Tag Archives: Muizenberg

Trail Junkee and the Tempo Tuesday Run

It was another beautiful day in Cape Town today with no wind, clear skies and the warm african sun to savour. I was keen to go and run some trails at Silvermine and had heard about a Tempo Tuesday run … Continue reading

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Silvermine XL Trail Run – Race Report

So yesterday Saturday 9th February I took part in my first trail race since the Old Fishermans Trail Challenge in June last year. As some of you may know from a previous post I had a disastrous Ironman 70.3 in … Continue reading

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Ultra Running dreams

going up? So Saturday I did another preparation run for the Silvermine XL Trail Run as part of the Cape summer trail series that I am taking part in on 9 February. I have been looking forward to the run … Continue reading

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Saltwater in my Eyes

So I finally got it together. Finished my appointments early, ditched my run, turned off my phone and went for a surf on Tuesday. I had looked at conditions early on in the day as I had my weekly meeting … Continue reading

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Start with self-belief –Peninsula Marathon Race Report

So 3 years have passed since my last marathon on the road. As many of you know I’ve completed many trail distances equal and above marathon distances up to 80km. However this was a road marathon and as explained in … Continue reading

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