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  1. Ronniek
    Upwards of half marathons I only run in tights. My running vest is long enough to cover my wobbly bits. Haven’t chafed in years, the only problem is the constant catcalling from the side of the road [emoji2363]
  2. Ronniek
    I have dabbled with the LCHF diet before and my buddy is now also going the keto route. However my experimentation with it was quite short lived. As I told my buddy, I run so that I can eat cookies [emoji1787]. It has made quite a difference with him though in terms of weight loss.
  3. Ronniek
    Was thinking of this on my long run this morning. 2018 I went through three pairs of takkies. At 2800 ront per pair this running is not as cheap as what we would like to make it out to be. Especially once you start adding in stuff like accommodation for the races, flights car rentals [emoji30]
  4. Ronniek
    So I somehow managed to make the cut for the Three Peaks Challenge. Anybody else here done it previously? All of a sudden I think I might have been too eager to do this [emoji23]
  5. Ronniek
    Sorry Graham just pushed you into sixth spot [emoji23]. Lots of knowledgeable okes on here, I’m not one of them lol.
  6. Ronniek
    I am aiming for a sub 3:30 at the Cape Town Marathon as well. With all the speed work I’ve been doing though I can’t help but wonder if I shouldn’t try for a sub 3:20? The rational part of my brain says don’t attempt it and blow my chance at a sub 3:30 though.
  7. Ronniek
    Andrew I don’t know about you but whenever I see a camera I make sure I look comfy and fresh [emoji23]
  8. Ronniek
    So I see the usual idiots are being called out on social media for cheating. Guys that are running 8:00mins/km and all of a sudden get a second wind and start doing 3:32mins/km from Polly Shortts [emoji2363]
  9. Ronniek
    There’s a reason Bruce Fordyce says the toughest marathon you’ll ever run is the first half of a Comrades up run. This is exactly what I felt with my first Comrades as well [emoji23]. Well done on finishing.
  10. Ronniek
    What a run from Gerda well done [emoji1490]
  11. Ronniek
    Good luck to all Hubbers running tomorrow. God willing I’ll be joining you on the start line next year.
  12. Ronniek
    That would be awesome thanks. I will of course reimburse you for all costs, shipping etc.
  13. Ronniek
    Ah well. Hoped to source one online but doubt there’ll be any left by the time my clubmates get there.
  14. Ronniek
    Is that the online shop Barry?
  15. Ronniek
    I’ll take anything to make me feel better about missing it this year [emoji30]
  16. Ronniek
    You want to know whats worse for me? Actually working at the Cape Town Airport and watching all the runners board their flights to Durban [emoji30]. Swear I’m not ever going to be in this position again [emoji23]
  17. Ronniek
    Is it time for me to start staying off social media already [emoji23]. Fomo going to be bad.
  18. Ronniek
    Still wish I was getting one this year [emoji17]
  19. Ronniek
    A thought that crossed my mind is what of the novices next year that will be running two consecutive down runs. Will they qualify for back to back medals? The purist in me says no but I guess it’s not their fault.
  20. Ronniek
    Ja that is just wrong. I must admit though that I bought a water bottel with the Comrades logo on as motivation for my runs. Somehow walking around with tshirts and hoodies with the logo just seems like a k@k idea if you haven’t ever done the race though.
  21. Ronniek
    Tell me about it. Am even considering doing the Cape Town Festivals 100 km just to make up for missing Comrades [emoji2363]
  22. Ronniek
    I have never taken more than two sachets at a time in a marathon and even less in a half marathon. That can easily be substituted by any one of my hydration belts and packs. Spookhill 15k has also gone green in terms of medals, flyers and sachets and hopefully more clubs will follow their lead. You really don’t need all that water in the shorter races.
  23. Ronniek
    And still finished fourth [emoji23].
  24. Ronniek
    Anybody else done the Safari half today? This was my first race since Comrades last year and a big test for me in terms of recovery and rehab of my injury. Started off right at the back of the pack so as to keep my first few km’s nice and slow but somehow I ended up going at 4:38/4:35 per km. Had a bit of a wobble between 15 and 18 km’s causing the sub1:45 bus to catch up before pulling it back to end up at 1:42:36. All in all very happy that I managed this injury free even though it was much slower than last year. Think it is safe to say that normal running training will resume.
  25. Ronniek
    That’s the reaction I get from everyone when I tell them I prefer Winelands [emoji23]. Think I just don’t prefer flat courses. Want to go all out and have a proper Cape Town this year though as I think this is my year to get into Three Peaks. If I do get an entry I have a sneaky suspicion my legs will be too tired for a decent Winelands.
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