{"id":21725,"date":"2018-08-28T18:31:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=21725"},"modified":"2018-08-28T18:31:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:31:12","slug":"puma-challenges-runners-to-beat-bolt-at-the-fnb-durban-10k-citysurfrun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/press-release\/puma-challenges-runners-to-beat-bolt-at-the-fnb-durban-10k-citysurfrun\/","title":{"rendered":"PUMA challenges runners to Beat Bolt at the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PUMA South Africa has thrown down the gauntlet challenging runners to <strong>\u2018Beat Bolt\u2019 <\/strong>at the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> annual FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN on Sunday, 14 October 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <strong>#ForeverFaster PUMA \u2018Beat Bolt\u2019 Sprint <\/strong>was extremely well received at the inaugural FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN in 2017,\u201d says Brett Bellinger, Marketing Director of PUMA South Africa.\u00a0 \u201cSince then Capetonians have had their turn to \u2018Beat Bolt\u2019 at the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN (in May this year).\u00a0\u00a0 In September we\u2019ll head to Johannesburg for the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN, before returning to Durban on Sunday, 14 October 2018.\u00a0 We are looking for excitement and camaraderie, but most importantly we are looking for #FastTimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <strong>#ForeverFaster PUMA \u2018Beat Bolt\u2019 Sprint <\/strong>will be activated on the second half of the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN route,\u201d continues Bellinger.\u00a0 \u201cWe are proud to say that our PUMA activation will be bigger and better than before.\u00a0 Be sure to reserve some energy as the <strong>\u2018Beat Bolt\u2019 Sprint <\/strong>requires speed.\u00a0 Be prepared to give your all over a 100m sprint.\u00a0 This section of the route will once again be timed.\u00a0 The runner (male and female) to clock the fastest time over\u00a0 the 100m will be rewarded with a PUMA shopping voucher to the value of R10\u00a0000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Additional PUMA Prizes up for grabs<\/u><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0 FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN participants that secure the following sprint times will qualify for discount vouchers instore at PUMA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under 15 seconds for 100m: 30% discount off a purchase at the PUMA store<\/li>\n<li>Under 20 seconds for 100m: 20% discount off a purchase at the PUMA store<\/li>\n<li>Under 25 seconds for 100m: 15% discount off a purchase at the PUMA store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>#ForeverFaster PUMA \u2018Beat Bolt\u2019 sprint <\/strong>will be stationed in the region of the 7 \u2013 9km mark.\u00a0 With such an impressive prize incentive, be sure to make this the fastest 100m of your life.\u00a0 All runners will be notified of their 100m sprint times via sms after the race.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>EVENT INFORMATION<\/u>:\u00a0 FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/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.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"539\">Sunday, 14 October 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Entry Fee:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"539\"><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=\"539\"><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=\"539\"><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=\"539\">Monday, 24 September 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\"><strong>Online Entries Close:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"539\">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>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CHARITY SUPPORT<\/u><\/strong><strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>When entering online runners (and walkers) can support one of five Durban based charities:\u00a0 1. <strong>The Reach For A Dream Foundation<\/strong>, 2. <strong>TREE<\/strong>, 3. <strong>Durban &amp; Coast SPCA<\/strong>, 4. <strong>LIV Village<\/strong> and\/or 5. <strong>iThemba Lethu<\/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>PUMA South Africa has thrown down the gauntlet challenging runners to \u2018Beat Bolt\u2019 at the 2nd annual FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN on Sunday, 14 October 2018. \u201cThe #ForeverFaster PUMA \u2018Beat Bolt\u2019 Sprint was extremely well received at the inaugural FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN in 2017,\u201d says Brett Bellinger, Marketing Director of PUMA South Africa.\u00a0 \u201cSince [&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":[2816,2686,287,2905,2193,2685,3167,2707],"class_list":["post-21725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-release","tag-10k-citysurfrun","tag-citysurfrun","tag-durban","tag-durban-10k-citysurfrun","tag-fnb","tag-fnb-durban-10k-citysurfrun","tag-puma","tag-runners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21725","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=21725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}