#3 GAUTENG | 27 SEPTEMBER 2025 | TBC
Break out the war paint. Warrior #3 is coming to Gauteng on 27 September 2025! Stay tuned for our venue announcement. Persevere, face fears, overcome and shift boundaries. You are a Warrior!
Virgin Active Warrior is more than a race, it’s a muddy journey of strength, camaraderie, and pure grit.
Answer the battle cry. #BEBRAVE
Awesome Entertainment
100%
Safe Lockers for your valuables
100%
Delicious Food + Beer
100%
Fun kids zone
100%
Quality Merch
100%
Warrior is about perseverance, determination, and grit. It is about the collective tenacity of South Africans to endure and to emerge stronger. Bravery is what defines us. Our courage is our armour. #BEBRAVE
We challenge you...
The Virgin Active Warrior Race is about perseverance, determination, and grit. It is about the collective tenacity of South Africans to endure and to emerge stronger. Bravery is what defines us. Our courage is our armour.
The Virgin Active Warrior Race is an ideal opportunity for groups or companies to socialise and have fun in a safe yet challenging environment by overcoming obstacles, running, laughing and playing in the mud.
PROGRAMME
Subject to change.
06h30 – Gates and Registration open
07h20 – Black-Ops Elite race briefing (Please note: Each batch will be briefed before the start of their race)
07h30 – Black-Ops Elite race start (Competitive batch for 19+. Compulsory obstacle completion)
08h00 – Commando Elite race start (Competitive batch for u/16, u/18, 40+, 50+. Compulsory obstacle completion)
08h30 – Rookie Elite race start (Competitive batch for u/12, u/14, 60+. Compulsory obstacle completion)
08h40 – Black-Ops, Commando and Rookie Batches commence in 10-minute intervals.
10h30 – Prize-giving
13h00 – Race cut-off. All participants still on the course will be escorted back to the venue.
17h00 – Close of race day
Commando
Ages 13+
R
TBC
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22 Awesome Obstacles in 10 km!
Commando Info
*incl. 4 delicious water points
Black-ops
Ages 18+
R
TBC
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30 Awesome Obstacles in 15 km!
Black-Ops Info
*incl. 6 delicious water points
Important information
- Be at the Registration Zone one hour before your start time.
- You will receive a QR code before the race. Please show the QR code to the registration staff to register.
- Every Warrior needs a Warrior Chip timing chip (or the old SAS timing band).
- Warrior Chips can be bought at registration for R60.
- If you bought a Warrior Chip online, you will need to collect this at registration.
- Once bought, the chip is yours to keep. You will use it again at any Warrior Race in future.
Batch-Loading
Make sure you know in which batch you start and at what time.
Signage at the entrance will display all start times.
Please do not start in the incorrect batch – you will be disqualified.
Kids Zone
There will be no kids obstacle course but there will be a Warrior Kids Zone under the supervision of child-minders. Age limit: 4 – 12 years.
Payment for the Child-minding-kids-area can be paid at the Kids Area registration. Available payment options: Card ONLY
Spectators
Spectators are welcome. An entrance fee will be charged at registration.
Spectators can follow the specially marked spectator route to get a bird’s eye view of the most notorious obstacles and cheer for their mud-covered Warriors. Please follow the orange route markers for the spectator route.
Spectators
Spectators are welcome. An entrance fee will be charged at registration.
Spectators can follow the specially marked spectator route to get a bird’s eye view of the most notorious obstacles and cheer for their mud-covered Warriors. Please follow the orange route markers for the spectator route.