On your marks for annual run

JOIN Cynthia Smith, Ephraim Xaba and Sandy Cromie for the Hillcrest Villagers’ 39th popular Hillcrest Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday, 11 February from 5am.

The race starts on Old Main Road, between Hillcrest Corner and Christians Village. Both races will finish at the club’s grounds at the Hillcrest Sports Club. The marathon will follow the traditional two lap course through the tree lined route into Winston Park.

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All finishers of both distances will receive a commemorative T-shirt and medal. There will be refreshment tables en route and the club’s bar will be open.

There will be a mobile coffee stand, physios, a chiropractor, a jumping castle for children and the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust will have a tent with a few of its crafts on sale.

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