{"id":27904,"date":"2019-04-08T19:51:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=27904"},"modified":"2019-04-08T19:51:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:51:15","slug":"triple-the-celebration-at-totalsports-womens-race-on-national-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/triple-the-celebration-at-totalsports-womens-race-on-national-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple the celebration at Totalsports Women\u2019s Race on National Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time since the events inception in 2001, South Africa\u2019s largest Women\u2019s Day Celebration, the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race will be hosted on one day (Friday, 09 August 2019 \/ National Women\u2019s Day) across three major cities (Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely excited to host the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race on one day across three cities,\u201d says Agne du Plessis, Stillwater Sports General Manager:\u00a0 Road Running.\u00a0 \u201cIn previous years the event would kick off in Durban in July before heading to Johannesburg and Cape Town.\u00a0 This year we will triple the fun on National Women\u2019s Day with women from all walks of life in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban uniting to take on a 5km or 10km road run (or walk) in support of PinkDrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Totalsports Women\u2019s Race is a fun filled Women\u2019s Day celebration that encourages a healthy lifestyle and supports PinkDrive,\u201d says Patrick Singh, Head of Totalsports Marketing.\u00a0 \u201cWe are proud to host South Africa\u2019s largest Women\u2019s Day celebration and extremely excited to be doing so in three major cities on one day in 2019.\u00a0 This year we will emphasise the message that we are #StrongerTogether.\u00a0 People run for various reasons, irrespective of the reason we\u2019d like to invite all women (grandmothers, aunts, sisters, mothers and daughters) to run united as we support PinkDrive and raise awareness around breast cancer because we are #StrongerTogether.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Event Information<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>2019 Totalsports Women\u2019s Race <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>Date<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">Friday, 09 August 2019 \/ <strong>National Women\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>Venue<\/u>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Durban:\u00a0 <\/strong>Kings Park Athletics Track<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Johannesburg:\u00a0 <\/strong>Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Cape Town:\u00a0 <\/strong>Grand Parade, Cape Town CBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>Start Time<\/u>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">10km \/ 08:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">5km \/ 08:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong><u>Entry Fee<\/u>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>10km <\/strong><em>licensed runner<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">R130.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>5km<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">R100.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>10km Durban <\/strong><em>unlicensed runner<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">R160.00 <em>(temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>10km Johannesburg\u00a0 <\/strong><em>unlicensed runner<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">R165.00 <em>(temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10km Cape Town <\/strong><em>unlicensed <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><em>runner<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\">R170.00 <em>(temporary license included)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Entries Open: <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\"><strong><u>ONLINE<\/u> <\/strong>entries open:\u00a0\u00a0 Monday, 01 April 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ONLINE<\/u> <\/strong>entries close:\u00a0 Friday, 26 July 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Enter via<\/u>:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalsportswomensrace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.totalsportswomensrace.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\"><u>I<strong>N-STORE<\/strong><\/u> entries open:\u00a0 Wednesday, 01 May 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\"><strong><u>IN-STORE<\/u><\/strong> entries close:\u00a0 Monday, 15 July 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"222\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"371\"><strong><u>Selected Totalsports Stores<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>KZN<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>Westville Pavillion, Gateway, Musgrave, The Bluff<\/p>\n<p>and West Street<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Gauteng<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>Sandton, Menlyn, Maponya Mall, Carlton Centre, Pritchard, Newtown and Eastgate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Western Cape<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>Canal Walk, Tygervalley, Waterfront and &#8211; Cavendish Women.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Each entrant will receive a fitted Event T-shirt and a finisher\u2019s bracelet and will enjoy an entertaining route with refreshment points.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Charity Support<\/u>:\u00a0 <\/strong>The Totalsports Women\u2019s Race proudly 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. PinkDrive will be present at the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race (Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town) offering FREE clinical breast examinations and educating on the importance of self- breast examinations.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like our Facebook page:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/womensrace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women\u2019s Race<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePinkDrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The PinkDrive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@womensrace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@womensrace<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@TotalsportsSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TotalsportsSA<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@thepinkdrive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thepinkdrive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Totalsports_SA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Totalsports_SA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on PinkDrive visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkdrive.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.pinkdrive.co.za<\/a>.\u00a0 For further information or to enter the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalsportswomensrace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.totalsportswomensrace.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=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/womensrace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Totalsports Women\u2019s Race<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time since the events inception in 2001, South Africa\u2019s largest Women\u2019s Day Celebration, the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race will be hosted on one day (Friday, 09 August 2019 \/ National Women\u2019s Day) across three major cities (Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban). \u201cWe are extremely excited to host the Totalsports Women\u2019s Race on one [&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":[3,1206],"tags":[2736,2735],"class_list":["post-27904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport","category-press-release","tag-totalsports","tag-totalsports-womens-race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27904","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=27904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}