A fun filled Women’s Day celebration, the Totalsports Women’s Race encourages a healthy lifestyle and invites all women (grandmothers, aunts, sisters, mothers and daughters) to run united in support of PinkDrive.
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Eudurocad, a registered non-profit organisation that focuses on the advancement of athletic performance and education through various projects, will be out in full force at this year’s event taking place on Wednesday August 9 (National Women’s Day) with 120 athletes eagerly signing up.
There will be three events on the day in Durban (start at Masabalala Yengwa Avenue and finish at Kings Park Athletics Track); Johannesburg (start and finish at Marks Park, Emmerentia) and Cape Town (start and finish at Grand Parade, Cape Town).
“Endurocad’s Young Women Empowerment Program ‘ACHIEVE’ uses sport and running to develop strong young women, change-makers who are self-sufficient, and who in turn will hopefully have a positive impact on their communities,” said Endurocad athletes manager and ambassador for the Young Women’s Empowerment Program, Nolene Conrad.
“We follow a holistic approach, using athletic participation as the catalyst, enabling these young ladies to believe in themselves, while exposing them to the possibilities out there. We have 120 young women who participate in ongoing workshops, skill development programs, outings and compete in athletic competitions.”
We would like to expose the young women to mass women’s only events where they feel part of a sisterhood,” continued Conrad.
In closing Conrad added, “The ACHIEVE program’s theme for the year is HOPE. Our athletes are looking forward to walking/running with thousands of women from all walks of life – granny’s, moms, daughters, sisters, cousins, and aunts – all of whom have one thing in common, being a woman. Receiving the beautiful event t-shirt and medal is always the cherry on the cake for them.”
For more information on PinkDrive visit www.pinkdrive.co.za. For further information or to enter the Totalsports Women’s Race visit www.totalsportswomensrace.co.za.
