Vaseline Archives - The Running Mann

3rd April 20193rd April 2019

The High Stakes Runderwear Gamble (Risking it all on the nought)

The Runderwear Experiment

The Time: Just after 05h00 on a Saturday morning

The Place: Room 114, The Desert Palace Hotel and Casino, Upington

The Subject: The Running Mann

Setting the Scene: An alarm rings. A bleary-eyed marathon obsessive sits bolt upright after a restless night’s sleep. With well over 200 marathons under the belt, there is little that keeps our protagonist awake at night – but last night he slept a little less easy and there was a lot more stirring. Continue reading “The High Stakes Runderwear Gamble (Risking it all on the nought)”

14th March 201820th September 2018

Uniwisp Fast 50 (The Fastest Ultra in Africa)

[MARATHON #179 / UNIQUE MARATHON #96 / 3 March 2018]

The runners in Mbombela like to go down. They have one marathon (Kaapsehoop) and one ultra – and both are certified quadkillers – plummeting you from the highest points in the Lowveld down to Mbombela (in the lowerveld).

How low can you go? You have the choice of doing the Uniwisp Fast 10, 21.1, 42.2 or 50km. Having just done the 50km option (what else!), I can certify that this is the fastest ultra in country and makes Loskop look like Longtom.

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