Urban navigation run – Metrogaine Joburg in Melville.

Another year, another exciting navigation run this time through the quirky streets of Melville to re-live your University days. Have you taken part in one before? If you haven’t you are seriously missing out on some serious fun!

 

 

How does Metrogaine work?

 

• Two person team,
• A3 street map with check points,
• Clue sheet and,
• A time limit.

You have either an hour or 90 minutes to walk, run, skip to each of the check points. Choose your own route but just make sure you’re not late for cut-off time. For more information on how the race works, visit the Adventure Racing website or follow the event on Facebook.

 

Event details

Date:	Wednesday, 11 April
Registration:	17:15 – 18:15
Venue:	Campus Square Shopping Centre, cnr Kingways and University Roads, Auckland Park.
Entry fee:	R90 per team

Visit the Adventure Racing website for more event details.

 

Race times

Start and end times differ depending on whether you choose to do the hour long course of the 90 minute one. The shorter course starts at 18:40 and the longer one starts at 18:30.

 

Online entries

You don’t need to be an experienced navigator to take part but entries are limited to 60 teams. Get your ticket online at EntryTickets.

Direct any questions to Lisa 082 936-2509  or lisa@ar.co.za.

 

Have fun GTXers!

 

 

 

Support a Friend of GTX!

Fin Lawlor, the brother of one of our GTX members, is an &Beyond Ranger at Ngala Private Game Reserve and is on a run (literally!) to campaign against the poaching of Rhinos through the Footprints of Hope initiative. Come the 7th of April, Fin will brave the streets of Cape Town to take part in the well loved marathon, the Two Oceans Marathon.

Footprints of Hope

…born from a vision of creating more awareness about the plight of Africa’s endangered rhino and a pure passion to make a lasting difference within local communities, which encapsulates “Care of the Land, Care of the Wildlife, Care of the People”. Now the initiative is growing even further with more members joining the team and doing their bit for the Rhino, communities surrounding our Reserves and Parks, as well as other extraordinary wildlife / conservation efforts.

Support Fin & Footprints of Hope

Support Fin on his Two Oceans journey to raise awareness about this important cause by donating money to the initiative, supporting him on the sidelines at the Two Oceans marathon or just spread the word.

Donate money here.

Follow his adventure on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

X-Trail, Magaliesberg and Rhinos.

What better way to experience the beauty of the Magliesberg than to explore the Segwati Game Ranch on an early morning trail run? Not to mention saving the rhinos while you’re about it.

 

Pearson & Pearson Biokinetics, are sponsoring the event with all good intentions to “give you the best outdoor adventure possible” while  donating a portion of the entry fee to an organisation dedicated to saving the eminent extinction of rhinos in our country.

 

X-Trail Fitness: Event details

Date	21 March 2012
Venue	Segwati Game Ranch (Start)
Time	08:00

For more information about the race, please contact Sue Pearson sueanne@pearsonbios.co.za

 

Segwati Game Ranch

Less than an hour away from Johannesburg, the Segwati Game Ranch is a good break from the hustle and bustle of the city. Okay, maybe not so much on race day!

Everybody needs to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Why not escape to a little piece of paradise in the heart of Hartebeeshoek, 45 minutes from Johannesburg and Pretoria.

If you would like to just kick back and relax in one of our self catering bungalows, sit around a campfire in the open, enjoy exquisite game viewing or just take in the wonders of nature, Segwati Ranch is the place for you.

Come and recharge with us, we will make your stay a memorable one.

 

Enter for X-Trail Fitness

Entries are limited to 600 runners only – yay for environmental consideration! – and there are are pre-entries available for this race. Contact Sue Pearson sueanne@pearsonbios.co.za to register.

 

Pirates Half Marathon. Arrr…

The popular Johannesburg sports club, Pirates Club in Greenside, is hosting “Joburg’s toughest half marathon” this weekend, Sunday 19 February 2012. Well known as one of the more challenging marathons, covering an exact 21.1km of Joburg territory,  expect a handful of tough hills and steep downhills.

 

Pirates Half Marathon: Event details

Date	19 February 2012
Venue	Pirates Club, Greenside (Start)
Time	07:00

 

The Route

The highlight? The Northcliff water tower en route… Check out the route for the Pirates Half Marathon here. More information will be available upon registration.

 

Enter for Pirates Half Marathon

Pirates Club – Sunday 19 February from 05:30

Pre-entries – Go to www.entrytime.com

Love Jozi? Run Jozi.

Gone are the days when Joburg’s inner city is treated like the ugly stepsister to the leafy suburbs of Houghton or the suit and ties vibe of Sandton. Not only is it a place for the city’s hipsters to congregate, it seems, but it has become a weekend destination for city dwellers to explore the quirky, concrete jungle that we all love.

And now, Run Jozi. Run Jozi is part of an initiative by the much loved sports brand, Nike, that aims at inspiring the world’s runners to run through their cities. The South African leg takes place on the 21st of March and is a pretty apt way to spend our Human Rights day what with the history that the city holds and the significance of the particular holiday.

Run Jozi: Event details

Date	21 March 2012
Venue	Nelson Mandela Bridge (Start)
Time	19:00

For more information visit the Run Jozi website.

The Run Jozi Route

Landmarks that you will pass are:

• Old JSE
• Luthuli House
• City Hall
• Carlton Centre
• The Rea Vaya and BRT Bus route
• Jeppe Police Station
• Stand Bank Arena
• Ellis Park
• Ponte
• Joubert Park
• Hillbrow
• Constitutional Hill
• Civic Centre
• Johannesburg Train Station
• Mary Fitzgerald Square
• Market Theatre
• African Museum

Enter for Run Jozi

The entry fee is a mere R70. Register here.

“When you look at a city, it’s like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.”

Hugh Newell Jacobsen

Fascinating Expedition & Adventure Talks

FEAT, stands for Fascinating Expedition & Adventure Talks and described as the “ultimate armchair adventure experience”, is an annual event that is due to take place at The Alexander Theatre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on 6 October this year.

Each speaker, an extreme athlete in their personal capacities, speaks for seven minutes on a specific “expedition” that they undertook in their sport of choice.

Created by adventure racer and writer Lisa de Speville, FEAT brings South Africa’s adventurers together. “Most people would love to embark on an expedition; but most are tied to ‘real life’ so they settle for feeding this desire with organised sporting events,” she says.

“It takes a different, special kind of courage and drive to abandon socially accepted norms (day job, family, home) to set off – often solo – on self-motivated and self-organised expeditions. Whether the adventure involves oceans, countries, continents, rivers or mountains, these achievements are extraordinary. I’ve yet to meet a person who is not captivated by tales of adventure.”

Fascinating Expedition & Adventure Talks: Event details

Date	6 October 2011
Venue	The Alexander Theatre, Braamfontein
Time	18:30 for 19:00

For more information visit the Fascinating Expedition & Adventure Talks website.

FEAT speakers

Andy de Klerk – Opening routes

Craig Egberink – Endurance horse racing

Frank Solomon – Big-wave surfing

Gerard Finnemore – Coming home

Kim van Kets – Multidiscipline circumnavigation

Kobus Bresler – 9 summits, 9 provinces, 9 days

Marian Penso – Riding the Continental Divide

Ross Tucker – Endurance champion sports science

Simon Gear – Weather variables and physiological responses

Speaker biographies

Book tickets with Computicket

Tickets are on sale at Computicket for R140 per person. Wheelchair seating is available.

Parking at The Alexander Theatre

It is recommended that you park at the Liberty Life building on the corner or Ameshof and Melle Streets at a cost of R10 per car.

Multisport event – The Triple Challenge

The Triple Challenge is South Africa’s biggest one day multisport event combining the running, mountain biking and paddling disciplines in a 100km test of an athlete’s endurance.

There are two races to enter, the Multisport race and the MultiX race. The Multisport race starts in Pietermaritzburg with a 22km trail run, a 55km mountain biking route through the Valley of a Thousand Hills after that and  finishing off with a 20km paddling trip on the Inanda Dam. The MultiX race substitutes the paddling leg with a 6km trail run.

The idea of the Triple Challenge came from a combination of our country’s most extreme races such as the Comrades marathon, the Dusi canoe marathon and the Amashovashova cycling race. The race is currently in its tenth year of operation.

Event details

Date:	Sunday, 6 November 2011
Starting Point:	Polly Shortts Spar, Pietermaritzburg
Entry fee:	Range from R390 – R650

Visit the Triple Challenge website for more event details.

Routes

Multisport race:

Run	20.5km	Polly Shortts Spar, Pietermariztburg to Camperdown
Ride	55.6km	Camperdown to Inanda Dam
Paddle	18.86km	Inanda Dam to finish

Note: two portages of 1.7km and 1.39km

 MultiX race:

Run	20.5km	Polly Shortts Spar, Pietermariztburg to Camperdown
Ride	55.6km	Camperdown to Inanda Dam
Run	6km	Inanda Dam to finish

 

Training days

Run        22 October

Ride       29 October

Online entries

Register online before 1 November 2011.