Lexx Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Eish, wasn't a very good week. I feel like Allister.... Mudsimus 1
WP12 Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Eish, wasn't a very good week. I feel like Allister....Apparently Allister got R1.8m severance pay out so I can imagine what he feels like Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
'Kaze Pete Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Apparently Allister got R1.8m severance pay out so I can imagine what he feels like Sent from my SM-G930F using TapatalkKicked in the nuts, stuffed in the pocket, smiling to the bank with a smarting ego and Springbok rugby cheering from the pavilion? WP12 1
Jackes Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Eish, wasn't a very good week. I feel like Allister.... I pack my case your honor.... ONLY a 65km week... Either you guys havn't read Bruce's latest blog entry or there is going to be a lot of silver cormades medals coming from this forum! That stinking feeling when you wake up on a Monday morning of qualification week with a damm cold.. :cursing: Edited February 5, 2018 by Jackes
Mudsimus Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 That stinking feeling when you wake up on a Monday morning of qualification week with a damm cold.. :cursing:Talking about colds, who is getting flu shots, and when? Both my toddlers came home on Friday with sniffles. So I stayed clear of them the whole weekend, these kindergarten colds are fatal to grownups. Ed-Zulu 1
Jackes Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Talking about colds, who is getting flu shots, and when? Both my toddlers came home on Friday with sniffles. So I stayed clear of them the whole weekend, these kindergarten colds are fatal to grownups. Nope, never again... Just get the immune system as strong as possible. (Something I have been neglecting the last 4 months) dave303e 1
Chris_ Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Talking about colds, who is getting flu shots, and when? Both my toddlers came home on Friday with sniffles. So I stayed clear of them the whole weekend, these kindergarten colds are fatal to grownups. Nope. got a jab once years and years ago - got crazy sick, so I've avoided them ever since. Saying that, I don't have kids and I know they can bring some vicious bugs home with them, so I may need to reassess one day..
Ed-Zulu Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Talking about colds, who is getting flu shots, and when? Both my toddlers came home on Friday with sniffles. So I stayed clear of them the whole weekend, these kindergarten colds are fatal to grownups....the only thing ever to get me depressed! And on top of it nothing works at stopping it...now that the kids are a bit older it seems the violence of the bugs have reduced a bit.
Ed-Zulu Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 I concluded a good week training with smashing a previous segment by 1:30sec. (A piece of lung was sacrificed in the attempt) The piriformus muscle is clearing slowly though I continue with recovery exercises. It is truly so nice to go for a run of any distance and not spend the next 2 hours icing and stretching the pain out of a sore muscle. Khronis, Hacc, ScottCM and 2 others 5
Hacc Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 I am ecstatic to report that I qualified for OMTOM on Saturday at the Sasol Marathon. We couldn't have asked for better weather. The first lap was nice and cool and the sun made an appearance in the last 10km of the race. My plan was to just qualify, even if I ran a personal worse. My longest run since Comrades last year was Tough One and after that my training went seriously downhill with this nausea problem. The first lap went well, we walked at two water points, the only climb we walked every second pole and we stopped at one of our club supporters at the 20km mark. We went thru halfway in 2:13. I had to really concentrate not to push too hard to control the nausea. From km 24 to 30 my wheels came off... I had to dig very deep to keep going. When we reached the 30km water point the nice downhills started and I felt better. I realized that we had an hour and a half to do 9 km... It was the best feeling in the world to realize I will make it even if I walked to the finish. We did a lot of walking... I was definitely not the distance fit. With all the walking in the second half, the nausea was under control. I even stuck to my rule of not walking in the last km... We finished in 4:42... Second worse marathon time, but I am happy. Sasol Marathon is one of my favorite marathons. It is a well-organized race and they probably have the best water points of all races. They have so much food on the road, and Creme Soda. There are lots of trees, so lots of shaded streets. If you want to run a PB marathon, Sasol is a marathon to aim for. It is also not too far to drive, so you don't have to book accommodation. Now that the stress of qualifying is out of the way it is time to concentrate on Om die Dam in less than 6 weeks time.... Lexx, SeaBee, tjommies3 and 8 others 11
Mats Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 I ran my first half marathon this weekend at the McCarthy Toyota in PTA.The aim was to finish without feeling like I want to die.I finished in a time of 2:19Overall I am very happy with my first 21km.From here things can only get better. Barry Stuart, tjommies3, SeaBee and 11 others 14
Andrew Steer Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Nice Hacc and Ed Zulu - glad you guys are coming right! Don't talk to me about kids and what they bring home...
Andrew Steer Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 I ran my first half marathon this weekend at the McCarthy Toyota in PTA.The aim was to finish without feeling like I want to die.I finished in a time of 2:19Overall I am very happy with my first 21km.From here things can only get better.Lekker... super solid time first up! How'd the legs feel at the finish? Good for more, or just right?
Andrew Steer Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Maybe something to consider as a Vaal alternative... quite like the idea of this! https://www.quicket.co.za/events/38196-marakele-marathon-2018/#/ 711751 SANParksMarakele marathon A5 Ad_D2.pdf Hacc 1
Paddaman Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 I decided to push myself into a corner this weekend. Rather uncharacteristically, as I always like to leave a backdoor open so if something better comes along I can be flexible.I entered the Tuks Best Med 42.2km and to ensure maximum suffering I also signed up for the sunrise monster. Now the only thing left to confirm my insanity is to squeeze in the Hedinga beast between the two??????(maybe not as the wife is looking at me with a wild look in her eyes. The BestMed will be a LSD to confirm/benchmark my fitness levels and endurance before I start on the road to Rhodes. Andrew Steer, Barry Stuart and ScottCM 3
Paddaman Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 I ran my first half marathon this weekend at the McCarthy Toyota in PTA.The aim was to finish without feeling like I want to die.I finished in a time of 2:19Overall I am very happy with my first 21km.From here things can only get better.I hope you were one of the runners that crossed over at 24th and Micheal Brink safely. At one stage the runners were behaving more dangerously than the cars. I was almost flattened by a few runners that had a death wish and were intent on throwing themselves under on coming traffic. (I was even wearing a reflective vest and waving a flag!!) THe traffic police were absolutely amazing at controlling the traffic. Well done Tshwane metro.
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