{"id":41796,"date":"2021-05-24T20:14:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=41796"},"modified":"2021-05-24T20:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:14:56","slug":"celebrate-global-running-day-with-the-run-your-city-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/celebrate-global-running-day-with-the-run-your-city-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Global Running Day with the Run Your City Series!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global Running Day is on Wednesday 02 June and the Run Your City (RYC) Series is giving runners the perfect opportunity to celebrate with the launch of the RYC Series Global Running Day 5K challenge on Strava!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to give the RYC Series Community the opportunity to celebrate Global Running Day \u2018virtually\u2019 with thousands of runners,\u201d says Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater Sports and founder of the RYC Series. \u201cTo be part of the challenge, runners must join the RYC Series Running Club on Strava and click on the orange \u201cI\u2019m in\u201d button displayed next to the Global Running Day 5K event listing. It\u2019s as easy as that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntrants can complete a 5K run anywhere and anytime between 05:00 \u2013 23:00 on Wednesday 02 June,\u201d continues Meyer. \u201cThe run needs to be recorded using a smartphone (Android or iPhone device) or smart watch (Garmin, TomTom, SUUNTO, Fitbit, Polar etc). To stand a chance to win a pair of PUMA NITRO running shoes to the value of R4000, entrants must share their activities, routes and photos to the RYC Series Running Club on Strava by no later than 23:00 on Wednesday. Include the following three hashtags #RunYourCity, #RUNPUMA and #GlobalRunningDay. We can\u2019t wait to celebrate Global Running Day with the RYC Series Community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EVENT DATES: RYC Series Running Club \/ Global Running Day 5K<\/p>\n<p>Date: Wednesday 02 June 2021<br \/>\nTime: between 05:00 \u2013 23:00<br \/>\nActivity: 5K Time Trial<br \/>\nRoute: Runners can choose their own location and route<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT:<\/p>\n<p>1. Runners must \u201cjoin\u201d the RYC Series Running Club via the following link https:\/\/www.strava.com\/clubs\/rycs<br \/>\n2. If you have not yet done so, you will need to create a Strava Account before you can join the RYC Series Running<br \/>\nClub.<br \/>\n3. Runners can join the Global Running Day 5K 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<p>PLEASE NOTE: All runners must protect their health and safety and that of others by social distancing while running. Runners are encouraged to stay up to date on the latest news and guidelines from their local and national authorities.<\/p>\n<p>MORE ABOUT THE PUMA NITRO Range:<br \/>\nYears 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. NITRO foam makes the shoes extremely lightweight and responsive, to help runners use less energy and run comfortably so you can reach your goals. For more information on the PUMA Nitro Range visit https:\/\/go.puma.com\/7if<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: @PUMARunning \/ @PUMASouthAfrica \/ Joburg10K \/ Durban10k \/ Ctown12<br \/>\nInstagram: @PUMARunning \/ @pumasouthafrica \/ @Joburg10K \/ @Durban10k \/ @capetown_12<br \/>\nHashtag: #RunYourCity #RUNPUMA #GlobalRunningDay<\/p>\n<p>For further information on the Run Your City Series email entries@joburg10k.com, entries@durban10k.com, entries@thecapetown12.com or visit https:\/\/runyourcityseries.com\/<\/p>\n<div class=\"ap-custom-wrapper\"><\/div><!--ap-custom-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Running Day is on Wednesday 02 June and the Run Your City (RYC) Series is giving runners the perfect opportunity to celebrate with the launch of the RYC Series Global Running Day 5K challenge on Strava! \u201cWe are excited to give the RYC Series Community the opportunity to celebrate Global Running Day \u2018virtually\u2019 with [&hellip;]<\/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":[8978,2737,3167,2684,8979,2683],"class_list":["post-41796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport","tag-global-running-day","tag-michael-meyer","tag-puma","tag-run-your-city","tag-ryc","tag-stillwater-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41796","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=41796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}