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Very respectable 15km in 1 hour 22mins on Sunday considering the amount I drank the night before.

This weekend I'm doing the https://www.mrltevents.com/post/arnold-chatz-piesangkloof-winter-trail going away for the weekend with some friends and we are all competing, its bittersweet for me because 3.5 months ago when we planned this was when I started training.

Are there any cool races for the 3rd or 4th of August in the JHB area because I haven't really planned past this.
 
Scary_Turtle said:
Very respectable 15km in 1 hour 22mins on Sunday considering the amount I drank the night before.

This weekend I'm doing the https://www.mrltevents.com/post/arnold-chatz-piesangkloof-winter-trail going away for the weekend with some friends and we are all competing, its bittersweet for me because 3.5 months ago when we planned this was when I started training.

Are there any cool races for the 3rd or 4th of August in the JHB area because I haven't really planned past this.
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xD
 
Tried a run yesterday afternoon, the last time I have gone for a run was in January
Tried to take it easy and slow. Walked quite a lot though.
Need to build up to start doing the park run around here.
Try another run this afternoon.
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Sugarman said:
Tried a run yesterday afternoon, the last time I have gone for a run was in January
Tried to take it easy and slow. Walked quite a lot though.
Need to build up to start doing the park run around here.
Try another run this afternoon.
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really not a bad time considering you walked a lot
 
Completed my first trail run at piesangskloof this weekend.

Didn't quiet know what I was getting myself into, damn that was a tough but really had a good time.

Why do they call it trail running its trail climbing/walking with an occasional jog, makes road running look easy. Big up to you guys that do that every weekend.
 
Scary_Turtle said:
Completed my first trail run at piesangskloof this weekend.

Didn't quiet know what I was getting myself into, damn that was a tough but really had a good time.

Why do they call it trail running its trail climbing/walking with an occasional jog, makes road running look easy. Big up to you guys that do that every weekend.
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Welcome to the dark side. You'll like it here. Yeah, there are loads of times (yesterday being a prime example) where walking is your only option. This was the profile of the 12.4km run I did. Deceptively tough with several climbs.

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PR was 24:04. Still waiting for official time on yesterday's 10k trail. Should be around 1:02 mark.

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Results are in. 1:00:22. Sub 60 so close and yet so far lol
 
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On Saturday I tried Bosmont parkrun again, and this time managed one second slower than my all-time Parkrun PB. So close!

It's been a good month though - broke my 10km PB, did it again the week after, broke my 15km PB, and came within a second of my Parkrun PB.
 
ShaunSA said:
Decided to join you and give this week a skip :oops:
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O no I'm in the same boat.

I've been super sick with flu and did something to my hip on the trail run, while I'm down I'm working out all the niggles I had in my legs with two trips to the chiro and one to the physio.

Have a whole new training routine for once the flu clears up though.
 
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