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Belaire Suites - Terry48, Running Rodent, Odeon1085, caashford, matt brooker, Bike It, Debra Bourne, Mr Zuvai (till Fri), Dannirr
Hilton - seren nos, lambkin, lowrez
City Lodge - Becca7, Southern Snail, marty74, Slow Duck, Matt..
Flights
Air France - Terry48, lowrez(arr.Fri13:15)
Emirates - Becca7, Mr Zuvai, Debra Bourne(arr.Thu16:45.depMon), Running Rodent, Southern Snail, caashford(arr.Thu16:25.depTue)
South African - marty74
07:30 Friday Bus Tour starring the legendary
08:45 Friday Bus Tour - seren nos+Mr sn, Mr Zuvai, Southern Snail
07:30 Saturday Bus Tour - lowrez
08:00 Saturday North Beach
Debra Bourne, caashford, Southern Snail+Mr SS, Becca7, Matt.., Dannirr, seren nos+Mr sn, Running Rodent, marty74+friend, matt brooker, Terry48
05:30 Sunday Comrades
PenA - WarrenK78, caashford, Odeon1085
PenB - Matt.., Mac3, marty74, Peter R
PenC - becca7, lowrez, Southern Snail, seren nos
PenD - Debra Bourne
PenG - Mango-Chillie, Slow Duck, Mr Zuvai, Running Rodent
09:00 Monday Mugg & Bean Breakfast
Just turn up from 09:00 onwards; nothing overly formal it’s a café with a wonderful menu with a heap of UKish Comrades runners descending upon it wearing their UK T-Shirts or the Comrades goody bag one or indeed anything they damn well please, group photo around 11:00 then go for a stroll on the beach front; it’ll be good for your legs, even splash your toes in the Indian Ocean. Bruce’s after party at 12:30 is easily walkable or just hang at Mugg & Bean etc…
caashford, Debra Bourne, Becca7, lowrez, matt brooker
12:30 Monday Bruce Fordyce After Party
California Dreaming Restaurant, 150 O. R Tambo Parade, Dairy Beach, Durban, 12:30 till 17:00 R550 per person. A celebratory conclusion of the race relaxing with athletes, family, friends and personalities sharing race highlights trials and tribulations. Live entertainment, buffet lunch, cash bar
caashford
Yesterday's run was a tough day out, but a great last long run in prep for comrades. Some spectacular views along the way.
One of the unexpectedly tough parts were the constant stopping for gates and styles. Without exaggeration there were over 100 gates/ styles with about 40% needing climbing over. Good practice at getting running again having stopped.
Finished in 6hr 28, pretty happy with, but a bit of timely reality check for Comrades. Ran at the pace I had been thinking about for comrades and although I kept running the whole way (except on the hills) and kept in good spirits the whole time, there was a considerable fade in terms of pace and energy. I think a more conservative approach to comrades will be needed as it's a long way further still!
Anyway, it's tapir time! We'll have to find an appropriate picture of the long-nosed fools for the tread
Hope everyone is having a great weekend
When you next do an update I qualified for pen C at Manchester and I will be parkrunning on the Sat
Well done Mr.Z, good hours on your feet and good strategizing about the big day as a result.
Take it easy RR you definitely need to tapir!
Belaire Suites - Terry48, Running Rodent, Odeon1085, caashford, matt brooker, Bike It, Debra Bourne, Mr Zuvai (till Fri), Dannirr
Hilton - seren nos, lambkin, lowrez
City Lodge - Becca7, Southern Snail, marty74, Slow Duck, Matt..
Flights
Air France - Terry48, lowrez(arr.Fri13:15)
Emirates - Becca7, Mr Zuvai, Debra Bourne(arr.Thu16:45.depMon), Running Rodent, Southern Snail, caashford(arr.Thu16:25.depTue)
South African - marty74
07:30 Friday Bus Tour starring the legendary
08:45 Friday Bus Tour - seren nos+Mr sn, Mr Zuvai, Southern Snail
07:30 Saturday Bus Tour - lowrez
08:00 Saturday North Beach
Debra Bourne, caashford, Southern Snail+Mr SS, Becca7, Matt.., Dannirr, seren nos+Mr sn, Running Rodent, marty74+friend, matt brooker, Terry48, Mr Zuvai
05:30 Sunday Comrades
PenA - WarrenK78, caashford, Odeon1085
PenB - Matt.., Mac3, marty74, Peter R
PenC - becca7, lowrez, Southern Snail, seren nos, Mr Zuvai
PenD - Debra Bourne
PenG - Mango-Chillie, Slow Duck, Running Rodent
09:00 Monday Mugg & Bean Breakfast
Just turn up from 09:00 onwards; nothing overly formal it’s a café with a wonderful menu with a heap of UKish Comrades runners descending upon it wearing their UK T-Shirts or the Comrades goody bag one or indeed anything they damn well please, group photo around 11:00 then go for a stroll on the beach front; it’ll be good for your legs, even splash your toes in the Indian Ocean. Bruce’s after party at 12:30 is easily walkable or just hang at Mugg & Bean etc…
caashford, Debra Bourne, Becca7, lowrez, matt brooker
12:30 Monday Bruce Fordyce After Party
California Dreaming Restaurant, 150 O. R Tambo Parade, Dairy Beach, Durban, 12:30 till 17:00 R550 per person. A celebratory conclusion of the race relaxing with athletes, family, friends and personalities sharing race highlights trials and tribulations. Live entertainment, buffet lunch, cash bar
caashford
I too will be at Mugg and Bean
Have just had final entry verification from Comrades and see that they still have me down in pen G. I have emailed them 3 times about the change and every time they come back and say they will change it but still haven't and now say thats what will be printed on the race number. Have emailed again and sent them their own confirmation email for receipt of the charity money. Don't know what else to do.
Halstead Marathon for me. My first time at this event but I can see why Slow Duck and others use this as a Comrades prep race. Fairly undulating throughout although not as warm as in previous years, apparently. Quite a Comrades reunion fest.
Southern Snail: sympathies re. the pen confusion. Hope it can be sorted.
Well done Becca.
For me it was the SVN Viking Challenge, 6 hour version today (they were running a 100-mile, a 24-hour challenge and bot Saturday and Sunday 6-hour challenges). I stopped after 5 laps (33 miles or so) at 5:24. Could have gone for another lap and psychologically reaching 40 miles would have been satisfying, but if I'd injured myself running that last lap I would have been kicking myself. Skies stayed grey but I did get warm occasionally. A couple of inclines but no -real- hills.
Lowrez - please could you add my additional details: flying out on BA, attending the Ambassadors evening do on Thursday, parkrun Saturday and Mugg & Bean breakfast on Monday.
here's my offering!
Glad to see the long runs going well. I'm having to supplement the hills via the treadmill in Flatland (NL).
Mr Z - here's another motivational tune for you! Curtis Mayfield - "Move on up", and keep on wishing. Remember your dream is your only scheme, so keep on pushing........
I've noticed my final details give me the same runner number as last year (last year's number is written on the envelope the Champion Chip came in, together with the ChampionChip code). Wonder whether that's normal after a DNS or merely an unusual coincidence.
Tapirs love to be scritched along the bottom edge of the back of the jaw, and on their bellies.
That's why I've only ever run with my #3695. I first ran with it in 1978, had a number of 2 or 3 year gaps (never more) until it eventually became my permanent 'green' number after the 10th medal - they never re-issue a green number. So, there should be many runners in our group who should also have their same number as before, if they've run within the previous three years
there are loads of little nuances to this event that keep it so special
I have my details to add to your wonderful list:
Hotel : Southern Sun
Flight BA departing 31st May
Tour : Friday 08:45
I'll be doing the parkrun on Sat
I'm in Pen D now as I've managed a sub-4 marathon.
cheers
perhaps I should try and call them. I've obviously done it all the wrong way round
debra - did press the disagree button and emailed
Mango-Chillie: Southern Sun is a hotel chain, not a hotel name. Which of their hotels are you at? I'm guessing it's the Elangeni?
For those doing parkrun: usually a meetup at Mugg and Bean after parkrun too. I'm pretty sure RR and I will be doing that if others care to join, that will be even better.
Comrades just posted a wonderful video video on Facebook. It's 12 minutes long and really captures the race (and me at 9:58).
Mugg and Bean after parkrun on Saturday sounds good - sit down, rest, eat cake... Last year Bruce in one of his talks on the Saturday was saying that he didn't know why people were at the Expo and walking around it on the Saturday - they should be resting, off their feet as much as possible.