Winter is definitely kicking in because the early morning starts are getting ridiculously cold before sunrise. And of course the races are starting later. This one, the
Slave Route Challenge, kicked off at a respectable 7am, just before sunrise. I drove through to this one, with Myles, Leon and Obertina for passengers, we got to the city at around 5.45am, early enough to get a decent parking on the Grand Parade close to the start in Darling Street adjacent to the City Hall.
As always there were plenty of West Coasters, lots of familiar faces. It really is a fantastic club full of awesome friendly people all keen and willing to support each other in running, it's always good chatting to this lot and there's always encouragement and well wishes for running. Like a big happy alcoholic family with a running problem.
Oh yeah, 20 days to Comrades 2017!
Off topic - I do not know why I'm writing this blog about running races, or how long it will continue. Like everything in my life it's probably just another phase that will fade away soon enough because of the effort involved, but until then, so this shall continue. I'm not even sure why I just wrote this paragraph, other than I'm simply weird like that. The ADD in me brings out strange scenarios sometimes.
Anyway, it was a great race, well organised and a fantastic vibe on the road. The famous Koesister Hill (Pentz drive up into BoKaap) did not disappoint. The Muslim ladies were out in force sharing their absolutely delicious freshly baked Koesisters with the runners. I indulged in 3 before heading back down the hill again. The 21km course out around the stadium was nice, quite scenic, but dead pan flat so a bit dull. I jumped onto Craig Strachan's 2h15m bus and stuck with him to the finish, despite feeling strong enough to continue faster towards the end to a close to 2 hour finish, I help back to conserve the legs and rack up a bit more time on the legs, more important now for Comrades.
All in all a great event and as always a great way to start a Sunday!
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| Heading up into District 6 |
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| The incredibly steep Pentz drive (Koesister Hill), hardly anybody runs here, though I did run about half of it slowly. |
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| Pentz Drive again |
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| Wesley & Emma |
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| Cheesy selfie about halfway up Pentz. |
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| Charlie and me. |
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