SPAR Women’s Challenge goes virtual

SPAR is aiming to put some sunshine back into people’s lives during these challenging times with the SPAR Women’s Virtual Challenge.

In South Africa, large gatherings have been banned until further notice, resulting in the cancellation of the six city SPAR Women’s Challenge series that make up the SPAR Women’s Grand Prix.

However, despite the cancellation of the ever so popular series, on 26 September, women who would normally be taking part in the SPAR Challenges are asked to #BeSunshine by taking part in a SPAR Women’s Virtual Challenge.

There will be limited entries available for interested women in KwaZulu-Natal.

Women of all ages can run or walk any distance between 5km and 10km between six in the morning and six in the evening, and then post about their experiences on any platform, using the hashtags #BeSunshine or #SPARVirtualChallenge.

“2020 was meant to be a year of celebration, as we marked 30 years of our involvement in women’s road running,” said SPAR Group Marketing Executive, Mike Prentice.

“We know that thousands of women look forward to taking part in the SPAR Women’s Challenge races and their associated fun runs each year, and so we have decided to run a virtual challenge to give women something to look forward to and a motive to exercise. We also want to try to set a Guinness world record for the biggest women’s virtual challenge. Our target is 30 000 entries.”

He said SPAR will also be giving hope and assisting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) at the same time, and all the money received from entry fees will be used to help them.

Entry to the SPAR Women’s Virtual Challenge is R50, and for every entry, SPAR will donate a food parcel to a GBV survivor.

Each entrant will also receive a limited addition race t-shirt, a lightweight buff and a race magazine.

To enter and obtain more information on the 2020 SPAR Women’s Virtual Challenge go to www.sparvirtualchallenge.co.za.