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Spectator Points for Port Elizabeth’s First Urban Run

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The start and finish point for Sunday’s Urban run is the Donkin Reserve.

The 8:00 am start will follow Prince Alfred’s Guard raising of the flag and the firing of a Canon.

Obstacle and viewing points:

  • Corner of Victoria and Chapel Streets – Mawethu Civils ‘Pipe Dream’
  • Chapel Lane Stairs – The Matrix
  • Govan Mbeki Avenue (opposite the old Edgars) – Randcivils ‘traffic barriers’
  • Jetty Street Stairs
  • Strand Street Bus Terminus – Tyre Obstacle
  • City Hall
  • St Augustine’s Cathedral – Boston City Campus ‘Corporate Ladder’
  • Prince Alfred Guard Drill Hall (water point) – Urban Dynamics stairs
  • Military Road
  • Fort Frederick – Stormforce’s ‘Storm-the-Fort’ requires participants to scale the fort wall before storming the fort
  • Gordon Terrace
  • Brickmakers Kloof – negotiate a ‘Slip ‘n Slide’
  • Settlers Park – welcome drink from Boqwana Loon and Connellan
  • Settlers Park – negotiate two of the Scouts fun river crossings (best viewed from the Settlers Park parking lot behind the hospital)
  • Settlers Park How Avenue entrance – SPAR water table
  • St George’s Park onto the Crusaders Rugby ‘B’ field – EP Cricket ‘Down and Dirty’ obstacle
  • Duckpond Pavilion and out of St George’s Park
  • Western Road – Xtreme Projects obstacle on corner of Rose and Western Road
  • Bird Street
  • Trinder Square – Security Technology Worx ‘Shocking obstacle’
  • Castle Hill, past 7 Castle Hill
  • Harbour
  • Campanile
  • Port Elizabeth Train Station – tackle a stationary train
  • Peel Street
  • Grace Street Parkade – Goodyear’s ‘Tyred-out’ obstacle
  • Donkin – finish beneath the flag pole

Late entries are open at the Donkin between 2:00 and 5:00 pm on Saturday. No entries are being accepted on race day.

Contact Zports for more info.

Five Bucks will get you to the top of the Donkin Light House
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Alan Straton

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