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The Mother of all Surprises: Running for 2
I love Surprises! I love the happy feeling of something that happens unexpectedly! As adults be rarely get surprised anymore, we mostly lose that as we grow up- and I never want to lose that, little did I know that 2017 would hold for me the surprise of my LIFE! I was sitting at my desk one Thursday morning at work, I can’t exactly remember what I was doing at the time, but I suddenly realized that I had to make my monthly trip to the pharmacy. And it was like a light went on. I don’t know why I bought a pregnancy test that day, but something told me…
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Why do I Pee my pants when I run?!
When I run, it makes me feel free, it liberates me from any responsibilities and things that I otherwise HAVE to do. I like to run fast, and I don’t like being stopped and distracted. But I’ve recently started to encounter a very distracting and very embarrassing event whilst running, and to be honest it’s been happening for a while, I’ve just always tried to prevent it by running slower and not pushing as hard, which is not very realistic if your trying to improve your times and distances. I spoke to a few other ladies that run with me, and I’ve discovered that this in not actually such a…
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Training Log: Day 4- Strength training+Bronchitis
Date: Friday 2017_07_21 Activity: Strength Training Location: at Home Duration: 45min So this log actually refers back to 21 July 2017, I woke up nice and early on the Friday morning to do some strength training and was planning on having a nice run the afternoon. My Weekend was fully booked with Trail running and Brunch with a few Trail Blazing ladies on Saturday – and some CMIYC Pop up Trial run on Sunday. I was very excited to see all the CMIYC ladies on Sunday but my weekend and week to follow would not turn out to be as great as planed. Felt a bit tired Friday morning when…
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Race Report: Afriforum Springbok Vasbyt 2017
Date Held: 15 July 2017 Distances: 5km / 10km / 25km Terain: Trail running Venue: Voortrekker Monument Website: Tekkie Races This weekend I took part in Springbok vasbyt 2017 organised by by Voortrekker Monument Draf en Stap klub. In early years there was a race called ‘Magaliesbergwedloop’ and when the race died there was a lack of any trail running events except for races that were held in Cape Town along with other races such as Mount-Au-Source and Botshabelo. Technicon Pretoria marathon Club decided to hold a historical of road race and that lead to the creation of the ‘Voetpadberg 10 Myler’. This race was such a success that it gave birth…
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Training Log: Day 3 – Trail Running + Strength training
Date: Wed-ness-day 2017_07_19 Activity: Strength Training Location: at Home Duration: 20min (I tried to do everything fast fast..) Wed-ness-day.. Say it slowly – That’s how I say Wednesday in my head – No idea why I overslept so bad this morning and had to do all my exercises in 20min + wash my Hair. Luckily I did lunches the previous evening and set all my clothes ready. I literally had to drag myself out of bed, it was hard. So I Woke up with a sore body, Hammies tight and tummy muscles sore. I have this voice in my head, that literally yells at me when I can’t get up,…
