Humorous Anecdotes, Observations & Accounts of Marathon Running & Agile Adventures.
This article provides detailed information on all South Africa’s August and September marathons and ultras including race descriptions, recommendations and travel information.
An August Comrades’ means that there is no much happening over these two months but the few options available are quality runs.
A summary of all your choices is below:
Continue reading “The Running Mann’s Guide to August / September 2022 Marathons & Ultras”
“Good. A few kilograms too good.”
That’s been my standard response this year when asked the question, “How are you doing?”
I started off lockdown well, initially running over 1,000 kilometres in my driveway but the pandemic slowly ground me down – and the lack of events steadily curtailed my weekly distance until I was running just enough to earn my free Vitality coffee each week. Continue reading “(The runt of the litter at) The Wolfpack Warriors Marathon”
You couldn’t miss the Magoeba Plunge Marathon, there was a constant barrage on social media publicizing the event. This was Tracey van den Dool’s baby and she was a proud expectant mother. I am not sure where she found the time, but it seemed like every free moment was spent thinking of innovative ways to promote the event in the lead-up.
Tracey trolled the internet and every time someone asked a question about “recommended marathons” there was an almost immediate response from one Tracey van den Dool saying, “Come to Tzaneen and check out the Magoeba Plunge”. She also had plenty of engagement with her potential customers, for example when someone said, “Will there be watermelon?”, watermelon was added to the shopping list.
Continue reading “Magoeba Plunge Marathon (the Limpopo rollercoaster)”