{"id":217767,"date":"2019-09-11T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=217767"},"modified":"2019-09-11T13:02:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T11:02:50","slug":"runners-race-streets-germiston-fred-morrison-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/09\/11\/runners-race-streets-germiston-fred-morrison-half-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Runners race through the streets of Germiston in Fred Morrison Half-Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

As winter turns to spring runners from near and far descended on Germiston, last Sunday, to tackle the annual Fred Morrison Half-Marathon.<\/p>\n

This race, which is hosted by Germiston Callies Harriers, honours Fred Morrison, who was a well-known successful runner and a compatriot of Wally Hayward and Jackie Mekler.<\/p>

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Morrison was also the chairperson of Callies for many years.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s race, once again, saw a number of eager runners starting and ending their race at Germiston Stadium.<\/p>

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The event had two distances, namely a 21km and 10km race, which both started at 7am, to the sound of a horn.<\/p>\n