Prepare for the scenic Bummer Beach run/walk

Riverside Trail and Durban Athletic Club are organising the second Bummer Beach Run and Walk on Sunday June 19.
The long event (about 23km) starts at Ballito from Gianni’s Ristorante.

The medium event (about 15km) will start at Beach Bums, and the short event (about 6km) will start on Umdloti Beach near Java Café.

All distances finish at Hawaan View Park, Umhlanga.
The coastline is scenic and unspoiled and there are many interesting landmarks along the beach, such as Zimbali, Tongaat River, rocky outcrops, Westbrook, Casuarina trees, the haunted house and the wreck at Beach Bums, Umdloti lagoon and the beautiful coastal forest, Umdloti, Peace Cottage, Umhlanga lagoon and possible fish eagle sightings and Neptune’s Throne.

The name of the event also picks up on the “beach bum” theme, and is derived from the long event being held from Ballito to Umhlanga.
The second staging of the event has been brought forward in the year to take advantage of cooler weather.

A dedicated website has been created, go to www.bummerbeachrun.co.za to enter or for those who prefer, enter at Durban Athletic Club, King’s Park Athletic Track on Thursday evenings between 5.15pm and 7.30pm.
The event charity partner is PinkDrive (www.pinkdrive.co.za) well known for their work in breast cancer. The underlying message from PinkDrive is that “early detection saves lives”.

Before the Bummer race, PinkDrive will again be present at the Comrades Marathon, the second to last seconding point near the Tollgate Bridge will be theirs.
For more detasils call Vaughn Smit at 083 306 3557 Riverside Trail, email 1vaughnsmit@gmail.com; Malcolm Millar at 083 253 0645 Durban Athletic Club, email mjmillar@mweb.co.za or
Khaya Mahlati at 083 967 0976 Durban Athletic Club, honorary life member, multiple Comrades runner and record holder of ‘The Longest Day’ circuit race held annually in Pietermaritzburg.
Contact PinkDrive’s Janice Benecke on 082 557 3078, email janice@pinkdrive.co.za.

Route details:
1) Start the 23km near Gianni’s Ristorante at 6am; the 15km event from Beach Bums at 7.30am and the 6km event on the beach near Caffé Java in Umdloti at 8.30am on Sunday June 19. This will involve participants coming to register there from about 5am, 6.30am and 7.30am respectively.
2) Some participants will be dropped off by shuttle others may wish to park at the venues.
3) The Ballito start is at 6am so participants should be able to enjoy a stunning Indian Ocean sunrise at 6.51am on that day;
4) There will be a refreshment table on the beach near Beach Bums (for the Ballito) starters, and on the beach near Caffé Java for the 23km and 15km starters.
5) All finishers will receive an event branded peak cap, lead keyring, and a free cappuccino voucher from Caffé Java. There are also lucky prizes. The first male and female in each distance will receive a hamper.
6) The event has been timed so that all participants run into low tide which is at 9.10am on the day.

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