Newly launched, the Run Your City Series (RYC Series) Running Club has released its first challenge on Strava, the Kick Start 5K Time Trial that needs to be completed on Saturday 13 March 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to announce our first challenge for RYC Series Running Club members,\u201d says Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater Sports.\u00a0 \u201cThe Kick Start 5K Time Trial is the perfect way for runners to gauge their current level of fitness.\u00a0 The idea is to complete a 5km run (or walk) as fast as possible, this is a challenge after all.\u00a0 The challenges that follow will build on that fitness level.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRunners can choose their own location and route and will need to complete the challenge between 05:00 \u2013 23:00 on Saturday 13 March 2021,\u201d continues Meyer.\u00a0 \u201cRecord your run using a smartphone (Android or iPhone device) or smart watch (Garmin, TomTom, SUUNTO, Fitbit, Polar etc).\u00a0 Remember to load your activity to Strava no later than midnight on Saturday to appear on the leader board.\u00a0 Be sure to share your photographs and routes to the RYC Series Running Club page on Strava.\u00a0 You could stand a chance to win an awesome pair of PUMA NITRO Deviate Running Shoes to the value of R4000.\u00a0 It\u2019s easier to get fit when you\u2019re having fun.\u00a0 Why not invite family and friends to join the RYC Series Running Club on Strava?\u00a0 That way you can motivate (and challenge) each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
EVENT DATES:\u00a0<\/strong> RYC Series Running Club \/ Kick Start 5K Time Trial<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong>\u00a0 Saturday, 13 March 2021<\/p>\n Time:\u00a0<\/strong> between 05:00 \u2013 23:00<\/p>\n Route:\u00a0<\/strong> Runners can choose their own location and route<\/p>\n HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n Runners must \u201cjoin\u201d the RYC Series Running Club via the following link https:\/\/www.strava.com\/clubs\/rycs WIN WIN WIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n All runners and walkers who complete the 5K Time Trial and share their activity to the RYC Series Running Club on Strava within the stipulated time frame stand the chance of winning a pair of PUMA NITRO Running Shoes to the value of R4000. More about the PUMA NITRO Range:<\/p>\n Years of research and testing have gone into five new key styles\u2014Deviate, Deviate Elite, Velocity, Liberate, and Eternity\u2014all featuring PUMA\u2019s cutting-edge supercritical foam technology, NITRO.\u00a0 NITRO foam makes the shoes extremely lightweight and responsive, to help runners use less energy and run comfortably so you can reach your goals.\u00a0 For more information on the PUMA Nitro Range visit https:\/\/go.puma.com\/7if<\/p>\n Facebook:\u00a0 @PUMARunning \/ @PUMASouthAfrica \/ @Joburg10K \/ @Durban10k \/ @Ctown12<\/p>\n Instagram:\u00a0 @PUMARunning \/ @pumasouthafrica \/\u00a0@Joburg10K \/ @Durban10k \/ @capetown_12<\/p>\n Hashtag:\u00a0 #RUNPUMA #RunYourCity<\/p>\n Newly launched, the Run Your City Series (RYC Series) Running Club has released its first challenge on Strava, the Kick Start 5K Time Trial that needs to be completed on Saturday 13 March 2021. \u201cWe are excited to announce our first challenge for RYC Series Running Club members,\u201d says Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8773],"class_list":["post-41185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport","tag-run-your-city-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41185","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIf you have not yet done so, you will need to create a Strava Account before you can join the RYC Series Running Club.
\nRunners can join the Kick Start 5K Time Trial Event on the RYC Series Running Club homepage on Strava by clicking on the orange \u201cI\u2019m in\u201d button displayed next to the Event listing.<\/p>\n
\nThe winner will be selected by random draw and announced on Monday 15 March 2021.<\/p>\n