Rules

Rules & Regulations (2023-2024 - The 32nd 1000km / 5km Challenge)

2023-2024 Charity

Honey's Garden for Medical Alert Dogs

We remain committed to the 1000KM CHALLENGE, a truly South African tradition that has enriched the lives of so many. It is our wish that it may prosper long in order to bring honour to the many athletes, who are the most fervent lovers of the sport, by competing and challenging themselves regularly at races throughout the country and abroad.

The charity for 2023- 2024 will be Honey's Garden for Medical Alert Dogs. They will get a R20.00 donation from each entry received 1000 km challenge and R50 for each 5 km entry.

These are our rules and regulations

THE 5 KM FUN RUN FUN CHALLENGE

All entrants of the 5 km Fun Run Fun Challenge must finish a minimum of 5 (Five) - fun runs, parkruns or myruns to qualify as a finisher and receive a form of recognition(medal, trophy or some other form) to be awarded after Comrades 2024 prize giving.

THE 1000 KM CHALLENGE

Finishers will get a medal awarded at prize giving after Comrades 2024.

WALKERS SPECIAL INCENTIVE MEDALS

250 km - Small bronze
500 km - Bronze
805 km (500 miles) - Silver
1207 km (750 miles) - Gold
2512 km (Sum Bronze, silver & gold) - Platinum (personalized in some way)

RUNNERS SPECIAL INCENTIVE MEDALS

250 km - Small bronze
500 km - Small silver
750 km - Small gold
1000 km - Bronze
1609 km (1000 miles) - Silver
2414 km (1500 miles) - Gold
5023 km (Sum Bronze, silver & gold) - Platinum (personalized in some way)

PERMANENT NUMBERS AND SCROLLS

Recognition towards permanent number will be expanded to encourage entrants to do more but also to cater for entrants that cannot do as many km's

Every runner/walker doing more than 500 km will get 1 point towards permanent number

Permanent numbers will be given to:

  • All walkers / runners who complete 3 challenges - 3 full points.
  • Double / Triple / etc. permanent numbers will be issued at discretion of organiser.
  • Various other special edition scrolls can be awarded according to the number of years. And distances completed at the discretion of the organiser.

NATIONAL & CATEGORY AWARDS

National Top 10 personalized trophies and national male & female age group achievements (Senior, Veteran, Master; Grand master).

REGIONAL AWARDS

Certain regional awards will be given to regions taking into account number of entrants, availability of races etc within the full discretion of the organiser. The 4 regions that will receive regional awards as a region if there are more than 20 entries in the region will be:

Region 1: Central Gauteng & Vaal Triangle
Region 2: Gauteng North
Region 3: Boland, Border, Eastern Province, South Western Districts, Western Province
Region 4: Central North West, Free State, Griqualand West, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West Cape, North West North,

AROUND THE WORLD TROPHY

This trophy is awarded to the athlete(s) whose total challenge distance goes around the world on the circumference of earth at the equator being 40 075.16km or 24 901.55 miles.

THE 5 KM / 500 KM / 1000 KM CHALLENGE RUN / WALK FOR CHARITY

We will continue to support charity by donating R10-00 from each entry received.

RULES

  • The aim is to walk / run 1000 km in road races sanctioned by a international, national or provincial road running association from 10 June 2019 to 14 June 2020 (in other words from Comrades to Comrades, but Comrades is not compulsory). Trail, cross country and other races will be acknowledged within the full discretion of the organiser, if they meet certain criteria.
  • www.parkrun.co.za 5km events will count.
  • www.myrun.org.za 5 km events will also count
  • Fun runs are not allowed unless they are held under the auspices of a registered athletic club or by a registered welfare organization.
  • No time trials are allowed.
  • You need to appear in results of event
  • You may not start a race before the official starting time. If race organizer allow early start then organizer need to do time keeping for early start – no self timing.
  • Races must be completed within the official cut-off time.
  • In the event of a race not being completed within the cut off time, the race may only be claimed if your name appears as a finisher in the official race results
  • You cannot claim “double races”. This means that you cannot claim two races starting at the same time, even if you are able to finish both in the official cut off time.
  • Honesty and integrity will be regarded as paramount. If any entrant is found to have knowingly committed fraud or cheated, such an entrant can be barred from the challenge at the discretion of the organiser. Such a person will lose his entry fee and will not be entitled to anything including medals and prizes. The organiser has full discretion whether or not to accept an event on a race list. Proof of race participation, results, flyers, race distance, starting & cut-off times may be requested by the organiser. Any complaints must be put in writing. The organiser’s decision is final.