As soon as the Bay to Bay tickets opened up for sale, I was in there like a long dog and bought mine immediately. 30kms. Yup, early bird and all that. I wouldn’t be looking for a last-minute purchase or a substitute. No siree, I had my ticket bought and paid for. …
History of the Race The first-ever Hohenort was held on 15 November 1975 and is the flagship event of the Pinelands Athletic Club. The name Hohenort is derived from the area in which it is held, Hohenort is the name of a sub-section of the Constantia Valley. Due to its popularity and growth the start and…
A circular, flat route around Rietvlei, with spectacular views of Table Mountain. AVBOB has been sponsoring the race for 38 years. Come Saturday morning I had arranged to collect Heidi on my way through to the Tygerberg AVBOB 15km which had – as many years before – been arranged to start at…
Whilst up in Umhlanga on our usual two week breakaway I saw an advert for the Robben Island Museum Memorial Run and without hesitation entered there and then. I posted the advert on our girls WhatsApp group and sure enough before long we had (mostly) entered and looking forward to our overseas…
To commemorate the flight from England to Cape Town by two South African pilots in 1920. Wednesday as a rule of thumb is when a group of us gals run with Handsoncoach Alan Green – our local coach, covering between 6km to 10km’s, depending on what time one starts. This Wednesday would…
Friday 6th October 2023 Sonja and Paula drove up to our house late afternoon and parked Paula’s car in our garage as I had offered to drive us up to Mykonos. We left just after 15h00 and arrived in Langebaan just over an hour later. Sonja had secured a second floor two…
The race dates back to 1977 – when the Bredasdorp Athletics Club was established. At the time, an icon named Eps Joubert was chair of the club. He sparked the idea to start a truly Overberg marathon; a unique marathon given our special location close to Africa’s southernmost tip. The marathon takes…
The phrase is “up and at ’em” or more accurately “up and at them” and comes from the military with the full command being “Up, Guards, and at ’em!”. This is exactly what applied to Carl at 04h00 on Sunday morning as his task was to put the km markers in Duynefontein…
Registration, Start Times and More Dear Runner, It’s race week and we’re so excited to be sharing race day with you! We’re even more thankful for the incredible support we’ve had from you, the running community. Thank you for joining (some of you for the second year in a row) our event!…
It may be cold outside, but that did not slow down West Coast’s speedsters during the month of July; neither did it prevent us from going the distance at the Cape Town Festival of Running. Read on below for the awards and special mentions for July 2023. Runner of the month Michelle…