at Germiston Lake
this November. Bring the
family along and enjoy a
great day of racing and
fun!

Image: Courtesy Ir