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Wendy Coetzee: My first race...

In an attempt to shed some weight and deal with a recent family bereavement, I Joined Run/Walk For Life on the 01/09/2009. After a slow and careful start walking on the school rugby field I was eventually given the go ahead to join the ‘senior’ members and graduate to walking on the road. What excitement! It felt like moving on from pre-primary to ‘big’ school at the ripe old age of 51 years. I ordered my reflective vest with glee and joined the group as we set off with our road leaders.

After three and a half months of circumventing the rugby field where I knew every blade of grass, it was another world altogether. One fraught with cars, dogs, cyclists and ……..potholes!

What is Run/Walk For Life

Pregnant, and worried whether you should be exercising? Don't!

Run walk for life is South Africa’s leading fitness and weight loss running and walking programme. Founded by a medical doctor in 1983, it is the only programme of it’s kind approved by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of South Africa. Members exercise in supervised groups of similar ability, enjoying not only increased fitness and weight loss, but also a reduction in the risk factors for heart disease, such as elevated blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

International experts highly recommend activities like moderate intensity running and walking. Let Run/Walk For Life show you how to maintain your health, keep your weight gain to a minimum and exercise productively, in a fun-filled, caring environment!

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The Run/Walk for Life Experience

At Run/Walk For Life you cannot be too old, unfit or overweight to experience the benefits that regular exercise brings.

From the moment you set foot on our lush, green grass, you’ll find that Run/Walk For Life sessions are tailored with YOU in mind; our Theraband Conditioning warm-up classes are gentle enough even for newcomers; our running and walking programs have been designed to accommodate the most unfit or overweight first timers, all under the watchful eye of your caring and motivational Branch Manager.

From your very first day we’ll ensure that you are exercising productively, in the pleasant company of people of your own ability, we’ll create the motivational ambiance that is so necessary to keep you focused, we’ll reward you, encourage you, look after your welfare, coach and instruct you, while never losing sight of these fundamentals: exercise must be fun, stimulating and results must be measurable.

"In life, it doesn't matter if you get knocked down, it's if you get back up that matters."