FACILITES
This is a weekend family affair. On Friday night there is a pasta evening Boesies at Lake Umuzi. Aquazone Waterpark is open until late for the children. Other amusements include Lake Umuzi Tenpin Bowling, beach volleyball courts and Carnival Square, the biggest indoor children’s play centre in Africa, complete with Merry-go-Round.
Saturday is race day, and the rest of the family will have a lot to choose from, including restaurants, the Aquazone Waterpark, Tenpin bowling, beach volleyball, trampolines and more. Guests staying at Umuzi Lodge, Ballynoran Lodge, the Merchant Hotel or camping site enjoy free entry into the Aquazone Waterpark. Sunday is time to relax and have fun with the family.
Both routes present a reasonably moderate challenge. No doubt the Highveld has a special crisp autumnal appeal at this time of the year; the cosmos a soft pastel backdrop to a race that is sublime. So prepare for a treat along the ‘green strips’ of suburban Secunda.
It is the closing stretch that will leave you breathless; it is this final run into the Lake Umuzi Waterfront that runners speak of. It is beautiful; here is where the cosmos becomes legend.
The race is fast, flat and very easy. As you come down the last stretch onto the Lake Umuzi Waterfront, those who braved the full distance of the marathon and the half marathon, will see glowing in the setting sun, fires for the after race braai and you will know you have had a good day.