Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 67, February 2015

race calendar WESTERN PROVINCE Kwazulu-Natal Saturday 7 February Spur Silvermine Mountain XL 34km & Team Relay (14km, 14km & 6km), Silvermine Nature Reserve, Muizenburg, 6am, Race Secretary 021 821 9898 (W) TopForm Challenge 10km & 5km, PLUS 10km Walk, Turfhall Softball Park, Off Jan Smuts Avenue, Athlone, 6:30am & 7:30am PLUS 6:40am, Alistair Kannemeyer 083 403 3145 Big Bay Beach Run Series #1 10km, 5km & 2.5km, Big Bay, Bloubergstrand, 9am, www.cleanc.co.za Saturday 14 February Big Bay Beach Run Series #2 10km, 5km & 2.5km, Big Bay, Bloubergstrand, 9am, www.cleanc.co.za Sunday 15 February Takealot Cape Peninsula Marathon & Half Marathon, Main Road, Green Point (42) & Bergvliet Sports Club, Children’s Way (21) to Simon’s Town Naval Base, 5:15am & 7am, Top Events 021 511 7130 (W) Saturday 21 February Koeberg 15km & 5km, Koeberg Nature Reserve, on R27 West Coast Road, 7am & 7:15am, Kaylene van Dyk 082 509 2967 Wednesday 25 February ARD/Zwaanswyk High School 10km, Venue TBC, 6:15pm, Nasrullah Enus 082 574 5323 ATC Sunset Time Trial 4x3km Team Relay, Hamilton’s Rugby Club, Stephan Way, Green Point, 6:15pm, Gert Wilkins 073 308 3127 Saturday 28 February Century City 10km Express, Central Park, Century City, 7am, Alan Liebenberg 083 651 8165 Big Bay Beach Run Series #3 10km, 5km & 2.5km, Big Bay, Bloubergstrand, 9am, www.cleanc.co.za Mondi Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Meerensee Bay Hall, Richard’s Bay, 6am, Petro Hardwick Sunday 1 February Sparkport Challenge 32km & 16km, Sparkport Pharmacy, Randles Road, Sydenham, 5am, Julian Joseph 084 254 2468 Thursday 5 February Thule Twilight Run Series #4 6km, Blue Lagoon Green Hub, Durban, 5:30am, Billy Harker 082 654 6542 Sunday 8 February NOSA Hillcrest Marathon & Half Marathon, Hillcrest Sports Club, 7 Hospital Road, Hillcrest, 5am, Peter Burton 083 798 3132 Wednesday 11 February Giba Gorge Monthly Night Trail 10km & 5km, Giba Gorge, 6:30pm, Andrew Booth 082 603 4098 Thursday 12 February Thule Twilight Run Series #5 6km, Blue Lagoon Green Hub, Durban, 5:30am, Billy Harker 082 654 6542 Saturday 21 February Maritzburg City Trail 15km & 5km, Pietermaritzburg Drill Hall, 7:30am, John Hall 082 491 7679 Sunday 22 February The Witness Maritzburg City Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Pietermaritzburg Drill Hall, 5am, John Hall 082 491 7679 Friday 27 – Sunday 29 February Sunday Tribune 3 Cranes Challenge 106km stage race, (32, 42 & 32km), Bushwillow Camp, Karkloof, Howick, 6am, Xamthe Holmes 083 387 3939 Saturday 28 February Emnambithi Half Marathon & 5km, Settlers Park, Rugby Stadium Ground, Ladysmith, 5pm, Ashvin Partheb 082 902 6705 KZNA 20km Walk #2, Kings Park, Durban, 5:30am, Mzo Gumede 031 312 9374 (W) 071 355 7992 Pick n Pay Marathon, Central Gauteng, 8 February 26 ISSUE 67 FEBRUARY 2015 / www.modernathlete.co.za Free State Saturday 7 February Sasol Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 4.9km, DP de Villiers Stadium, Sasolburg, 6am, Pollie Massyn 083 639 2423 Kloppers Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Nedbank Bloemfontein Achilles Sports Centre, Att Horak Avenue, Bloemfontein, 6am, Beverley Olivier 071 895 3183 Friday 13 February Harmony Striders & Cycling Club Valentine Nite 10km & 4km, Welkom Square, Long Road, Welkom, 6pm, Deon Lodder 082 921 3330 Saturday 14 February Valentine’s Day 10km Nite Run & 5km Romantic Fun Run, Vaal De Grace Golf & Nature Estate, Parys, 6:30pm, Judy Brown 073 439 2581 Saturday 28 February Kroonstad Cell Church Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Kroonstad Cell Church, Reitz Street, Kroonstad, 6am, Marita Serfontein 079 896 7210 Highlands Trout Mountain Challenge Marathon, Half Marathon & 5km, Orion Katse Lodge, Katse Dam, Lesotho, 6am, Bruce Fordyce 011 726 2867 (W) Eastern Cape BORDER Saturday 7 February TFM Tomato Trot/Shuffle 15km & 5km, Lilyfontein Primary School, East London, 3:30pm, Caroline Kruger 084 460 6454 Saturday 7 – Thursday 12 February Wild Coast Ultra Marathon 270km stage race, Silaka Nature Reserve, Port St Johns to Nahoon Beach, East London, 6am, Liam Victor 082 927 3395 Saturday 14 February Discovery Surfers’ Challenge 17.5km, Kwelera River at Yellow Sands, 21km from East London, to Nahoon Beach, 2:30pm, Neville Wilkins 082 413 1150 Saturday 21 February Standard Bank Masters Half Marathon, Old Pineapple Research Station, Mt Coke Road, to Buffalo Club, Buffalo Park Drive, East London, 5:30am, Tony Viljoen 084 291 9029 Saturday 28 February Nestle Bar One Buffalo Marathon PLUS Half Marathon Walk, N6 highway, approximately 3km on the Stutterheim side of Macleantown, to Buffalo Club, Buffalo Park Drive, East London, (21 starts at halfway mark), 5am & 6am, Martin Smith 083 463 6206 EASTERN PROVINCE Saturday 7 February The Herald Rafi’s Friendly City Marathon, 10km & 5km, Fountain Vineyard Church, Behind Builders Warehouse, Buffelsfontein Road, Port Elizabeth, 5am, 6:30am & 7:30am, Graham Channon 078 184 9723 Historic Run 10km & 5km, Betram High School, Betram Road, Chatty, Port Elizabeth, 6:30am, Dean Kivido 082 399 4722 Saturday 14 February Metlife/Die Burger Valentine’s Day 10km & 5km, Metlife Plaza, Samantha Way, Kabega Park, 6am, Milka Boschoff 072 463 7065 Saturday 21 February Bagshaw Bay Ultra Marathon 50km, 10km & 5km, Pollok Beach, Summerstrand, P

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