Run wherever you are and whenever you can!
Time for another training marathon for the ultra race in April! For the Weskos (West Coast) Marathon we needed to drive one hour north of Cape Town. The start was very early on Saturday, so we planned to stay overnight. Our car group included Mo and his daughter Zenande: Mo was going to do the…
Let me tell you about five things I discovered last week: 1. I didn’t know that there are five water dams on the top of…
It’s 40 days to the Two Oceans ultra-marathon in April, which is a 56k (35m) race. To get a feel for the elevation, I decided…
Safaris can be notoriously expensive. However, due to the lack of tourists, some game reserves are currently offering tours at a considerable discount. We realized…
The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity with our visitors. This morning, they are all flying back to Switzerland (on the same…
On Saturday, we ran the Firgrove Challenge 15k. Again, this race was close to our home so it was very convenient. Because I also need…
I runfess that we committed the ultimate running sin: we ran a race that we didn’t register or pay for. Definitely not our proudest moment….
I have a running T-shirt that I hate wearing. I got it at a 12k race a few weeks ago. It’s made of cheap polyester,…
We did our first Parkrun! I first heard about Parkrun from two bloggers, Oliver in Germany and Doris in Austria. This 5k time trial was…
We’re back in Cape Town and were excited to do the Hohenort 15k race on Saturday. This turned out to be a bit of a…