{"id":20496,"date":"2018-07-17T17:38:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=20496"},"modified":"2018-07-17T17:38:48","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:38:48","slug":"durban-put-on-a-pedestal-at-fnb-durban-10k-citysurfrun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/press-release\/durban-put-on-a-pedestal-at-fnb-durban-10k-citysurfrun\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban put on a pedestal at FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Durban will be a hub of excitement on Sunday, 14 October 2018 when thousands of runners toe the line ready to \u00a0#RunDurbanYourWay at the 2018 FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN is the last of three mass participation road running events that make up the FNB Run Your City Series,\u201d says Michael Meyer, Managing Director Stillwater Sports.\u00a0 \u201cThe series kicked off with the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN in May.\u00a0 The second event, the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN, will engulf the streets of Johannesburg on Monday, 24 September.\u00a0 Finally Durbanites will have their turn to experience the action on Sunday, 14 October.\u00a0 All three events highlight the essence of its host city and attract both local and international interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN boasts a special ambiance,\u201d continues Meyer.\u00a0 \u201cRunners can look forward to an action packed 10km journey that highlights important landmarks and features exciting live entertainment compliments of Durban\u2019s leading performing arts groups.\u00a0 The fresh sea air and magnificent ocean views definitely add to the experience.\u201d<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited that the 2018 FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN will see a whole new route that will showcase a few landmarks the City has to offer \u2013 some of the new with some of the very old! And our finish again on the iconic beachfront will still allow families to linger along our \u2018Golden Mile\u2019. And of course, the entertainment along the route promises the unique running experience this event offers!\u201d says Michael Honeywell, from FNB Business in KZN.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>EVENT INFORMATION<\/u><\/strong><strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating its 2<sup>nd<\/sup> anniversary in 2018, the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN grants entrants the unique opportunity to explore their city on foot.\u00a0 In addition to lively on-route entertainment and rubbing shoulders with some of the world\u2019s best middle distance runners, the 2018 FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN route will also highlight a number of Durban\u2019s iconic landmarks.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"387\">Sunday, 14 October 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Entry Fee:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"387\"><strong>Standard Entry:<\/strong>\u00a0 R170 (licensed) \/ R190 (unlicensed)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold Package Entry:<\/strong>\u00a0 R850 (licensed) \/ R870 (unlicensed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Enter:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"387\"><strong>Online:<\/strong>\u00a0 <u>www.durban10k.com<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"387\"><strong>Instore:\u00a0 <\/strong>Totalsports &#8211; Gateway, Westville Pavilion, Musgrave, West Street, Pinetown, The Bluff, Bridge City, City View and Chatsworth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Instore Entries Close:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"387\">Monday, 24 September 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Online Entries Close:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"387\">Monday, 01 October 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN is proudly hosted by KZN Athletics.\u00a0<strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Charity Support<\/u><\/strong><strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>When entering online, runners can choose to support <strong>The Reach For A Dream Foundation<\/strong>, <strong>TREE <\/strong>and\/or the <strong>SPCA Durban<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Durban10k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Durban10k<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/durban10k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Durban10k<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/durban10k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Durban10k<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Official hashtag:<\/strong>\u00a0 #FNBRunYourCity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong>\u00a0 <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.durban10k.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.durban10k.com<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>About the FNB Run Your City Series<\/u><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>For further information please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runyourcityseries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.runyourcityseries.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>ISSUED BY:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/newsportmediatv\/?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsport Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ON BEHALF OF: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runyourcityseries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FNB Run Your City Series<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stillwatersport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stillwater Sports<\/a> Initiative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durban will be a hub of excitement on Sunday, 14 October 2018 when thousands of runners toe the line ready to \u00a0#RunDurbanYourWay at the 2018 FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN. \u201cThe FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN is the last of three mass participation road running events that make up the FNB Run Your City Series,\u201d says Michael [&hellip;]<\/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":[2816,287,2905,2193,2685,2683],"class_list":["post-20496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-release","tag-10k-citysurfrun","tag-durban","tag-durban-10k-citysurfrun","tag-fnb","tag-fnb-durban-10k-citysurfrun","tag-stillwater-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20496","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=20496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}