{"id":20682,"date":"2018-07-24T18:26:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=20682"},"modified":"2018-07-24T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:26:09","slug":"exciting-running-on-the-cards-at-totalsports-womens-race-jhb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/press-release\/exciting-running-on-the-cards-at-totalsports-womens-race-jhb\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting running on the cards at Totalsports Women\u2019s Race JHB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jozi will be a hub of excitement on Thursday, 09 August 2018 (National Women\u2019s Day) when thousands of runners and walkers dressed in pink toe the line at the much anticipated Totalsports Women\u2019s Race where they\u2019ll #RunUnited in support of PinkDrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Johannesburg route is fairly fast and flat with a really nice challenge between the 5km – 7km mark,\u201d says Agne du Plessis, Stillwater Sports:\u00a0 General Manager Road Running and Athletics.\u00a0 \u201cIconic landmarks to look out for on route will include:\u00a0 the Oriental Plaza, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Johannesburg Theatre and the Nelson Mandela Bridge to mention just a few.\u00a0 Both the 5km and 10km races will start and finish at the same place.\u00a0 Runners and walkers can look forward to a memorable Women\u2019s Day celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Event Information<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>2018 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\nThursday, 09 August 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\nMary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entry Fee:<\/strong><\/td>\n10km <\/strong>licensed runner:\u00a0 <\/em>R120.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n5km<\/strong>:\u00a0 R80.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n10km Johannesburg\u00a0 <\/strong>unlicensed runner<\/em>:\u00a0 R140 (temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Each entrant will receive a fitted Event T-shirt, a Totalsports head scarf and a finisher\u2019s bracelet.
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The following ROADS <\/strong>will be affected by ROAD CLOSURES<\/strong> on event day (between 05:00 \u2013 13:00)<\/u>:\u00a0 Henry Nxumalo, Jeppe, Main Road, Noria Mabasa, Dolly Rathebe, Church, Queen, Clifton, Bartlett, Krause, 8th<\/sup> Street, Enoch Sontonga, Jorissen, Bertha, Ameshoff and Melle.
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PRIZE PURSE<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>The 2018 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race Johannesburg (10km race) boasts a R41\u00a0200 prize purse.\u00a0 Prize money has been allocated to the top 8 finishers in the Open Category with the winner taking home a whopping R10\u00a0000.\u00a0 The top 8 runners in the Junior Category will also be awarded for their efforts, while the top 3 finishers in the age categories 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70+ will also not go home empty-handed.\u00a0
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CHARITY SUPPORT<\/u>: <\/strong>The Totalsports Women\u2019s Race supports PinkDrive, a Non-Profit Company (NPC) that is committed to improving breast cancer awareness, education, and providing and offering free services to the medically uninsured across South Africa.\u00a0 PinkDrive will be present on event day offering FREE clinical breast examinations and educating on the importance of self- breast examinations.<\/p>\n

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>The action of the 2018 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race Johannesburg will close off with a lively performance by South African rapper and poet, Sho Madjozi.<\/p>\n

Enter online at www.totalsportswomensrace.com<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook page:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Sho Madjozi <\/a>\/ Women\u2019s Race<\/a> \/ The PinkDrive<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>@Shomadjozi <\/a> \/ @womensrace <\/a>\/ @TotalsportsSA<\/a> \/ @thepinkdrive<\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0 Totalsports_SA<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information on PinkDrive visit www.pinkdrive.co.za<\/a>.\u00a0 For further information or to enter the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race visit www.totalsportswomensrace.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jozi will be a hub of excitement on Thursday, 09 August 2018 (National Women\u2019s Day) when thousands of runners and walkers dressed in pink toe the line at the much anticipated Totalsports Women\u2019s Race where they\u2019ll #RunUnited in support of PinkDrive. \u201cThe Johannesburg route is fairly fast and flat with a really nice challenge between […]<\/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":[3427,295,2736,2735,3635,3538,3636],"class_list":["post-20682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-release","tag-jhb","tag-johannesburg","tag-totalsports","tag-totalsports-womens-race","tag-totalsports-womens-race-jhb","tag-womens-race","tag-womens-race-jhb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20682","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=20682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}