Friday cold wind howling, rest day Saturday, just feel tired, cold wind howling, wimp the run Sunday, still tired, cold wind howling, not normally a running day Monday, I understand that my recovery from Comrades is not yet complete, though my legs are getting perky....
The only problem about recovering from Comrades; from a big near 12-hour challenge, also from monnths of training almost as hard as I can. I can’t run. Otherwise its great. Lazy easy runs, time to enjoy them. Feeling strength return. Run-health fizzing through...
As always my thesis: behind the numbers and the facts is the rich stories of the Comrades. Facts sourced from Morris Alexander’s The Comrades Story Father and Son What was the dinner-table discussion that led to the Templeton father and son running the 2nd...
The medal still warm in my pocket, my mind turns to next year’s run. Still another 4 weeks of recovery running before I start my secret plan improve my time: 1 min because its a down run, further sure but easier in a way and it ends at sea level, Toll Gate hill...
Always the name of the winner is inscribed big and bold: time, maybe age. But hardly ever, except for Alan Robb, is inscribed the colour of their socks, or as a poet asked, whether they dream of hunting tigers in red boots. Bill Rowan Who was Bill Rowan, winner of the...
