Registrations for the popular Thembisa Mile race are open
The registration fee for the 10km is R150 for ASA-licensed athletes, while unlicensed athletes will pay an additional R60 for a temporary license.
Registrations for Thembisa’s premier road running event, the Thembisa Mile, which takes place on October 27 are open.
The race, which comprises a street mile (1 609m) and a 10km mass participation event, will start and finish at the Olifantsfontein Sports Ground in Olifantsfontein.
Entries are available online at www.thembisamile.co.za or www.peaktiming.co.za. It will close at midnight on October 23 or when the maximum race capacity has been reached.
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The race is open to 3 000 participants, with 2 500 entries available for the 10km road race and 500 for the 1 Mile race.
The registration fee for the 10km is R150 for ASA-licensed athletes, while unlicensed athletes will pay an additional R60 for a temporary license.
The registration fee for the 1 Mile race is R50 for the ASA-licensed athletes, with unlicensed athletes paying an additional R30 for a temporary license.
These registration fees exclude the online service fee administered by the service provider.
Participants will be able to collect their race numbers at the race expo which will be held from October 25 to 27 at the race venue.
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For the elite runners, the race offers a prize purse of R114 000.
The men’s and women’s 10km winners will each take home R10 000, while the invitational Mile winners will each take home R4 000.
SPAR vouchers will be given to the top three boys and girls in the U10, U13 and U15 age group categories for the 1 Mile race.
The reigning 10km champion Puseletso Mofokeng of Potch Track Club will spearhead the men’s 10km elite field and the reigning South African 10km cross-country champion Karabo Mailula of Tuks will spearhead the women’s field.
All registered finishers will receive bronze medals, while category winners will earn gold medals.
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The new scenic 10km route will take runners through the Olifantsfontein industrial area to Hospital View and back to finish at Olifantsfontein Sports Ground.
The race is made possible by the following sponsors and partners; SPAR North Rand, City of Ekurhuleni Sports and Recreation Division, Lenmed Zamokuhle Private Hospital, The Thembisan, K2M Funeral, Central Gauteng Athletics and Thembisa Athletics Club.
