{"id":4669,"date":"2013-03-25T09:38:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T08:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2013-03-25T09:38:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T08:38:57","slug":"cape-town-medical-10-running-race-for-health-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2013\/03\/25\/cape-town-medical-10-running-race-for-health-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town Medical 10, running race for health professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4671\" alt=\"Hennie Muller and grandson\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2013\/03\/Hennie-Muller-and-grandson-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em>Letter to the Editor<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The 35<sup>th<\/sup> staging of the Medical 10 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2013. It is a 10 kilometre running race for health professionals. The race started in 1978 after a physician, Hennie Muller (shown in the photo with his grandson), discovered that the doctors in Finland held a 10 kilometer race to show that they practiced what the preached about a healthy lifestyle. The aim was to run it in 40 minutes but allowed a handicap of a minute for each year of age over 40.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Race organizers cut the handicap to half a minute and made it open to all health professionals and walkers, however, the event continues to be held annually at the end of November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Is this race still held in Finland? Or are similar events held in any other country? I am interested to know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Please contact me at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sydneyc@surgcare.co.za\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">sydneyc@surgcare.co.za<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Yours sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sydney Cullis (Race Director)<\/span><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letter to the Editor The 35th staging of the Medical 10 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2013. It is a 10 kilometre running race for health professionals. 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