{"id":14783,"date":"2025-11-07T12:41:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/soweto-marathon-adjusts-start-times-ahead-of-busy-november-race\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:14","slug":"soweto-marathon-adjusts-start-times-ahead-of-busy-november-race","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/soweto-marathon-adjusts-start-times-ahead-of-busy-november-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Soweto Marathon adjusts start times ahead of busy November race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The organisers of the Soweto Marathon have announced new starting times for the People\u2019s Race, scheduled for November 29 at Nasrec Johannesburg in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally held on a Sunday to avoid traffic, this year\u2019s marathon falls on a busy month-end Saturday, prompting the adjustments. All three races, the 10km, 21.1km, and full marathon (42.2km), will now start 30 minutes earlier to accommodate the expected activity in Soweto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe marathon will start at 05:00 CAT, the half marathon at 6:00 CAT, and the 10km race at 7:00 CAT. This year, we are also going to enforce the cut-off times,\u201d said Jabu Mbuli, Spokesperson for the Soweto Marathon NPC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The organisers are urging participants to arrive early and plan their travel accordingly to ensure a smooth race day experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14784,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-14783","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The organisers of the Soweto Marathon have announced new starting times","published_date":"2025-11-07 14:40:18","news_description":"The organisers of the Soweto Marathon have announced new starting times","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19296,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14783\/revisions\/19296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}