Athletics South Africa (ASA)’s last half marathon race of the year, the Nedbank Matha Series returns to Polokwane in Limpopo this Saturday, 03 October.“With its beautiful and contrasting landscape, South African runners will again have an opportunity at the Limpopo event to finalise their preparations for the flagship event of the Nedbank Series – the Nedbank Soweto Marathon, which will take place on the 1st of November 2009. We are looking forward to some more blazing performances on this relatively fast course, and happy to be returning to Polokwane for the 3rd time,” said Patrick Baransky, Nedbank Sponsorship Manager.
The 21.1 km race starts at 07h00, while the 5km Fun Run begins at 07h15 at Van Riebeek Cricket Field in Suid Street.
This is also ASA’s last half marathon tune-up event before the IAAF’s World Half Marathon Championships, which will be held on 11 October 2009 in Birmingham, UK.
And according to ASA Events Manager, Phiwe Mlangeni-Tsholetsane, ASA and its partners have had breakthrough year of Matha Series events. “Performances in the 2009 Nedbank Matha Series have shown a marked improvement than in the previous editions. Similarly, participation figures have increased significantly during the current season.
“The introduction of incentives has seen more SA runners winning these races, including the outstanding performances in the national Nedbank SA Half Marathon Championships, where for the first time a full squad was selected for the World Champs in Birmingham,” explains Mlangeni-Tsholetsane.
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