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Ronniek

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  1. Joh. Last year was not this hard on my body. Think the heat had much to do with both my quads seizing up today.
  2. I managed to hit that sub 5 reasonably easy this year as well so am thinking the same. Doing the False Bay this weekend as my last long training run, will be using it to check out the race pace and nutrition. Although by now it should really be dialled in.
  3. I was hoping that I would still have time to get to that level, but seeing as we the same age I guess it’s game over for me [emoji23].
  4. Strange how I used to think that it was until I hit 40 myself [emoji30].
  5. Normally when my left knee starts bugging me I change my shoes. By then they have about 1200-1400km on them. Guess weighing 65kg has it’s perks [emoji51]
  6. If I recall correctly I think the clubhouse sees me about thrice a year. Two of those being the Comrades socials before and after. I however make use of the club gazebos after races much more often. Have met many club friends away from the clubhouse in and after races. I always make a point of marshaling at our club events, it is only a ten km in January, a half marathon in July and we also do the FNB one run. For three mornings a year I can run any other races and appreciate the effort other clubs put into organizing their events. Ps not judging anybody else on what works for them just my humble opinion.
  7. With only a small portion of the fee going to ASA and a sense of loyalty to my club I will probably purchase a licence. Can’t see myself actually utilising it this year though.
  8. A newer race more or less around the same time is the Hemel en Aarde Marathon organized by oom Wietse in conjunction with the Caledon Athletics Club. Cango is definitely easier but I enjoyed Hemel and Aarde more.
  9. Ah yes. Wonder if the lady with the B seeding that didn’t make the first cut off was one of them. Or the gentleman that ran faster splits in the last 20(?) km’s than the actual winner that started off averaging more than seven minutes per kilometer? Still cannot fathom why you would want to cheat like that [emoji2363] Edit: Went delving into my Facebook history and then Comrades historical results. The gentleman mentioned above has indeed been disqualified [emoji1419]
  10. I’m quite happy with mine. Does exactly what I thought it would do.
  11. Wow. Makes me quite depressed about my so called ‘speed training’ this morning [emoji1787]
  12. I have been looking for this as well. Also use the First Ascent ones and in a race half of my Tailwind powder ends up everywhere else except in the bottle. Have been pondering a move to a collapsible cup because of this.
  13. Since the Wietse group runs were stopped due to Covid I realized I can comfortably do a solo 30km run on my own using only about 300 ml water with no issues. I prepared myself mentally to carry my own water once activities resumes. Only issue is that during Covid my wife realized that she also enjoys running so my only option of a second during the longer events is now gone [emoji2363]
  14. Wouldn’t it be a down run next year as well?
  15. When they decided to align Cape Town marathon with the international calendar by moving it to October I decided that last year was the last one I had run. I personally don’t see what the hype is about it, have always enjoyed Winelands more than that. However if an earlier date for it does materialize I would probably do it. Heck I’ll probably do any race you offer me now. If Comrades Does go ahead in September it would probably have consequences for the Washie though. Which would be a shame as I had decided that the time was right for me to start thinking of attempting one.
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