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THE PDAC 25KM

ON SUNDAY THE 24/1/2010 I WAS UP AT 2AM. MY RACE THE PDAC 25KM. FILLED MY VEHICLE THE PREVIOUS EVENING WITH R200 WORTH OF PETROL. GOT TO THE FINISH ,PARKED MY VEHICLE AND TOOK A BUS TO THE START ANOTHER R25. GOT TO THE START ANOTHER R50 ENTRANCE FEE. ON MY WAY TO THE 1ST 25KM RACE OF THE NEW YEAR.. NO WATER AT THE 1ST WATERING TABLE. CARRIED ON MISTY MORNING WATER AVAILABLE ON THE NEXT FEW TABLES. SUN PEEPED OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND THEN IT WAS BLISTERING HOT. GUESS WHAT! NO WATER AT A FEW MORE WAT… Continue

Added by temp on January 25, 2010 at 7:31pm — No Comments

Health Dash

Before,people would slightly cringe when they hear someone "sign-up for a marathon". Most say " are you serious?". But nowadays its something that almost everyone has become involved with. It almost every event that has something to do with running there is a wide range in age groups and body type as well. The last run that I participated in, there were awards given to the youngest and oldest runner. A 5 year-old kid received the youngest runner award and an 86 year-old man received the oldest r… Continue

Added by Patrick Forsts on September 24, 2009 at 9:18am — 1 Comment

latic acid

can anyone help.after 2.5miles im getting a build up of latic acid in my calf muscle.can anyone offer advice on health supplements and nutrition that would help to reduce latic acid.any helpwould be appreciated thanx Continue

Added by james pajak on August 10, 2009 at 8:18pm — No Comments

2009 Traumeel Wally Hayward Marathon

This past Friday, 1 May, I ran my fifth Wally Hayward Marathon. Seems like I have been doing my fifth of a lot of races lately! The Wally has always been my preferred Comrades qualifying race, but this year it was simply a training race as it is no longer a qualifier due to the Comrades being earlier. The race organisers also added a 32 km race for people the are busy with their taper running up to the big one. The 2009 event included 5, 10, 21, 32 and 42 km races! I decided to do the marathon… Continue

Added by Prieur du Plessis on May 3, 2009 at 11:17pm — No Comments

2009 Loskop Marathon

Yesterday, 18 April, saw the 24th running of the Forever Resorts Loskop 50 km Ultra Marathon. This is an event that has been voted as one of SA's top road races for many a year and in my opinion it definitely deserves the credit. I completed my fifth and fastest Loskop to date this year. Seeing as I have not yet qualified for the Comrades, the Loskop was basi… Continue

Added by Prieur du Plessis on April 19, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Comrades Marathon entry closing date extended

Taken from the Irene Running Club communication; Entry Closing Date extended! The CMA officially closed entries for the 2009 Comrades Marathon on Tuesday 31 March 2009. Since the closing date on Tuesday, the CMA has been inundated with telephone calls, emails and faxes from desperate runners wishing to still enter Comrades 2009. Most if not all have stated that they had not entered due to the misleading reports that Comrades may be cancelled. CMA Management had a difficult decision to… Continue

Added by Prieur du Plessis on April 2, 2009 at 5:42pm — No Comments

Site moved to Ning

Firstly, for those of you you that knew and blogged on the old RoadRunning.org site, it is still available here, just as it was before. The old posts are also syndicated on the home page to ensure they still get a spot in the limelight. My apologies for the site being down for so long, the server that hosted the old site crashed a while ago and I did not really get around to bringing it back online. The old platform that it was running on, Commun… Continue

Added by Prieur du Plessis on March 22, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

2009 Sunrise Monster 32 km

This past Saturday saw the thirty second running of the Sunrise Monster 32 km. The race, as its name implies is usually a bit of a "monster". I did my fifth Monster this year and it was definitely the hardest one. The new route is a lot tougher than it seems and a lot harder than the previous routes. The original route that included Neptune etc was in my opinion a much better route, but the race could apparently no longer follow that route for some reason or another. The 2009 route, taken from… Continue

Added by Prieur du Plessis on March 15, 2009 at 6:46pm — No Comments