Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 68, March 2015 | Page 25

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MARCH 2015
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

Images: Cherie Vale/Newsport Media

CENTRAL GAUTENG
Sunday 1 March
Hyundai Rock ‘n Run
Half Marathon & 10km,
Mushroom Farm Park, Daisy
Street, Sandton, 7am, Dean
Berzen 011 303 7000 (W)
Sunday 8 March
Sarens Edenvale Marathon, Half
Marathon & 5km, Edenvale High
School, Linksfield Road, 6am, Simon
Hart 082 776 8702
Thursday 12 March
Merrell Night Run powered by
Black Diamond – Johannesburg
8km & 5km, Delta Park School,
Victory Park, 6:30pm, Tatum Prins
083 449 0760
Saturday 14 March
Merrell Spring Trail Run
presented by Nikwax 12km
& 6km, Walter Sisulu National
Botanical Garden, Roodepoort,
8:30am, Tatum Prins 083 449 0760
Sunday 15 March
K-Way Gallopers 15km & 5km,
Laërskool Leondale, cnr Gousblom
& Wildebeest Streets, Leondale,
Germiston, 7am, Lucky Miya
082 887 9596
Sunday 22 March
Jackie Gibson Marathon &
Alan Ferguson Half Marathon,
Klipriversberg Recreation Centre,
cnr Sunnydale & Peggy Vera Road,
Kibler Park, 6am, Mathilda van Zyl
072 679 0874
Thursday 26 March
J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge
5.6km, Wanderers Club, North
Road, Illovo, 6:30pm, Race Office
086 046 0906 (W)

GAUTENG NORTH
Sunday 1 March
Deloitte Pretoria Marathon,
Half Marathon & 10km, PHSOB
Club, Hofmeyer Park, cnr Kings
Highway & Queens Crescent,
Lynwood, Pretoria, 6am, Graham
Strangleman 076 246 5185
Vivobarefoot Nature’s Way
20km & 10km, 244 Ash Street,
Kameeldrift West, 6:30am, Nina
Duriex 083 275 2362
Saturday 7 March
Medihelp Sunrise Monster 32km,
Mini Monster 10km & Baby
Monster 5km, Harlequin Club,
Totius Street, Groenkloof, Pretoria,
6am, Geoff Hesse 082 896 4377
Saturday 14 March
Pretoria Bobbies Mac McLachlan
3-in-1 Memorial Run 21.1km,
10km & 5km, Wonderboom
Junction, cnr Lavender & Lavender
West Road, Pretoria, 5:30am,
George Bain 082 686 6555
Saturday 21 March
Sunnypark Right to Run/Walk
21.1km, 10km & 5km, Sunnypark
Mall, cnr Steve Biko & Robert
Sobukwe Streets, Sunnyside,
Pretoria, 7am, James Matshekga
082 566 1595
Saturday 28 March
Denel Half Marathon, 10km &
4km, Denel Irene Campus, 6am,
Kierie vd Schyff 082 804 4803
VAAL TRIANGLE
Sunday 1 March
Cape Gate Vaal Marathon, Half
Marathon, 10km & 5km, Dick
Fourie Stadium, Kliprivier Drive,
Three Rivers, Vereeniging, 6am,
Roelof van Wyk 082 872 6138

ProNutro AfricanX Trail Run presented by
New Balance, Boland, 13-15 March

Wednesday 18 March
Vaal Mall Nite Race 15km,
10km & 5km, Vaal Mall, cnr
Barrage Road & Rossini Boulevard,
Vanderbijlpark, 6:30pm, Malie vd
Walt 082 853 9144
Sunday 22 March
Sunward Fordyce 52km,
Half Marathon & 10km,
Kareekloof Resort, Suikerbosrand
Nature Reserve, 6am, Brian Gould
078 457 6893

Western Cape

Saturday 21 March
Beesloop Farm Race 15km
& 5km, Oudewagendrift Farm,
Overhex, Worcester, 7:30am,
Elda van Dijk 082 331 8889
Saturday 28 March
TSiBA Trail Run #1 10km & 5km,
Simonsig Wine Estate, just off
R44 between Stellenbosch and
Klapmuts, 7:30, Japie Swanepoel,
082 443 3033
Sunday 29 March
Easter Trail Run 15km, 10km &
5km, Warwick Wine Estate, on R44
near Stellenbosch, 7:30am, Race
Secretary 021 884 4752 (W)

BOLAND
SOUTH WESTERN DISTRICTS
Thursday 5 March
Alto Night Run #3 8km &
5km, Alto Wine Estate,
Annandale Road, Off the R44
near Stellenbosch, 6:30pm, Naomi
Potgieter 083 267 8164
Saturday 7 March
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