All four seasons in one race, pelting rain, winds, sun!
Was dead at the end and time abysmal!
04:10!
Back to training and drawing board.
Monday, 12 September 2016
Race: John Korasie, 30kms
Started, well. Made it to the top of Red Hill without stopping! In fact made it to 15kms before my first stop. Graham was in Durban, so race was solo. Forgot my watch and instead of run walk strategy I pushed myself for less stops. Mistake. Run / walk strategy is definitely the trick. Also, I experimented with Barocca instead of Gu's. Mistake II.
Saturday, 6 August 2016
BOOK: Born to Run, Christopher McDougall
Thoroughly enjoyed the read and the way it was written. At the end of the day we have all been designed to run. Interesting stories of ultrarunners, trail running and running barefoot.
Monday, 18 July 2016
Monday, 9 May 2016
Book: Old Pretoria, Dr Gustav S Preller
Based on my last blog indicating my lack of historical knowledge, I borrowed a book from my Mom about the history of Pretoria. It was fascinating to read more about the history of the town I grew up in.
What I found particularly interesting was the abundance of wildlife that used to roam the veld. It is actually rather obvious to be honest, however, I didn't put two and two together; places like Koedoespoort and Elandsfontein was so called due to the vast amount of that specific buck found in that particular area.
Growing up, Lion's Bridge was the place to go for garden supplies and advice. Needless to say, Lion's Bridge was so named due to the high number of lions in the area. The newly arrived voortrekkers would go out hunting each weekend and hunt between five and eight each time.
When I looked at the index, I saw there was a chapter about 'Pretoria in the sixties,' I still thought to myself, oh goody that will be interesting to learn more about the swinging '60's in Pretoria. Little did I know that they were referring to the 1860's! Which I should have considered seeing that this book was published in 1938!
Very interesting to learn more and where the street names came from as well. They had quite a lot to say about the possibility of name changes then, can you just imagine what they would have to say about all the new names today! So we move on and grow as communities, towns, cities, provinces and a country.
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