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  1. I was considering doing it, but I'm still not in shape to do a marathon. And €72 for a half-marathon feels a bit steep to me. I likely go and support the runners somewhere along the route though.
  2. It has been a very, very long time since I lasted posted on this thread. I have not done a lot of races these past 2/3 years - been struggling massively with my left knee for quite some time and finally got it fixed in August. So I'm slowly building up again, but hopefully will run a marathon or 2 in the next year. We are moving as well, so I will find out later it will be more trail or more road next year....
  3. My Oupa had a farm right at the top of the Piekenierskloofpas. We went there every December Holiday. But we never thought of doing a bit MTBing or being active - spend our time in front of the TV most days (stupid). What I would give to go there now...
  4. Same thing happened to me about two weeks ago. So I just decided to stuff the last part of our training programme and took a break for the 6 days before our run/race (which was this past weekend). Went to the chiropractor twice to get it sorted. My wife responded well to the break and ran a PB. I still suffered, but my back was fine though.
  5. These days I just can't stand overcrowding at these road races, along with the inconsiderate motorists and sharing 5 porta loos with a the other runners... Next week I'm doing a trail race in Drakensberg. I expect there won't be more than 60-70 running on the day. Heaven.
  6. That time of the year.... If you don't take medicine it will take about 7 days to clear. With medicine about a week. I had a sinus infection beginning of last week. I kept my runs short and slow on Monday to Thursday. Cleared up good enough by Friday, only to evolve into severe toothache. Started the 30km run on Satarday with the toothache. I don't know if it is the endorphins, but toothache was gone during the entire run (felt it again afterwards though). Same for Sunday's 21km... But those two runs through Johannesburg was some of the most enjoyable running I've done so far this year. I really miss running in Joburg...
  7. My 2c. If had 2 pairs of Freedom up to now, with about 600km on each. I pronate severly with my right foot, so the right shoe is now finished on both. So I've switched over to the New Balance Vongo for daily training. I've also bought a pair of Kinvaras that I will use for racing - if I keep mileage below 400km on a set they last okay. I've done marathons in the Kinvara before and they work well for me. I enjoyed the Freedom alot, but at R2.8k it is getting really expensive. At my current running rate I must buy new Freedoms every 2 months...
  8. Which Nike are you looking at: Terra Kiger or Wildhorse? I'm using the Terra Kiger (still on v3) and very happy with them. Extremely comfortable. My fastest 10km so far this year was done in them, running off road. But it doen't really count for anything - I'm not the fastest bloke around.... The Wildhorse wil be similar the Terra Kiger 3 just with a bit of an higher drop and the added forefoot Zoom pad if I remember correctly. I can't really comment on the new Terra Kigger 5. It is a completely new shoe by the look of things.
  9. I see Runzone also have an Easter 100 this year, although we will probably end up with doing the Randburg Harriers 100 (a bit closer to Centurion). The plan is to do only days 2 and 3. We are not entered for any Ultras at the moment, so no need for the extra punishment of day 1.
  10. I'm not doing Oceans (this year) or Comrades(probably ever), but I'm sitting at 820km so far for the year. My wife and I are doing a stage trail race mid May, so aiming to be at ~1200km or there about then. Good luck everybody with your training!
  11. Alot better than the 30m - 70m koppies at 1600m sea level that we get here in Centurion.
  12. Actually, John's four sons make up the band Kongos..
  13. I can't confirm if they indeed closed down, but I haven't seen any activity for the past year or so (i.e. time trials). I do know Denel club is/was heavily involved with other races such as the Wierie Road race and Zwarkops Lapa race. But with less than 40 members you are going to struggle to host a race. For the loss of races I blame mostly the virtual club in orange... All the big clubs are losing members to this monster. Irene club just across the road from Denel had at some point close to 800 members, but I believe they are now less than 500. They cancelled the Irene Lantern this year. At some point RAC had more than 2000 members and I would like know how many they have now??
  14. I'm using an old Tomtom Runner 1 with a Mio heart rate sensor. Information from that is pretty much useless. But I must add, that I have hairy arms/wrists (not mad like Esau from the bible). Maybe somethin to do with that? The first GPS watch I bought was a Garmin Forerunner 305. I had all the good intentions of using the interval trainer ect., but it just never happened. So with my Tomtom I'm happy with a watch that is easy to use and easy to log. If a Casio had the same functionality, I would have been equally happy. So for me it was a good R1000 investment.
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