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Over 400 hundred runners and walkers participated in Western
Province's night road race.
The Dan Luyt 15km race, which was hosted by Bellville Athletic
Club, was run through the streetlit streets of Durbanville
in early May.
The annual race has previously been run on a Saturday morning.
This year, however, the race date clashed with another popular
race in the area so the organisers shifted the date and made
it a night race.
"Night races are popular in Gauteng and Natal, and we
are very proud to be associated with one of the first one
to be staged in the Western Cape," said Bellville Athletic
Club Chairman, Marius Kruger. "Running at night is challenging
in terms of visibility and safety on the road. Runners were
encouraged to wear reflective gear and local company besafe.co.za
kindly leant a number of lightweight flashing running vests
to marshals and runners." Marius added that the club's
group running leaders would be using flashing vests during
the coming winter months to enable their runners to train
safely on the roads on the dark winter evenings.
Tania de Jonge, a member of the Varsity
Old Boys Running Club was the first lady in. "Running
in the dark felt a bit strange at first but it was fine -
I really enjoyed it. The flashing vest was great, really comfortable
and certainly gives one the security of visibility on the
road." The mens' race was won by Yondela Salaze from
Mr Price.
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