FIVETRIBE

Surprisingly 0530 arrived and I was not grumpy at having to suit up and head out in the crisp morning. My overwhelming thought was gratitude for the fact that there was NO wind AND I was actually going to run a race with the man for the first time in 14 months. I decided 2 weeks ago to bite the bullet and enter this race having finally conquered an injury that has seen my running consistently hampered and interrupted for the last  two years.  While time on my legs lately has been short; I have spent many months doing rehab strength training as well as learning to run more efficiently. I was excited to see if this effort would show itself in my run today.  Before ..... After... Suffice to say it was wonderful. Challenging but not uncomfortable. Lots of soft sand, rocks and views for miles - just picture perfect. There was very little elevation which resulted in my being able to keep a reasonable pace over most of the terrain.  I ha...

This morn dawned bright, clear and crisp. The kids were not impressed with being told to be ready to leave for Stellenbosch by 0830 on this public holiday. The mood was quiet and somber as the 8 of us squeezed into the 7 seater car. We don’t do this often but today I just couldn’t face going in 2 cars. Neither Kev nor I are prepared to drive a minivan for the very odd occasion all 8 of us go anywhere together; in those instances we usually take both cars.  The run was beautiful. Picture perfect views - windless and pristine. The kids all ran well - Levi at his usual blistering pace coming in the top 10 finishers. I never do see him once that gun goes off. We came in about 15 minutes behind him. The girls are super keen now to start training for the Gun Run 5k in October. This will be our third year doing it and some PBs are in view for them.  Levi is planning his 10k debut - he will run with my brother as I won’t keep up with him! I am enjo...

Greyton Classic The day finally arrived! We had been so looking forward to spending a night in  Greyton  and then competing in the  Greyton Classic MTB and Trail Run challenge. Traffic was bad. Like intensely bad so we eventually pulled over to the One-Stop for a Wimpy dinner and waited it out. Shortly before 8pm we pulled in at  Zebra Moon Hikers Hostel ....a bit of roughing it for us all tonight. We found our dorm and then headed off to Rockhoppers to register and get our numbers. By now we were all lus for something hot n sweet so we ducked into a cute little bistro for coffee and malva pud. Nom By 9pm we were back in our dorms unrolling sleeping bags, filling hot water bottles and getting our kit ready for the morning. I have to say - sleeping in a bag is an acquired skill! I havent done it for YEARS but thankfully I was warm, toasty and got a few zzzz's despite the noise of the other hostel dwellers. :-/ Race day dawned and it was just perfect! We...