I seem to have developed a bad habit over the last few years whereby I justify that extra slice of pizza by putting in a few extra kilometers on the tar. It seems to be in the forefront of my mind after my annual January diet, aka the Warren Diet, which basically involves cutting out …
Doubles squash can have some interesting outcomes. On the up side the guy that did this to me limped off the court shortly afterwards.
It was a week of hard squash for Sharon and I since we were both playing in the Kzn Closed squash champs. For me that meant a semi-final on Saturday morning and hopefully a final on Sunday. We arrived at the courts just before 10am and my opponent was already warming up with another player. …
Saturday morning was nice and relaxed as I watched the weather hoping it would clear by the afternoon for the KPMG business relay. Sadly this was not to be and when I headed down to the start the wind was howling and there were small patches of drizzle. I parked at the King’s Park Swimming …
On Sunday morning we climbed out of bed at 5:30. Although the race only started at 9am we needed to be at the venue by 7am to watch the Boks take on the Aussies in the semi final of the World Cup. It was great to sit in amongst some good Bok supporters at the …
Having not been on our bikes in over 6 months we spent Friday evening cleaning, oiling and setting them up for Saturday morning’s race. Other than that it was a chilled evening and thankfully everything was a go for the ride. Saturday morning started with us riding 5kms to the start of the Compendium Mountain …
We arrived at uShaka 30 minutes prior to the start of our 20km event. Sadly after a little chaos we somehow ran out of time and somehow managed to miss the start (albeit by only 200 meters as we ran to catch up). Other than that the walk was well organised and ran smoothly. The …
The weekend started with a 7km trail run for Sharon and I which was run in a slight drizzle. The trail run was at Giba Gorge and Sharon did far better than expected coming in as the 7th lady in that distance. The race was followed by an egg and bacon roll at Giba and …
My alarm went off at around 5am on Sunday. Thankfully I was time keeping and therefore only needed to beat the first runner to the finish. The marshals etc had to be there at around 4am and so I was smiling happily as I arrived at 5:30am. The time keeping went off without a hitch …
On Sunday morning we dragged ourselves to Hammersdale in the pouring rain and mist to ride the St Mary’s mountain bike race. We got off to a good start with Sharon hitting the hills hard, and we were all set for a good time when we realised we’d taken a wrong turn in the mist …