Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 64, November 2014 | Page 25

SUMMER HITS SA!

race calendar Ma

NOVEMBER 2014
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

Sunday 16 November
Sportsmans Warehouse East Rand
Value Mall 15km & 5km, East Rand

CENTRAL GAUTENG
Sunday 2 November
Nike Soweto Marathon, 10km & 5km,
NASREC, Rand Show & Nasrec Roads,
Johannesburg, 6am, Central Gauteng
Athletics 011 873 2726
Wednesday 5 November
Rowlin National Brokers Nite 15km,
10km & 5km, Benoni Northerns Sports
Grounds, 1 Brodigan Street, Northmead,
Benoni, 7pm, General Enquiries
076 839 6800
Sunday 9 November
Sportsmans Warehouse 10km & 5km,
Princess Crossing Shopping Centre,
Ontdekkers Road, Roodepoort, 7am,
Charlie Herselman 082 770 1143
Zoo Trot 10km & 5km, Centenary Lawn,
Johannesburg Zoo, Parktown, 7:30am,
Sophia Mtshali 011 646 2000 (W)
TomTom Tembisa Street Mile & 10km,
Moses Molelekwa Arts Centre, cnr.
Andrew Mapheto Drive and Star Street,
Tembisa, 8am (10km) & various from
9:45am for miles, Race Organiser
082 554 9912

Value Mall, Rietfontein Road, Hughes,
Boksburg, 6am, Race Secretary
011 917 3721 (W) (9am – 12pm)

NEW DATE – WAS 5 OCTOBER

Saturday 22 November
Growthpoint Ladies Platinum Trail
Run 12km & 6km, NIROX Sculpture
Park, 24 Kromdraai Road, Krugersdorp,
9am, Race Secretary 011 463 7730 (W)
Sunday 23 November
RAC City Lodge Tough One 32km &
Asics Five, Old Parktonian Club, Jan
Smuts Avenue, Craighall, 6am, Vreni
Welch 011 442 8256 (W)
Sunday 30 November
Alberton Half Marathon, 10km &
5km, Alberton Rugby Stadium, cnr. 2nd
Avenue & Braun Avenue, Voerwoerdpark,
6am, Michael Kirby 084 950 0078
GAUTENG NORTH
Saturday 1 November
Maritimo Half Marathon & 10km

CANCELLED

Saturday 8 November
Liquifruit Irene Half Marathon, 10km
& 5km, Agricultural Research Council,
Olifantsfontein Road, Irene, 6am,
Wynand Breytenbach 082 937 0733
Saturday 15 November
Kolonade Retail Park Half Marathon,
10km & 5km, Kolonade Retail Park
Shopping Centre, Zambezi Drive,
Pretoria North, 6am, Alan Edmunds
083 325 7779
Saturday 22 November
Tom Jenkins Challenge Half
Marathon, 10km & 5km, Union
Buildings, Pretoria, 6:30am, James
Matshekoa 082 566 1595
Saturday 29 November
Eagles Muller Potgieter 15km, 10km
& 5km, Voortrekker Monument Heritage
Terrain, Eeufees Road, Pretoria, 6am,
Henning Strauss 071 405 5588
Sunday 30 November
Ludwig’s Run of the Roses 8km &
4km, Ludwig’s Rose Farm, turn-off at the
Wallmannsthal/Pyramid off-ramp,
No 163 to gravel road on right side of
the highway, 8am, Anna-Marie de Beer
082 954 9628
VAAL TRIANGLE
No races scheduled for this period

Western Cape

Images: Sean Falconer

BOLAND

Liquifruit Irene Half Marathon, Gauteng North, 8 November

Saturday 1 November
Timber City Orchard Half Marathon,
10km & 5km, Pniel Dwarsivier Sport
Complex, Main Road, Pniel, 6:45am,
Ralph Jacobs 083 586 1168
Halloween Day Trail Run 15km,
12.5km, 7.5km & 5km, Dirtopia
Trail Centre on the R44, 10km from
Stellenbosch, 8:15am, Dirtopia
021 884 4752 (W)

WILDE Bain’s Trail Run 15km & 8km
presented by Asics, Retief Family
Vineyards, Welvanpas Farm, Bovlei Road,
Wellington, 8am, Pieter van Wyk
082 857 3180
Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 November
Mountain Warrior Trail Run Festival

CANCELLED
Monday 10 November
Klaas Maffa Memorial 16km &
5km Run, The Huguenot Monument,
Franschoek, 7am, Michael Fraser
083 518 7272
Saturday 15 November
The Meander Trail Run 20km, 10km
& 3km, uniWines, Rawsonville, Time
TBA, Maritsa Maritz 023 349 1110 (W)
SOUTH WESTERN DISTRICTS
Saturday 1 November
Jakkalsvlei Trail Run 10km & 5km,
Jakkalsvlei Wine Estate, Herbertsdale,
8am, Michelle Coetzee 079 879 7394
Coastline 10km

CANCELLED
Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 November
Fairview Dryland Traverse 4-day
Stage Trail Run, (Prologue 7.4km,
25.7km, 28.7km & 17.7km), Based
out of De Hoek Mountain Resort,
near Oudtshoorn, 9am, Carel Herholdt
082 379 1177
Saturday 8 November
Victoria Bay Spencer’s 11.5km & 5km,
Spencer’s Restaurant, Victoria Bay, 7am,
Sidwell Oktober 078 395 8489
Saturday 15 November
Waterfront to Heads Half Marathon,
10km 5km, 34 Degrees South
Restaurant Parking, Knysna Waterfront,
7am, Marianne Brown 076 195 4832
Saturday 22 November
Die Vlakte Marathon, Half Marathon
& 10km, Heidelberg High School (42),
Soutpan Farm (21) & Vondeling Primary
School (10) to Witsand Beach, 5am, 6am
& 7am, Nico Steyn 083 226 3091

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