EDIT Two Oceans Ultra & Comrades Marathon qualifier mostly run inside the West Coast National Park and hosted at the Langebaan Country Estate.42.2km, 21.1km, 10km. 5km Fun run entries only available at Langebaan registration. Hosted at the stunning venue Langebaan Country Estate organised by Langebaan Strandlopers in association with West Coast Honorary…
The Cango Marathon (42km) & Half Marathon (21km) Way back when as far as 1982, before a lot of readers and runners were born, there was a sitcom called Cheers. It was here that Ted Danson’s career probably took off. Cheers is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from…
It’s been so so incredibly hot of late. With the temperatures soaring into the thirties this past week, I’m not sure how one would sleep at night without the very necessary ceiling fan and/or air conditioner and of course the ever popular must have invertor to operate these electronics which Eskom lacks…
Saturday 4th February 2023 Déjà vu is a French loanword for the phenomenon of feeling as though one has lived through the present situation before. It is an illusion of memory whereby — despite a strong sense of recollection — the time, place, and context of the “previous” experience are uncertain or impossible. And so…
Friday 27th January 2023 Carl and I had booked accommodation at Ollava’s Guesthouse a year ago in preparation of me running the Red Hill in 2022. But due to unforeseen circumstances, my health had other ideas and I had to give this a miss. The owner Rheta Human was kind enough to…
30km starts 05h30 at Camps Bay High School, on the school’s fields. Start Venue 15Km starts at 06h30 Outside Hout Bay Harbour (walkers welcome) Finish Venue: Fields below Glen Country Club. Prize giving:10h00 on the fields below Glen Country Club. Cut off time:30km and 15km :10h00. You’ve been to Camps Bay right? …
Saturday 14th January 2023 Hohenort 15km road race Hosted by Pinelands Athletic Club Wow what a way to start off the new year. How better than running the ever popular Hohenort 15km road race in Constantia! A few of us gals, and a mean a few (Sonja, Paula and I) decided that…
Tuesday 6th December 2022. So in short this years Rock on Santa Charity Pub Run was in aid of Santa’s Shoebox. Folk being a whole lot less fortunate than others that indeed are – in some way or another. Supporting this charity is easier than one could imagine – simply purchase a…
SATURDAY 26th NOVEMBER 2022 This is Helderberg’s showpiece, run on a beautiful undulating route through the winelands of Stellenbosch and Somerset West. On Friday afternoon Paula was good enough to collect each of us from our homes and headed off to Tygervalley for a late collection of Megan’s race number. Once on…
Sunday 16th October 2022 – by Gill Koch CAPE TOWN MARATHON Let me just get this out of the way. Three months ago I injured my hip. An MRI scan showed a stress fracture. My worst nightmare. I would be out of the running for not only many races but the CTM…
