Fitzy's 5 Fun Run & State 5km Road Champs - Sep 4
Published Wed 17 Aug 2022
DATE: Sunday, September 4 - 8:30am
LOCATION: Park 10, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide
The premier event of Athletics SA's Winter Season is less than three weeks away - the Fitzy's 5 Fun Run.
The 5km Fun Run - which is combined with the State 5km Road Championships - will take place at North Adelaie's well-known "Uni Loop" on Sunday, September 4.
The Run commences at 8:30am from the Race Village on War Memorial Drive, and from there participants will complete two laps of the flat road circuit around Park 10.
This is the perfect course to run a fast PB, compete for a State Title, enjoy a slow jog or walk alongside friends and family.
With the City-Bay Fun Run just two weeks later (September 18) this is the perfect lead in event to lay down a fast time on the Road.
Group of 10 Discounts are available.
This event supports the Leukaemia Foundation, in memory of David "Fitzy” Fitzsimons, who was one of Australia’s leading distance runners in the 1970’s. Renowned for being able to push himself to the point of absolute exhaustion, the stories about Fitzy are as legendary as his racing feats.
Fitzy won eight Australian Championships over 5000m and 10000m, including the double on three occasions. He was one of the greats - a dual Olympian, an Olympic finalist over 10000m, a sixth placing in the 1974 Commonwealth Games and a Bronze Medal over 5000m at the 1977 World Cup.
A proud South Australian, Fitzy had a lively sense of humour and was a devoted husband and proud father. Forever a picture of fitness, sadly, Fitzy was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. As tenacious and determined as Fitzy was, even he couldn’t beat this opponent and tragically, he passed away on September 7, 2008 at the age of 58.
Any enquiries, please contact us via 08 8354 3477 or events@athleticssa.com.au
