Looks like a good fun way to spend a day :) I have my first marathon coming up on the 2nd of June and my training program is ramping up pretty well at the moment. I won't be doing it fast as it's only preparation for my second marathon next January.
I've heard about the Comrades Marathon. I think it's featured in one of the extreme running books I have. I remember thinking the Big Five Marathon would be good fun. Nothing like lions to put the spring back into your legs :) Cheers, Dave On Apr 29, 2013, at 2:07 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > South Africans are fixated on Ultra-Marathons - we learn to run far rather > than fast. The big race is the Comrades Marathon held annually about the end > of May/beginning of June. The distance is 90km between Pietermaritzburg & > Durban alternating in direction each year & attracting about 18000 runners. > If you would like some info on this famous race. go here: > > http://www.comrades.com/ > > Most clubs in SA hold a 60km run 5 weeks before the event, being the final > heavy training run before the big day. Phalaborwa Road Runners is no > exception. This year we opted for a rural route rather than main roads. > The club Kombi (1975) & another bakkie accompanied the runners along > the route, supplying refreshments every 3km. The slowcoaches started at 5am > & the quickest runners at 6am. Individual finishing times were between 4½ & > 7½ hours ending with a traditional braai around the swimming pool. The > weather this year was overcast & coolish - perfect for running but lousy for > photography. This GESO is a record of the day and gives some idea of life in > rural South Africa. The images are nothing special - in fact they are all a > bit soft. I'm that skinny chap wearing the red cap at the right hand side of > the "Survivors & Supporters" photo. Thanks for asking! > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/sets/72157633370084098/ > > Alan C > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
