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SPAR Women's 10km Challenge

The SPAR Women's 10km Challenge Series started with a single race in Durban 12 years ago and now enjoys national participation.

History of the race

Supermarket giant SPAR has become synonymous with women’s sport in South Africa, but probably the best known of SPAR’s sporting events is the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge.

Selecting the right running shoes

Faced with more than a dozen brands of sports shoes and hundreds of choices, it’s easy to be totally overwhelmed.

Training advice

Sonja Laxton, one of South Africa's most successful runners of all time and a member of the Runners World Hall of Fame, gives some training advice.

The correct way of running

You don't even think twice while walking. And running is just the next step. So, you just go out and do it. Think again. There is a correct way of running.