DUST off your running shoes . . .
There is plenty of incentive for early-bird exercise enthusiasts to enter the SPAR Women’s Challenge set to take to the road at Summerstrand in Port Elizabeth on March 21.
Online entries for the event, which comprises 10km and 5km distances, opened last week – with the first 8 000 entrants to receive a goodie bag and race T-shirt.
SPAR Eastern Cape Sponsorship and Events Manager, Alan Stapleton, encouraged females to join in the fun of “Port Elizabeth’s most beautiful race”.
“There are big incentives for the professional runners, but, more importantly, this race talks to every woman,” he said.
“It challenges all women to come out and test themselves in a safe and stress-free scenario, to exercise and to enjoy the fun, the camaraderie and the friendship of women.”
Besides the goodie bags, Stapleton said there were plenty of other incentives to enter.
“There will be lucky draws with some amazing prizes and, yes, someone will walk away with a year’s free groceries voucher.
“In addition, the first 2 000 online entries will receive a Women’s Challenge peak.”
The entry fee for the 10km race is R60 (licensed runners) and R100 (unlicensed runners), while the fee for the 5km event is R60.
Entrants paying cash at an ATM will have to add an additional R10 bank charge fee, and if you pay cash at a teller, add an additional R43 per entry.
Enter online at www.sparec.co.za.
Once they have entered online, competitors will receive race confirmation and a race number as soon as payment has been confirmed.
Online entries close on March 17, while manual entries can be handed in until March 18. Entry forms are available at The Footballer and Brian Bands Sports (Cape Road), Action Sports (6th Avenue Walmer and Summerstrand), Sportsmans Warehouse (Moffett Retail Park) and UD Sports (Graaff-Reinet Road in Uitenhage).
Race pack collection is at the Race Village at Pollok Beach from 09:00 to 18:00 on March 19 and 20.
For more information, contact 041 484 7860 from 09:00 to 16:00 or send a whatsapp to 073 003 4134.
