About:
Date – 23 November 2025
Time – 06h00
Venue – Old Parks Sports Club, 1 Garden Road, Bordeaux.
Contact – Dick Welch – 011-4428256 or 082-8537330.
Entries: See you in 2025 – watch this space.
Results: Check here – 2024
The Race:
This is a route that is true to its name – tough, undulating and hilly. You start up Jan Smuts Avenue towards Randburg. This means two big climbs in the first 1.5 kilometres. Now for the first respite: a one kilometre drop down Republic Road to Brightwater Commons before a testing 800 metre section to Malibongwe Drive where you turn right. Use the next two kilometres of steady downhill along Malibongwe to catch your breath. As you cross the highway enjoy the last 500 metres of downhill before the two kilometre slog to Northgate. There is a flat section to the 11 kilometre mark at Ferreira’s Corner before turning right into Witkoppen Road with its brutal downhill to the bottom of Johannesburg North.
The race may well start after the 18 kilometre mark where there is a steady three kilometre climb through Douglasdale near the Bryanston Country Club. Forget the six monsters you have already climbed. They were just to soften you up for the journey to St Stithians School. There is slight relief as you run down Republic Road and into William Nicol before the last slog along St Andrews Road after the 28-kilometre marker. After this there is a relatively flat section as you make your way along Waterfall Avenue into Athol Avenue and the sharp right into Jan Smuts Avenue. Turn right into Old Parks and all that is left is the last 400 metres around the top cricket field, down the straight dip, arms in the air!
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General Information:
1. Medals go to all 32km finishers within cutoff time
2. Water tables every 3 to 4 kilometres
3. Plenty of parking
4. Lucky draw & prizes
5. Live timing and results
6. Licensed Restaurant on the premises
8. Showers and toilet facilities available
Location:
Old Parks Sports Club, Bordeaux
Date:
November 23, 2025