{"id":19491,"date":"2018-06-20T22:27:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T20:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=19491"},"modified":"2018-06-20T22:27:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T20:27:43","slug":"eksteen-cahill-victorious-at-fedhealth-impi-elite-race-2-in-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/press-release\/eksteen-cahill-victorious-at-fedhealth-impi-elite-race-2-in-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Eksteen, Cahill victorious at Fedhealth IMPI Elite Race #2 in KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claude Eksteen (Durban North) <\/strong>secured his 11th<\/sup> Fedhealth IMPI Elite Race victory on Saturday, 16 June 2018 crossing the finish line at Virginia Trails (Eston, KZN) in a deserving time of 01 hour 54 minutes 27 seconds.\u00a0\u00a0 Nadene Cahill (<\/strong>Westville, KZN)<\/strong> claimed top honours in the women\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the IMPI Challenge,\u201d said Eksteen.\u00a0 \u201cI just could not miss a local race.\u00a0 Today\u2019s course was tough.\u00a0 To have so many Merchants athletes (trained by Marin Dreyer) out on route definitely made it tougher.\u00a0 They are always pushing and make for great competition.\u00a0 The IMPI Challenge is known for its tough running route.\u00a0 Race Director, Pieter du Plessis loves to include hills and awesome trails.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t, however, expect the cinder block carry to be followed by a pole drag and then a sand bag carry.\u00a0 That was tough.\u00a0 I\u2019ve lined up for eleven Fedhealth IMPI Elite Races and have won them all.\u00a0 It feels great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mxolisi Zondi came in second, while Hlelani Radebe finished third.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Elite Race winner, Nadene Cahill celebrated her Fedhealth IMPI Elite Race debut on the day.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve been taking part in obstacle course races for the last year and a half.\u00a0 I\u2019ve wanted to take part in IMPI for a while but this is the first time that it takes place in KZN.\u00a0 I definitely plan on taking part in more IMPI races as it was a lot of fun.\u00a0 The trails were amazing – hilly but beautiful.\u00a0 The obstacles are challenging.\u00a0 My team mates warned me beforehand that the IMPI Challenge is renowned for its heavy carries.\u00a0\u00a0 These were tough, but enjoyable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew that the competition would be tough,\u201d continues Cahill.\u00a0 \u201cMy coach is Trish Eksteen.\u00a0 She wins all these races, and also competed today.\u00a0 I caught her at one of the \u201cpull\u201d obstacles.\u00a0\u00a0 Being so light she struggled with the obstacle.\u00a0 Crossing the finish line ahead of Trish felt so surreal.\u00a0 I kept looking behind me, expecting her to catch me.\u00a0 Taking the win today is a real honour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cahill completed the Fedhealth IMPI Elite Race #2 in 02 hours 29 minutes 01 seconds.\u00a0 Trish Eksteen came in second, while Lisha Sookun finished third.<\/p>\n

The Fedhealth IMPI Elite Race #2 consisted of a 22km trail run route that boasted 24 obstacles varying in difficulty.
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Fedhealth Principal Officer, Jeremy Yatt, says: \u201cThe Fedhealth family is all about encouraging a fit, healthy lifestyles and as such, sponsoring the 2018 Fedhealth IMPI Challenge was a natural fit for us. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us at Virginia Trails in KZN this past weekend, we hope you had loads of fun on the obstacles. See you at the third 2018 Fedhealth IMPI Challenge that will take place in October at Van Gaalens Cheese Farm in Gauteng!\u201d<\/p>\n

Catering for the entire family, Fedhealth IMPI Warriors can choose between five categories when entering:\u00a0\u00a0 1. IMPI Elite, 2. IMPI Corporate, 3. IMPI Challenge, 4. IMPI Dash and 5. IMPI Mini.<\/p>\n

This adrenaline pumping experience will test fitness levels, challenge fears, but most importantly celebrate accomplishments.\u00a0
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NEXT UP<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 2018 Fedhealth IMPI Challenge
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Date:<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\nIMPI Challenge:<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\nVenues:<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturday, 06 October 2018<\/td>\nFedhealth IMPI Challenge #3<\/td>\nVan Gaalens Cheese Farm (Gauteng)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturday, 17 and Sunday, 18 November 2018<\/td>\nFedhealth IMPI Challenge #4<\/td>\nWiesenhof Wildlife Park, Stellenbosch (Cape Town)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CHARITY SUPPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0 On entering the Fedhealth IMPI Challenge adventure seekers can choose to either support one or all four event charities:\u00a0 CANSA, Prochorus Community Development Centre, the Woodside Special Care Centre and\/or NSRI.<\/p>\n

Entrants are encouraged to let creativity reign in the best dressed <\/strong>competition!\u00a0 Competition winners will take home awesome prizes compliments of event sponsors.<\/p>\n

For a better idea of what to expect CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong> to watch our Teaser Video.
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Like our Facebook page:\u00a0 <\/strong>Fedhealth Medical Aid<\/a> \/ Impi Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0 <\/strong>@Fedhealthmed\u00a0<\/a> \/ @impichallenge <\/a><\/p>\n

Hash Tag:<\/strong>\u00a0 #toughenough #ImpiMoment<\/p>\n

For more information on the Fedhealth IMPI Challenge email info@impichallenge.co.za<\/a> or visit www.impichallenge.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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Claude Eksteen (Durban North) secured his 11th Fedhealth IMPI Elite Race victory on Saturday, 16 June 2018 crossing the finish line at Virginia Trails (Eston, KZN) in a deserving time of 01 hour 54 minutes 27 seconds.\u00a0\u00a0 Nadene Cahill (Westville, KZN) claimed top honours in the women\u2019s race. \u201cI love the IMPI Challenge,\u201d said Eksteen.\u00a0 […]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-19491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19491","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=19491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}