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Land Rover Centurion Mountain Monster Trail Run #2 : Hakahana Trails

Sep 13, 2017
by Jani du Toit
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Event Name: Land Rover Centurion Mountain Monster Trail Run #2

Date Held: 27 Aug 2017

Distances: 20km / 10km / 5km

Venue: Hakahana Trails

Website: Hakahana Trails

On 27 Aug 2017 we took part in the Land Rover Centurion mountain monster #2 at Hakahana Trails. Hakahana Trails is located approximately 15km west of Pretoria, next to Gerotek and on route to Hartbeespoort dam. This ex-horse farm is a truly tranquil setting, consisting of huge paddocks, riverine ecology and pristine bushveld koppies. The Hakahana Trails Network traverses over 40 properties enabling a unique, safe and diverse riding/running experience, mostly on custom-built single track in pristine bushveld surrounds.While Hakahana will give you a super outing and running experience for the family, Hakahana trails is particularly recommended for its challenging trails and technical terrain.

It was a nice and early morning with the sun shining and not too much wind – It’s nice that it’s finally moving into spring and summer. I was even able to run without any long sleeves or a jacket – felt nice and free.The set up was really nice and the venue beautiful. There were good clean bathrooms, and food stalls – Kellogg’s where even there giving out nice Muesli and yogurt to everyone before and after the race.

It was still a little chilly as the race started, and I was unsure about my decision to leave my jacket in the car, but luckily I did, because it heated up really fast.

We started the race nice and flat with a few dips and loops along the track as we made out way into the wild. The music started to disappear as runners made their way into comfortable paces.

The previous Mountain monster was very flat, the track was vet and it was freezing. Sunday’s race was quite the opposite. It was nice and hot, the track was very dry and the route was anything but flat.

I found this route to be amazing, I was doing the 10km and I was enjoying it so much, My pace was perfect and everything seemed to be working out. I had energy that I haven’t had in months which was very nice.

I stopped at the very well stocked Water point. Juice, cold drinks, water and yummy sweets! Perfect, I stopped and had a chat with Marianne after which she gestured to me to get going as I wasn’t too far behind the leading ladies! I couldn’t believe it! This was my first race in weeks and I hadn’t bargained on doing too well, let alone maybe getting a place?

Of I went, up hil, up up up. Again feeling full of energy, stuffing my face with the yummy jelly sweets I grabbed at the water point.

My legs were actually challenged by the uphill, but luckily the race had a lot of up and downs so I could recover on the decents. I kept peeking over my shoulder to see if there was someone behind me. There were horses on the farm, and at some point they started to get a little spooked, and trotted in circles, it was quite amazing to see. There was a few technical parts and I reached a steep up hill and overtook a young girl, still feeling strong the up hill dropped into a decent, really was amazing and lots of fun.

As you come closer to the end we merged with the ladies and gents of the 5km, they all looked pretty fresh as the music at the finish line started to come back.

I ended my race 10.6km in 59min, I was very impressed, tired but it was a good tired. A feeling I haven’t felt in a long time. I had some Back to Basics Recovery drink and waited for familiar faced to come in.

A few people said they got lost and ran a shorter route, but the directions and indication to me was perfect, I wasn’t unsure on where to run at any point. All in all it was a very fun race, I felt amazing again, and I think I needed this race to get me back in the game.

I also met a another Instagram follower Anika from @1framepausebutton she is an Mother of 5 and Loves Trail running – I hope to still be running when I have that many kids! I also saw allot of old friends and fellow trail runners, it truly was a great race, well organised and good value for money!

Looking forward to the next race taking place on the 26 November 2017 at Modderfontein Reserve.

Below is all the race information, also follow links to online registrations!


MM#3: at Modderfontein Reserve 26 November 2017

Organized by Trail Hunter Events

Pre Entries (Closing 24 Nov 2017):
30km – R 210,00
13km – R 150,00
5km – R 100,00

Venue:
Central Park Trails Modderfontein

Start Times: 
30Km: 07H00
13Km: 07H15
5Km: 07H30

Late Entries:
Available on the day at R30 extra fee

Registration:
05H30 at Moderfontein Reserve on race day

Medals: 
All Finishers will receive a Land Rover Finisher Medal

• Limited To 800 Entries

Route Information

Hidden amongst the green rolling hills and savannah-like grasslands, lies the beautiful free flowing trail of the 275-hectare Modderfontein Reserve, perfect for Trail Runners

The event venue offers unbelievable views, superior trails that caters for all fitness levels and is well known family friendly venue — just a short drive from Sandton!

Terrain:

Hard Pack Single Track, Jeep Track, Savannah, Grasslands

General Information

Water Points:
Runners can look forward to amazing water points including:

  • Ice Cold Water
  • Coke
  • Cream Soda
  • Energy Drinks
  • Potatoes
  • Bananas
  • 5 Different kind of sweets
  • Biscuits
  • Nuts & Raisins

Number of water points on route:
30Km – 2
13km – 1

Parking: 
Safe and secure parking at the venue

Contact Details

Ruan Botes

Email: labsportscience@gmail.com

Tel: 063 686 7315

Web: https://www.entrytime.com/event-details/?EventId=5194


Follow links for more events by Trail Hunter:

Clarens cosmos challenge 2 day stage trail run spring edition – 2017

Grabouw Mountain Challenge Driven by Land Rover Cape Town – 2017

Happy Running!

Jani

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My husband & I find ourselves in a very difficult phase in out lives. Two small kids, who we love so much, but it can be allot most days, lol or every day😱😥😂😂🤭, & you won’t understand it till you’re there,
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Complete & utter financial uncertainty. Working so hard towards things we hope will pay off in the future. Whilst were not even sure how were gonna pay some things the next month..😮😶
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Fighting and not getting along at all, 😦😑it’s like amazing one minute and then chaos the next. Little sleep, stress, constantly putting someone else’s needs above yours. 😞it can lead you to crack hey, 😅😂🤭🤦🏽‍♀️
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And when I saw this picture it was like a light went on... 💡 I have to stop resisting whatever changes are happening, try as hard as I can to adapt to them. Make peace with the life that I might be outgrowing 🙈😞 no matter how sad it feels to let go of things, and TRY to accept the next phase and hopefully then things will feel a bit better. 
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Becoming a Mom of two is a big shift, you give so much of yourself on a constant basis to someone else...some days I feel like I’m actually mourning my old life, 😶🥺every day after dropping the kids at school I get so caught up in the nostalgia and memories of younger years that I feel I might be overshadowing my present life, procrastinating on my current life... 
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Night 3 of Solo patenting 😶😐 . It has truly Night 3 of Solo patenting 😶😐
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It has truly not been that bad, I’ve not lost my shit once with the kids😂🤩🥳so that is always a win, 😂 but what I am sorry about is missing our run tonight because of the rain, it was very light rain, but I can’t run with them in it...🤷🏻‍♀️ and the whole idea of the three of us going for a run is, it’s a way to waste some time before dinner and bath - ⭐️
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The kids get kids get kinda emotional here close to the end of the week when my husband goes away, it’s like we all miss him and were all kinda swimming in emotions and it can clash a bit if not guided 😂🙄🤭so the pram run usually helps.
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But tonight I ended up going to the store with them when I saw it’s raining... and we needed some pizza 😂 But it was quite the mission 🙄 Paul whines, Lily whines... Paul cries ... and so on, 
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But despite some challenges we made it to bedtime, and when Lily pushed me away when she was feeding so she can chat and make noises, I felt like crying - I really just need her to go to bed easily tonight , and then Paul said those dreadful words ‘ Mamma ek voel nie leke nie ‘ 😩😵
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I literally went downstairs made them both a bottle, gave it to them , closed the door and left and sofar it seems they are both sleeping?🤷🏻‍♀️🤭😂🙏🏻🤞🏻 please lets hope it stays that way!
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Holding Back 😐😕 . I feel like I’m for some Holding Back 😐😕
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I feel like I’m for some irrational reason too scared to run..🙄🙄 I’m scared of how hard it feel to get back to where I was before I got pregnant with Paul... or even before I got pregnant again with Lily..
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Getting back into the easy and amazing running routine I had feels absolutely impossible. And that’s simply because it is... I have two kids now, and my whole lifestyle has changed, I’m sleep deprived half the time and my anxiety creeps up on me like crazy?! 🤭🙄
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It feels so hard to get back to where I want to be, so hard in fact that the effort I need to put in scares me,I wish things were as easy as when I thought it was hard😂 when running every morning at 4-5am felt difficult 😅🤭 now I have the time yet I’m constantly holding myself back. I’m so stuck in my own head?! Why is that though?
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All these sayings and yet no remote motivation comes up..🙈😐🤷🏻‍♀️ I honestly think Mom guilt is my biggest enabler to this consistent ‘holding-back’ behavior..🤭🙄 but I have no idea hoe to get rid of that feeling?!
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Moms, raise your hands if you feel me? 🙋🏻‍♀️or maybe it’s just me and I’m loosing my marbles 🤭🤪😶😶
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Double Stroller Run 🥵🥵 . Today’s run was h Double Stroller Run 🥵🥵
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Today’s run was hard but I’m so glad I got to it, more like, forced myself a bit, especially after both kids were basically a bit fussy as I loaded them into the pram...🙄🤭but I’m solo parenting this week with my husband away for work , so I have to , have to force myself to stick to a routine, otherwise all hell will break loose 🤭🤭
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So we went for a run, had dinner, bathed and in bed⭐️
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My day didn’t work out as planned, I wanted to run this morning to kick my day off on a positive note but - it rained 🙄 and I wanted to have my diapers washed and dry by the end of the day so I could sort the washing before getting the kids from school, but it rained 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️ I also didn’t finish sewing as much as I wanted- so then my anxiety started kicking into high gear🤭😐🙈 thats when I knew, I HAD to go for a run, even if it was with both kids, otherwise I’d end up with a bad start to what could be a chaotic week 😐😅🤷🏻‍♀️
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It was hard and they were heavy, both making turns asking and moaning for something having me stop what feels like every 500m🙄🙄🙄🙄 so that was super annoying and such hard work, gaining momentum with the very heavy stroller only to be stopped again 😐😐😐🥵🥵🥵but we survived, I had to basically have a coco-pop ready to put in Lily’s hand, every time she lifted her hand 😂😂🤦🏽‍♀️ the things we do Moms.. the things we do..😂😂😂
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Both kids in bed now, now for a big cup of coffee and some washing to fold , school bags to prep🤷🏻‍♀️

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My Blom 🌸 . Lily you make me so happy! Your per My Blom 🌸
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Lily you make me so happy! Your personality is starting to really shine through & your becoming your own human more and more every day! 🤗🤗 I love it! 
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You are so spontaneous & happy, & where Paul refuses to get his hands dirty, you just go for it 😂🤣 oh my goodness you are always so dirty & messy 🤣🙈🙈 no matter how clean I try to keep you! I’m  too nervous to even put @little_monsters_za stock on you for casual pictures 🤣🤣🤦🏽‍♀️🤭
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You are such a grabber 🙄🤭nothing is safe from you hands😂 you love food, especially tomatoes at this point 😂 you are so busy and I don’t get a minute to rest when you are in a high chair, & when your on the ground it’s even worse😐😐 but your so easy for the most part, we enjoy you so much!😅 You make poor Paul have to cover for his wickets half the time coz you just want all his toys, but I think you just want to play with him thats all.😂❤️
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You can give hugs, you can say Mamma🥰 you try to say Blom & your first unofficial sentence was ‘Kyk Da!!’ And its hilarious when you say it 🤣🌈
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So that was Fun - NOT! 🙄😂🤦🏽‍♀️😬😬
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My run did ton go as planned 😂🤦🏽‍♀️ At about 1km jn I realized that I needed to pee so badly, and usually I’m up for a little wee if the run is going great, but today not so much 😕😕
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I don’t think I’ve ever engaged my pelvic floor as much as I did on this run😂🤣 I was trying to keel it in so bad , haha but I soon rea I was not gonna make it and even though I gave it my all to try and make the run as best as it could be it was a , ‘let’s just turn around and go home’ type of run...
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Meh, somedays it happens, 😕🤷🏻‍♀️ tomorrow we try again! 🤩😬 
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I have to say, I think I’m entering an older age now..(duh!)😂😐 but mu body is doing all wack kinda things, my skin is so bad and breaking out, my hormones are all over the place, tired Coz Lily is haven’t a bad sleeping week again....🤷🏻‍♀️😬
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And other Ladies or Mommies going through weird transformations?🤷🏻‍♀️🌸 getting older is weird...

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Good start ✅ . Literally forced myself to get o Good start ✅ 
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Literally forced myself to get out of the house, I was so amped for a run last night , but this morning my motivation felt a bit watered down😂😂 but it was great! 🥳🌸🤩
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Only way to get out of a run is to force yourself I guess 😂😂

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V-day ❤️❤️ . Valentines day takes on a wh V-day ❤️❤️
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Valentines day takes on a whole new meaning when you have kids❤️ You’d think it means that Mommy and Daddy need some much needed alone time, but in all honesty its so much more fun to char it with your kids😍 having them dress up and enjoy in the sillyness of it all.
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So dress the kids up, buy some red balloons for absolutely no reason and have some fun with it, the joy of seeing them in the moment is better than any bunch of Roses 😅😅❤️ this afternoon we’re gonna go buy some balloons after school  and eat wat to much chocolate 🎈 just because we can!☺️☺️
Remember why you started ❤️ . Sometimes I forg Remember why you started ❤️
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Sometimes I forget how much I enjoy running and how it makes me feel. I get so caught up in kids, and the house and work and other daily tasks that can be hard, that the moment I have a spare minute to myself I can bare to think about going for a run, I’d rather take a nap or watch half a movie or something 🤷🏻‍♀️
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I get why Moms get to a point where they stop running, it’s SUCH a mission to get yourself to commit to a run when you’d rather just relax, like lie down relax,😂😂 not exercise relax. And there was a time where running was my relax, but now it just feels hard to make time for 😕 oh and the Mom Guilt that I could be doing something else...so thats why I run with a double stroller 😂😂=Mom guilt...😞 and it’s a heavy guilt trip to push Mommy ...believe me!🤨
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But for the most part running actually keeps me sane 😂🤪 and I also tend to forget that it’s time I need for myself too, to stay healthy to feel good about myself, and to let go of anger and frustration. 🙈 and we Moms need all of if we’re gonna be the best Moms we can be...⭐️⭐️
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So tomorrow is Valentine’s Day Mom, if you wake up and Daddy didn’t prep any type of surprise, no roses or chocolates, then you put on those running shoes, hand him that baby and go run for as long as you need to fill your cup😂😂❤️ remember to pic a route goes past a coffee shop 😉 sit down , have coffee and cake before you head home 😂😂🥳⭐️🌈🌈 call it Momventinesday! 😉😅

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