
A local urban running company RUNWIDIT has launched the country’s first Run400 event – a non- ultra-relay run from Gaborone to Selebi-Phikwe. “This spans a distance of 406km in total. The term relay is where each runner is allocated a section of the race to run, and these sections are referred to as ‘legs’. There is a total of 30 runners who are participating. Each runner will run their allocated leg, which will be +/-10km, and hand over to the next runner, and so forth until the entire distance is covered. The race is non-stop meaning that it will be run throughout the day and night over a period of 48 – 50 hours,” said the organisers. The aim is to have the participants climaxing by taking part in the Orange Selebi-Phikwe Marathon on August 11, 2018 from 0600 hours. They would have started at Sebele Centre in Gaborone from 0400 hours until they end at Cresta Bosele Hotel in Selebi-Phikwe over 40 hours later. “We saw it fitting to also add a charity element where each runner who participates, as well as the cru at large, will raise funds for every km that is covered on the run. The…