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 WATERING TABLES. LEVELS OF DISCOMFORT WERE AT DANGEROUS LEVELS. WATER! AT LAST. EVENTUALLY 3 HOURS LATER IM AT THE FINISH.
GUESS WHAT! I GET A 1KG SUGAR AND FIXTURE LIST FOR 2010.WHERES MY T-SHIRT? I TIRINGLY ASK. ONLY FOR THE FIRST 1000 FINISHERS. THE ONES ON THE TABLE WERE RESEVED FOR WALKERS.
A CLUB MEMBER AND I APPROACHED THE PDAC OFFICIALS OR HELPERS AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS TRULY SHOCKING. THE GUYS HANDING OUT THE SHIRTS WERE ARROGANT AND DOWNRIGHT RACIST.THE ONE GUY TREATENED OUR CLUB MEMBER WITH ASSAULT( it would never had happened).NOW THIS CAUCASIAN RAVED AND RANTED UNTIL WE DECIDED THAT WE WASTING OUR TIME AND THIS WAS A WASTE OF TIME. SO WE SLOWLY AND DEJECTED WALKED BACK TO OUR VEHICLES.
GOT UP AT 2, SPENT OVER R300 TO BE TREATED LIKE WE WERE STILL LIVING IN 1984 WAS SAD.
CLUBS IN SOUTH AFRICA MUST REALIZE THAT ITS 2010 . COMRADES MARATHON ENTRIES WILL BE AROUND 22 000. EXPECT MORE RUNNERS AT YOUR RACES. INCREASE YOUR PRIZES.IF LEFT OVER USE THEM NEXT YEAR.
WHAT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING WAS THE ATTITUDE.