A wet, windy and miserable weekend lay ahead for the John Korasie 30km. I had to wonder if the organizers – SANDF Athletic Club – would do the honours and put this race on hold? But on Sunday morning Sonz arrived at our house bright and early as Carl had offered to…
Sunday 13th July 2025 The Cape Town Festival of Running The 2025 Cape Town Festival of Running took place on Sunday, July 13, 2025 from 07h00 at the Sea Point Promenade (Opposite SABC) in Cape Town. Distances included a 50km, 21.1km and 5km races The Cape Town Festival of Running event started…
Saturday 14th June 2025 With Saldanha being a good 100 km’s from us (Paula/Sonz/me) we decided to leave home at 05h30. A perfect arrangement. Paula would be driving and after collecting me from mine it was onto the West Coast Road en route Saldanha. Sitting in the back of the car is…
Sunday 1st June 2025 This being such a popular run which ever distance one choses to run/walk, I entered nice and early ensuring a spot in this race. So, on Sunday morning once again up long before the birds (04h15) it really was a case of getting dressed, having Karen park in…
Thursday 1st May 2025. Offical public holiday in South Africa – May day (thank you)This would be Yvonne Perry’s 20th Rhodes 21km. Quite some milestone for sure. A whole twenty one years of visiting Wellington to run the then Safari and now the Rhodes 21km. Tenacity describes this well don’t you agree?…
Saturday 8th March 2025 This race is hosted by TotalSports VOB Running Club and the route offers some of the most scenic routes in the city. It started at 06h15 from the Constantia Village Shopping Centre, Main Road, Constantia. We started off as seven girls running the VOB. But things change, as…
And so this Saturday morning would offer a lie in. Just by way of a change as we’re usually up before the crack of dawn doing our thang! Mandy had offered to collect me from mine at 06h00 and off we drove to Paula’s house where Paula took over the driving with…
Friday 21st March 2025Hosted by Van Der Merwe & Robertson Durbanville Athletics ClubAs per usual we try to organize a lift club up front which obviously enables us to travel together not only to save on fuel and parking but for safety reasons too. Heidi would drive to mine, we’d then drive…
Sunday 16th MarchI could have kicked my own backside when I realized that the entries for this race had closed. What was I thinking? I really enjoy this race previously and was pretty bleh when I missed the cut off date. So I thought I’d give Leon Thelander a ring and see…
The Tygerberg AVBOB 15km had been arranged to start from the Pick ‘n Pay centre in Blouberg Road as in previous years. This kinda race suits me down to the ground as it’s virtually on my doorstep. It’s probably 5km’s from our house. Heidi picked me up at 05h20 as we planned…
Sunday 1st December – count down to Christmas! Robben Island Museum 10km Memorial Run Probably one of the most talked about 10kms known to mankind? Well it was in our circle anyway. The public had been advised that the Robben Island Museum 10km Memorial Run would be open for entries on 1st…