{"id":18377,"date":"2018-05-16T20:26:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T18:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=18377"},"modified":"2018-05-16T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T18:26:47","slug":"fastest-man-in-the-world-over-12km-back-to-defend-title-at-fnb-cape-town-12-onerun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/press-release\/fastest-man-in-the-world-over-12km-back-to-defend-title-at-fnb-cape-town-12-onerun\/","title":{"rendered":"Fastest man in the world over 12km back to defend title at FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is official, the fastest man ever over 12km will return to defend his title at the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN this coming Sunday, 20 May 2018.<\/p>\n

Morris Gachaga, the 23-year-old Kenyan, stormed to a 33:27 win at the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN in 2017 to set the fastest time ever recorded over the 12km distance.<\/p>\n

Gachaga is in better shape than before.\u00a0 On 09 February he finished 5th in the RAK Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, clocking 59.36.\u00a0 That was followed up with a 3rd<\/sup> place finish in Lisbon where he covered the 21.1km in 60:17 on 11 March, before heading off to London as pace maker to Eliud Kipchoge who won the 2018 edition of the London Marathon.<\/p>\n

The 59.36 (RAK Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon) places Gachaga 8th<\/sup> in the world this year over the half marathon and is a personal best for him over the distance by more than a minute (1min 2sec) from his previous best of 60:38 run in Paris on 5 March 2017.<\/p>\n

Clearly he will be coming into the race on 20 May in the best shape of his life and could potentially challenge his own \u201crecord\u201d* time if the rest of the field go with the required pace.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am looking forward to coming back to Cape Town to defend my title,\u201d says Gachaga. \u201cI have good memories of that race and want to do well. I am in great shape.\u00a0 If things go well, maybe I can better my 33:27 and lower the World Best.\u201d<\/p>\n

This will be Gachaga\u2019s 3rd<\/sup> visit to South Africa and 2nd<\/sup> to Cape Town since running that World Best. Injury curtailed his chances to challenge Uganda\u2019s Joshua Cheptegei at the inaugural FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN in 2017 where he had to settle for 10th<\/sup> in a season\u2019s best of 29:47.<\/p>\n

Mathew Kiprotich Kimutai of Kenya will be making his debut appearance at the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN on Sunday 20 May. Kimutai will add depth to an already impressive men\u2019s line up.\u00a0 His 43:48 for 15km run in Kabarak (Kenya) on 29 July 2017, shows that he is no slouch and will be ignored at the rest of the field\u2019s peril.<\/p>\n

* The 12km is a non-standard race and hence the time is ratified as a World Best, not a World Record.<\/em><\/p>\n

EVENT INFORMATION<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nSunday, 20 May 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start Venue:<\/strong><\/td>\nWoodbridge Island, c\/o R27 and Loxton Road, Milnerton (Cape Town)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finish Venue:<\/strong><\/td>\nBree Street (Cape Town, CBD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entry Fee:<\/strong><\/td>\nStandard Entry:<\/strong>\u00a0 R170 (licensed) \/ R205 (unlicensed)<\/p>\n

Gold Package Entry:<\/strong>\u00a0 R850 (licensed) \/ R885 (unlicensed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Charity Support<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>When entering online, runners can choose to support either or both the FNB Cape Town ONERUN Charities:\u00a0 Die Burger Kersfonds <\/strong>and The Cape Of Good Hope SPCA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Facebook: <\/strong>Ctown12<\/a> \/ CapeofGoodHopeSPCA<\/a> \/ @DBKersfonds<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: <\/strong>@CTown12 <\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong> CapeTown_12<\/a> \/ CapeSPCA<\/a><\/p>\n

Hashtag:\u00a0 <\/strong>#CT12Run<\/p>\n

Website:\u00a0 <\/strong>www.thecapetown12.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN<\/strong> forms part of the \u201cFNB Run Your City Series<\/strong>\u201d that includes the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN (taking place on Monday, 24 September 2018 \/ Heritage Day) and the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN (taking place on Sunday, 14 October 2018).<\/p>\n

Runners taking part in all three events will be rewarded with an unrivalled event experience, a FNB Run Your City Series Performance T-shirt and medal on completion of the third race, the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN, where a special hospitality area awaits.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a> to watch the FNB Run Your City Series <\/strong>Teaser Video.<\/p>\n

For further information please visit www.runyourcityseries.com<\/a>\u00a0 For more information on the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN visit www.thecapetown12.com<\/a> or email entries@thecapetown12.com<\/p>\n

About the FNB Run Your City Series<\/u><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

FNB is proud to bring you the FNB Run Your City Series. The series encompasses three unique mass races namely the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN, FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN and the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN. The three races are about inclusivity for all as well as encouraging business involvement, family, world class achievement and fun for all participants.<\/p>\n

FNB\u2019s strategy is to engage with our clients and non-clients through healthy lifestyle activities, where we sponsor selected sporting events that allow us relationship building opportunities, ensuring that we enrich the communities and the lives of those around us. Through the runs, we encourage runners to run their city their way. We invite all runners back to the city to experience the rejuvenation, revival and renewed city centres.<\/p>\n

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It is official, the fastest man ever over 12km will return to defend his title at the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN this coming Sunday, 20 May 2018. Morris Gachaga, the 23-year-old Kenyan, stormed to a 33:27 win at the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN in 2017 to set the fastest time ever recorded over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1206],"tags":[3479,290,3442,2193,3419,3443],"class_list":["post-18377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-release","tag-12-onerun","tag-cape-town","tag-cape-town-12-onerun","tag-fnb","tag-fnb-cape-town-12-onerun","tag-onerun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}