Highway runners compete in SPAR Women’s Virtual Challenge

Highway residents were eager to compete in the first national SPAR Women's Virtual Challenge event.

MORE than 57 000 participants took to the streets across South Africa to take part in the first national SPAR Women’s Virtual Challenge.

Communities took the opportunity to stage their own SPAR Women’s race and invited locals to gather safely and run set routes in their areas.

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The event invited athletes to run any distance they wanted between 06:00 and 18:00.

Enjoying their run along the promenade are Kloof residents, Brandon Gee and Kayler-Lee Keely with their dogs, Louis Vuitton and Burberry.

PHOTOS: Rogan Ward

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