Janathon Day 2
Day 2 of the Janathon A very ambitions 15km run which ended up being mostly a walk. Probably due to the 2 fast parkruns yesterday. But hey all I need now is time on the legs if I want to do a couple marathons later in the year. About 4km into my run ...
Old Year’s Race 2014
This is the last race for 2014 in the Gauteng area. It was held at Rietondale Park in Pretoria at 17:00 in the 31 December 2014. On offer was 10km or 5km walking or running. I saw and passed many walkers so I would say many people decided on the 5km ...
Growler 2014
Though Central Johannesburg Today was my second running of the Growler and it didn’t disappoint, I really enjoy this run. Its not a race but a club run held every year by the Tyrone Harriers. There is an amusing reason for hosting this run as sort of...
Run The Berg
On the 4th and 5th of October 2014 A two day trail run in the Drakensberg, what could be better? Nothing - I really enjoyed this race! This was my first attempt at really proper trail running race. There was compulsory equipment that I had to use. Ea...
Northgate 10km 2014
Northgate 10km 2014 Reviewing a race I did last year is great, it means the blog has been going for over a year. I need to work on the dev posts, I’ve learnt so much over the last year in software development. As I said last last year here this race ...
Day 28 (parkrun)
Day 28 (parkrun) parkrun at Delta Park I enjoyed the 5km parkrun this morning. It was a little tough getting up for the 8:00 start being Saturday. Not much to say about this run apart from the results. I came 89 out of 569 participants with a time of...
Critical Mass Johannesburg
Cycling through the dark and dirty Johannesburg CBD I tried my first Critical Mass in Johannesburg last month in May 2014. Tonight I did the cycle through Johannesburg again I am hooked! It is real fun! Details (story below): What is it Easy social ...
Fast and then slow
Fast and then slow I did the Randburg Harriers time trial this evening again. I did the 8km route in 43min27s, so I’m getting better and will hopefully get back to 40min soon. All went well and I was cruising at about 5min/km for the first half. Then...
Nedbank Time Trial
I’m a fan of time trials, midweek competition Its day 25 of the Juneathon feeling good. Did the 5km time trial in 28min, not great. Nedbank Time Trial distance5km entryOpen to all, don’t need to be part of the club whenEvery Wednesday at 17:30 whereG...
Sunninghill Striders Time Trial
I’m a fan of time trials, midweek competition Its day 24 of the Juneathon and I did a weak 4km time trial in 22min. Chickened out of the 8km, next time. Sunninghill Striders Time Trial distance4 or 8km entryOpen to all, don’t need to be part of the c...