Roodepoort Athletics Club getting their soles back to the tarmac
Boost your fitness and immune system by being part of a collective that pushes to go further and with purpose.
The events of 2020 have hit sports clubs around Roodepoort hard but as life slowly returns to normal, past affiliations can be rekindled.
Roodepoort Athletics Club have reopened their doors and are inviting all their old members and ardent running fans to be part of the club’s rejuvenated future. To entice the running community to get down to Georginia Street, the club has slashed their fees to help alleviate any financial constraints members might be feeling. The club is not only for runners, but accommodates walkers as well as cyclists.
With the Comrades Marathon being cancelled for 2021, runners do not have that marquee event to pull them out of bed and into their trainers. The club has recognised this and will be doing their best to breathe life into the 2021 running calendar with a series of accumulative distance runs. The club will challenge members to run 21 x 21km races or 40 x 10km runs by the end of the year.
As with every club, the social aspect is a key component in building loyalty and comradery between members. Roodepoort Athletics Club will continue their social braai evenings with every first Tuesday of the month being braai night. “Oom Jan usually gets the braai started and by time we are done with the runs, we can sit down for a beer and burn some meat,” laughed club Secretary, Vincent Meyer.
Time trials across the 4km, 5km, 8km and 10km routes are held every Wednesday, with Tuesdays being hill training sessions. Members also arrange trial runs at various locations around the city as well as inter-club challenges to keep the competitive flames alight. Boost your fitness and immune system by being part of a collective that pushes to go further and with purpose.
