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Mapungubwe running magic
More than 1 000 athletes competed in Saturday’s Mapungubwe Half Marathon for their part of the R76 800 in prize money up for grabs.
POLOKWANE – This half marathon forms part of the annual Mpungubwe Arts Festival over December and is hosted by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.
The athletes who started and finished at the Polokwane Rugby Fields could enter the main race of 21,1 km as well as a 10 km race and a 5 km fun run.
This race was also well represented by long distance runners from Polokwane’s three athletics clubs, the Polokwane Athletics Club, Pietersburg Road Runners and Mzanzi Athletics Club.
Athletes from various other athletics and marathon clubs in Limpopo also came to take part in the race.
