Friday, July 3, 2009

South Africa's top road runners get extra incentive

South Africa's top road runners will have an added incentive to break the stranglehold foreign runners have on major South African competitions when they compete in the Nedbank SA Half Marathon Championships in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

Apart from the prize money at stake, Athletics South Africa has announced lucrative incentives totalling R480 000 that will be available for South African men and women runners.

This is over and above the customary position prize money which is payable to all runners irrespective of their nationality.The Championships also serve as trials to select a provisional team to represent South Africa at the IAAF World Half Marathon in Birmingham on October 11.




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