Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 74, September 2015

SEPTEMBER 2015 race calendar Ma South African runners 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 SEAN FALCONER Spring is Sprung, So Let’s Run, RUN, RUN Gauteng Image: Wildrunner Events CENTRAL GAUTENG Sunday 5 September MTN Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, MTN Innvoation Centre, 216 14th Avenue, Fairlands, Race Organiser 011 844 0410 (w) NEW DATE – WAS 13 JUNE Sunday 6 September Gauteng Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km CANCELLED Wednesday 9 September Jackal’s Night Trail Run Series #5 8km & 4km, Jackal Creek Golf Estate, Boundary Road, Northriding, Race Organiser 011 053 9153 (w) Sunday 13 September Fred Morrison Half Marathon & 10km, Germiston Stadium, Delville Road North, Delville, Germiston, 7am, Les Black 082 552 7866 CHOC Celebration of Life Fun Walk 8km & 4km, Zoo Lake, Lower Park Drive, Parkview, 8:30am, Ndizwanga Mulovhedzi 076 478 8663 Spring Break Trail Run 20km, 10km & 5km, Hero Adventure at Hobbey Park, Krugersdorp, Terence Vrugtman 073 051 5611 Sunday 20 September Sasfin Gerald Fox Memorial Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Johannesburg Zoo, Upper Park Drive, Forest Town, 7am, Saul Levin 083 326 0848 Sunday 27 September City2City Ultra Marathon 50km, Half Marathon & 10km, Gauteng Train Station, West Avenue, Pretoria, to James & Ethel Gray Park, Melrose, Johannesburg (21 & 10 start at finish venue), 6:30am, Race Organiser 011 844 0416 (W) Zoo Conservation Trot 10km & 5km, Centenary Lawn, Johannesburg Zoo, 7:30am, Ionna Karamitsos 011 646 2000 (W) GAUTENG NORTH Saturday 5 September Spirit of Flight 10km & 5km, Swartkop Air Force Base, 6:30am, Jan Essau 071 343 4504 Saturday 12 September Value Logistics Addicted to Life Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Tshwane University of Technology Campus, Staatsartillerie Road, Pretoria West, 6am, Race Organiser 071 405 5588 Wednesday 16 September Lester Mills Memorial Nite 10km & 5km, LC De Villiers Sports Campus, Hatfield, Pretoria, 6;30pm, Vollie Spies 082 821 6952 Saturday 19 September Clover Irene Village Mall Spring Run Half Marathon, 10km & 5k

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