Cool Ideas 2020 Trail Running Series - Kloofzicht Code of Conduct Don’t trash the organisers on Social Media – have the balls to chat to them first.If racing, follow the arrows – not the person in front of you.Being my very first trail run I decided to actually listen during the race briefing. The organiser saying that every year runners goes off the route and he doesn't understand it as he walks the route and its impossible to lose the trail as its clearly marked. My take-away being that you must an idiot to go off trail. Well clearly Im an idiot as my 25km run turned into a 30km run. I ran the first 20k on my own with no other runner in sight expect for the odd time where I would catch someone and overtake them. So I didnt blindly follow anyone. With the late 7am start I realised something is up as I was still far away from my car, my watch showing 25km and the sun doing its best to make sure the temperature is sitting at a nice 30C. With an empty camel back I was not amused. Luckily Im fit at the moment and the trail itself was really amazing and I was enjoying the run. It was just a bit a mental stumble when you ought to be done but you still have a parkrun to go. My road running tekkies were perfect as the terrain was not rough at all , and dry so grip was also never a problem. From the results page it seems like only the first 6 runners ran the correct route, everyone else after them ran 30km. Even at the last water table the Bavaria girls were directing runners the wrong way. Its takes one person to flip an arrow board 180deg to make everyone run 5km further. On Monday morning I was more stiff after my 25km trail run than the marathon I ran the week before :-)
