Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 63, October 2014 | Page 25

ROCK YOUR
RUNNING!

race calendar Ma

Images: Sean Falconer

OCTOBER 2014
South African runners are blessed
with a terrific race calendar packed
with 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
Voet Van Afrika, Boland, 11 October

LAUREN VAN DER VYVER

Gauteng
CENTRAL GAUTENG
Sunday 5 October
Komatsu Half Marathon & 10km, Barnard
Stadium, Kempton Park, 7am, Stanley Khoele
082 968 1372

NEW DATE – WAS 16 NOVEMBER
Sportsmans Warehouse East Rand Value
Mall 15km & 5km

MOVED TO 16 NOVEMBER
Sunday 12 October
Zoo Trot 10km & 5km, Centenary Lawn,
Johannesburg Zoo, 7:30am, Sophie Mtshali
011 646 2000 (W)
Spar Women’s 10km Challenge & 5km
Johannesburg, Wanderers Club, Illovo,
8am, Central Gauteng Athletics
011 873 2726 (W)
Friday 17 to Saturday 18 October
18-Hour & 9-Hour Relay, Jan Viljoen High
School, Randfontein, 6pm & 1pm,
Ria Bornman 082 560 9872
Sunday 19 October
Jozi South Half Marathon, 10km & 4km,
Apartheid Museum, Gold Reef City, 7am,
Gerard Van Wyk 083 292 9551
Sunday 26 October
Diepkloof Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,
University of Johannesburg, Soweto Campus,
Chris Hani Road, 6am,
Julius Sali 082 299 9270
GAUTENG NORTH
Saturday 4 October
National Business Challenge Relay,
42.2km Run (6x7km) & 21.1km Walk
(3x7km), Rietondale Park, Soutpansberg
Road, Rietondale, 6am, Events Office
012 460 9065 (W)
Ludwig’s Run of the Roses 8km & 4km,
Ludwig’s Rose Farm, on turn-off at the
Wallmannsthal/Pyramid off-ramp on the N1
Polokwane highway, Plot No. 163, 6am,
Anna-Marie de Beer 082 954 9628
Saturday 11 October
Chamberlain Capital Classic
Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,
PHSOB Club, Hofmeyr Park, Queens
Crescent, Lynwood, 6am, Gerald Kroukamp
084 582 7242

Saturday 18 October
SABS Jacaranda City Challenge
Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,
SABS, 1 Lategan Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria,
6am, Marieta Bortoli 082 46 ؀