Run for Jozi
JOBURG - An army of athletes is expected to take over the streets of Johannesburg when the 10km Nike We Run Jozi returns.
On 12 October Joburg’s inner city will be moved by 10 000 runners who will be challenged to push to new limits in this year’s race.
The race offers runners a challenging course, of which a section of the route splits, with half of the field running Move Uptown and the other half Move Downtown, for the same distance.
Merging halfway into the race, the runners unite at the race village just after the finish line at Mary Fitzgerald Square.
During registration, runners must select which part of the split route they will run. Runners will receive a unique race day t-shirt, colour-coded to the split section en route.
The race has two categories, namely Student and Open. The race fee for students, with a valid student card, is set at half the price of the Open category. Runners will receive a race pack including their official Nike We Run Jozi 10k race t-shirt featuring a unique race number, and their own timing chip at the race expo ahead of race day.
A portion of the race fee is automatically donated to the development of Alex Butterflies, a running development programme for children in primary schools between the ages of 7 and 12 years.
The programme, managed by professional coaches, seeks to inspire children to be physically active and to develop holistically through the introduction of running in a fun and safe environment. Alex Butterflies was founded with the proceeds from the race held in 2012, in which 20 000 road runners ran from Sandton to the heart of Alexandra Township.
The race is one of 26 international races hosted within Nike’s We Run series.
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