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02/05/2025

Happy Workers' Day!
"Workers’ Day in South Africa holds its own cultural significance, as the public holiday has come to signify not only the sacrifices made on the long road toward fair employment standards but also the bitter battle against Apartheid in which trade and labour unions played a key role." www.gov.za
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18/10/2024

Motorists in and around Durban are advised to take note of the list of road closures for Sunday’s Amashova Classic Race 2024.

20/07/2024

📢📢 Early Bird Entries are open!
Early Bird Online entries are now open for the Maritzburg SPAR Women's 10/5km Challenge!
📅 Sunday 18 August 2024
⏰ 8am
📍Oval Cricket Ground, Alexandra Park, PMB
Enter on this 🔗: https://www.sparwomensrace.co.za/maritzburg/
🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟

15/06/2024

We lived up to the Task in Comrades marathon and it took a great teamwork.

02/04/2024

In recent road running events we have worked on as Marshals we have had a lot of athletes fainting and some being completely dehydrated and yet there were enough hydration points in every 3km on a best mild weather and through all this we still rushing athletes with emergency vehicle and some lifted to the finish point as they can't make it.

With my experience in running ...I would suggest that every event organizer highlights the carboloading (prior to the race ) issue on their flyers as a precaution to athletes who don't carboload prior to half marathons to ultramarathons .

28/02/2024

Competition time! 🏃‍♀️🏃 Calling all runners to lace up and join the race! 😁

Tag your running club or running partner in the comment section below for a chance to WIN 2 entries to the Galleria Mall Challenge affiliated with Amanzimtoti Athletic Club.

1 lucky winner will be announced on Thursday, 29 February 2024.
T's and C's apply.

To enter our Galleria Mall Challenge: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1542632549
For more information about the event visit: www.galleria.co.za

Race Enquiries:
Amanzimtoti Athletic Club
Lynette Botha
082 498 6032

28/02/2024

16/07/2023

Hello Maritzburg!

Ready! Set! Go!🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♀️
Our entries are now open for the Maritzburg SPAR Women's 10/5km Challenge - taking place on Sunday 20 August at 8am (both distances) from The Oval, Alexandra Park.

Entries are open online https://sparwomensrace.co.za/maritzburg/
Only 3000 entries available! Hurry!

29/05/2023

Introducing our third Challenge Ambassador, former Springbok, current Sharks player and firefighting hero, Zinhle Ndawonde.

Uber strong, fitness fanatic, Zinhle hasn’t let anything or anyone crush her dreams, rising above stereotyping to becoming a highly decorated female rugby player hailing from a rural community, and a heroic firefighter. Her pure passion, determination, and following her heart has afforded her many life-changing opportunities along with a chance to see and experience the world.

She will be sharing some fitness tips on Fridays leading up to our race day. Here you go ladies...

In any activity, first things first: Warm Up, Stretch & Foam Roll.

1. Warming up, stretching and foam rolling are very important as this will reduce the risk of injuries, helping your joints to move through their full range of motion, which avoids tears, rips or twists during your run. Foam rolling will relieve muscle tightness, soreness and inflammation, whilst stretching increases blood flow to your muscles, and allows your body to increase its flexibility.

We are now good to go 😄 🏃‍♀

Remember - wearing the right running shoes provides the proper foundation for your entire body, which prevents pains and blisters.

2. Fuel up - good nutrition habits make a big difference to your performance when race day comes.

- On hard preparation training days, carbohydrate intake is vital to replenish glycogen stores, items such as oats, pasta and whole grains.

- On lighter preparation training days, you will need nutrient-dense carbohydrates such as whole grains, vegetables and fruits.

These are your healthy sources of carbohydrates:
- Whole grains, whole wheats
- Pasta, bread, barley
- Oats, cereals, crackers
- Bananas, berries, yogurt, energy bars.
- Starchy veggies (sweet potatoes, butternut squash, acorn squash spaghetti)
- Milk

Next week, Zinhle will share tips on hydration, sleep and recovery!

Remembering, everyone's road to fitness is personal and different, so long as you feel good about it!

Happy running everyone.

23/05/2023

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗔𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀

For the first time ever, viewers will have two channels to watch the Comrades Marathon on June 11.

The main SuperSport feed, taking in the entire race day from 5am to 6pm, will be broadcast on SS Variety 4. Another feed, focusing on the women’s race, will be carried on SS Variety 2 from 5:15am to 11:30am to ensure that the narrative around the women’s race can be told with greater clarity.

Viewers can thus choose to take in the broader picture of the Down Run, with men typically setting the pace, or focus specifically on the women where, such as in 2022, an entirely different story unspooled and held its own fascination.
The women’s channel will have a dedicated female commentary team, headed by former winners Helen Lucre and Cheryl Winn.

In another first, SuperSport will also have an OTT channel streaming directly from the finish line so that viewers can keep an eye out for their friends or family completing the epic ultramarathon, often accompanied by visible signs of emotion. This will run live from 10am to 6pm.

Having been in the planning stages for four months, the 45-camera operation will be supported by a crew of almost 200 people, with another 15 working on the technical aspects from SuperSport’s Randburg headquarters.

Commentary will be anchored by the versatile and experienced crew of Gerald De K**k, Cuan Walker, Mosibodi Whitehead and Bruce Fordyce, who lends a unique analytical voice to proceedings.

Additionally, presenters will be OG Molefe, Thato Moeng, Toks van der Linde, Candice Naidoo and Mbali Singidi. Shaun Po***ck, the esteemed former SA cricketer, joins this year’s team to hand out the roses to the top 10 men and women and engage with runners at the finish venue.

SuperSport will utilise three full-size Outside Broadcast vehicles taking in the Start, Cowie’s Hill and the Finish; and six smaller units on route.
Given the scale of the 87.7km event, SuperSport will also have a camera-equipped car and five motorbikes that will shadow the race leaders and capture the dynamics of the frontrunners who always engage in sharp tactical battles.

A camera will also be positioned at Arthur’s Seat, situated just after Drummond on the Comrades route and reputed to be a favourite resting spot for five-time winner Arthur Newton.

Additionally, SuperSport will again bring viewers visuals from the Green Number Club, a facility designated for runners who have completed 10 or more Comrades Marathons or earned three wins or five gold medals.

With 45 cameras in operation, including two low-light cameras to broadcast the race build-up and the conclusion that invariably takes place in fading light, producing Comrades for television rates on the epic scale: at 13 hours, it will be SuperSport’s biggest single-day live production of 2023.

23/05/2023

Today is a day we honour all the Mothers and all those who do the amazing job of mothering!
We see you and thank you for nurturing and loving us!
We hope to see you in all your glory at the Durban SPAR Women’s 10/5km Challenge!