Humorous Anecdotes, Observations & Accounts of Marathon Running & Agile Adventures.
[MARATHON #263 / UNIQUE MARATHON #159 / 24 March 2024]
I don’t run many marathons in Gauteng these days but when I do, I usually head to the south for Soweto or Jackie Gibson. The last time I ran a Gauteng marathon was 2 years ago at the Jackie Gibson, hosted by Johannesburg Harriers (the oldest running club Gauteng), and I was keen to see what their inaugural Johannesburg City Marathon had in store.
Continue reading “Johannesburg City Marathon (up in the dumps)”
When I was at school, the matrics liked to roll marbles at their final assembly. The schoolboys all thought this was great fun but the teachers – and the deputy head in particular – not so much. I did not think that the deputy head’s face, who suffered from chronic alcoholism and was nicknamed “bottles”, could go any redder but the sound of a single marble rolling down the Memorial Hall was the trigger that would turn him purpler than Barney the Dinosaur after a long day in the sun*.
Continue reading “What’s in a name? (A Eulogy to the Jackie Gibson Marathon)”