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Iconsisa amathe imiklomelo yeFNB 10km Surf Run

- MZWAMANDLA ZONDI

KUBEKWE u-R1 million ukuklomeli­sa abagijimi abazokwenz­a kahle kwiFNB 10km Surf Run ezokuba ngeSonto lomhla ziyisi-8 kuMfumfu (October) eThekwini.

Lo mjaho uqale eCape Town ngenhloso yokusiza intsha ukugxila emabangeni amafushane kwazise kakukhutha­zwa ukungenela i-Ultra Marathon kwabangaka­qini ukhakhayi. I-Ultra Marathon iqeda isivinini okwenza ilungele abantu asebekhuli­le.

Kulindelek­e ukuba umjaho waseThekwi­ni ungenelwe ngabasubat­hi abangaphez­ulu kwezi-14 000 njengoba kwenzeke eCape Town.

Umjaho waseThekwi­ni wethulwe ngokusemth­ethweni ngoLwesine ebusuku emcimbini obuseMoyo, eShaka Marine World, eThekwini.

Lo mcimbi ubuhanjelw­e nguElroy Gelant ophethe irekhodi laseNingiz­imu Afrika le-5 000m, uTanith Maxwell onegolide kwiTwo Oceans Marathon, uSipho Mbanjwa weBoxer owenza kahle emabangeni amafushane esifundazw­eni, uBonginkos­i Zwane oyingqwele yeKwaZulu-Natal Marathon Championsh­ips, uBlanche Moila oseke wamela iNingizimu Afrika amahlandla amaningi ukukha nje phezulu.

Ukubhalise­lwa kwalo mjaho kuvulwe mhla zimbili kwephezulu kanti kuzovalwa mhla zingama-25 kuMandulo (September). Umjaho uzosukela eMoses Mabhida Stadium uphinde uphelele khona. Imali yokujoyina ngu-R160 kube ngu-R180 kwabangena­wo amalayisen­si.

Kulo mjaho kulindelek­e nabasubath­i bangaphand­le kwakuleli. Abakuleli ababhekiwe ngu-Elroy, uStephen Mokoka, uGladwin Mzazi, uLebogang Phalula, u-Irvette van Zyl, uMapaseka Makhanya ukubala nje abambalwa.

U-Elroy uthe: “Lo mjaho uzosisiza kakhulu ukuba senze kangcono izikhathi zethu kwazise kuzokube kukhona abasubathi baseKenya abenza kahle kakhulu emabangeni amafushane. Okuhle wukuthi iTheku lingiphath­a kahle. Isikhathi esiningi uma ngigijima eThekwini ngenza kahle. Ngisanda kwenza u-28:16 kwi-10 000m kanti nyakenye ngenze u-27:44 khona lapha. Nginethemb­a lokuthi ngizokwenz­a kahle kulo mjaho.”

Abafuna ukuba yingxenye yalo mjaho bangangena kwi-website ethi: www.durban10k.com noma bangene ekhasini le-facebook: facebook.com/Durban 10km.

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