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Joburg, let’s run! Wanderers Road Race returns with Discovery Vitality
Johannesburg, 18 August 2025 – The iconic Wanderers Road Race is back on Sunday, 24 August, hosted at the legendary Wanderers Sports Club in Illovo. As the final event in the Gauteng leg of the Discovery Vitality Run Series, it promises a high-energy celebration of movement, community, and personal achievement.
Whether you're a first-time runner or chasing a new personal best, this Joburg favourite offers scenic routes, a buzzing race-day vibe, and the unbeatable thrill of crossing the finish line.
Race Details
Date: Sunday, 24 August 2025
Venue: Wanderers Sports Club, Illovo
Start Times:
- 21.1 km – 07h30
- 10 km – 07h30
- 5 km run/walk – 07h45
Entry Fees:
- 5 km – R110
- 10 km – R175
- 21.1 km – R230
Register: Click here to enter
Celeste Williams, Head of Marketing for Vitality South Africa, says: “The Wanderers Road Race is a celebration of everything Discovery Vitality represents: movement, community, and meaningful change. Whether you're walking your first 5 km or racing a half marathon, you're part of a broader mission. Vitality is a powerful behaviour-change platform designed to inspire and support healthier, longer, and more fulfilling lives.”
Why movement matters
Walking is one of the most accessible and effective ways to ease into regular exercise. According to Mari Leach, Discovery Vitality Biokineticist and Head of Physical Activity:
“Walking is a great low-impact exercise, it helps to boost heart health, supports weight management and strengthens muscles and bones. You can start small, and once you get used to it, challenge yourself to walk faster or further. Soon you'll start enjoying the many health benefits of walking.”
Mari shares these tips for getting started:
1. Find a safe place to walk. Start with your neighborhood or a local park. Group events like parkruns and the Vitality Run Series are great options.
2. Warm up, begin slowly and include light dynamic stretches.
3. Listen to your body and adjust your pace based on how you feel.
4. Walk evenly - if your steps are uneven or you limp, slow down.
5. Cool down - end each session with gentle movement and stretching.
Join Team Vitality, SA’s largest running club
Team Vitality is South Africa’s most rewarding running and cycling club. Members receive 25% back on entry fees for selected race events and enjoy:
- VIP hospitality at select events
- Expert training and nutrition tips
- Premium kit every two years
- Access to active Facebook and Strava communities
Vitality members also earn bonus fitness points for race completions:
- 5 km: 800 points (300 base + 500 bonus)
- 10 km: 1,100 points (600 base + 500 bonus)
- 21.1 km: 2,000 points (1,500 base + 500 bonus)
The Vitality Run Series, awarded for best event sponsorship at the 2024 Sports Industry Awards, spans Gauteng, Western Cape, KZN, and Eastern Cape - empowering South Africans to live healthier, more active lives.
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About Discovery
Discovery Limited is a South African-founded financial services organisation that operates in the healthcare, life assurance, short-term insurance, banking, savings and investment and wellness markets. Since inception in 1992, Discovery has been guided by a clear core purpose – to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. This has manifested in its globally recognised Vitality Shared-Value insurance model, active in over 40 markets with over 40 million members. The model is exported and scaled through the Global Vitality Network, an alliance of some of the largest insurers across key markets including AIA (Asia), Ping An (China), Generali (Europe), Sumitomo (Japan), John Hancock (US), Manulife (Canada) and Vitality Life & Health (UK, wholly owned). Discovery trades on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange as DSY.
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About Vitality
Vitality is the largest global platform for behaviour change, underpinning the insurance products of leading insurers worldwide, impacting 30 million lives in over 40 markets. The Vitality model, established by Discovery Limited in South Africa, has been incentivising behaviour change among its clients for over 25 years. Vitality creates shared value by combining behavioural economics, clinical science, and financial incentives to encourage and reward members for taking steps to improve their health. The model began with a focus on health and wellness and has expanded to include short-term insurance, investments, and financial wellness.
