Stats: Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 05:30

This morning was a bit of an earlier start, the aim to get in an extra few kays and a few scenic detours.

We started out at Great Westerford as usual. Up Dean Street and along Newlands Avenue towards the M3. Here we detoured to the Newlands Reservoir/Fire Base. Up, up, up and we crested the 'hill' to find the most amazing view of Cape Town, shortly after sunrise. Breath-taking!!
From there it was an easy undulating (but mostly downhill) cruise back down to the Fire Base. Along Boshoff Drive, back to the M3, with a spur of the moment decision to tackle one last hill up Ravensberg Avenue. From there we coasted all the way back down to our start/finish point.

A hot shower and strong coffee later, and I'm feeling on top of the world! I hope my 'club' mates are too. :)

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Sorry for the gap around '2' km mark - I stopped my timer at waiting to cross the road and forgot to start it again.. Lost about 1¾km on a gentle climb, total distance about 13½km.


In short, this was a slightly challenging course through the first half, but all very do-able and well worth the effort! Leaves you feeling like you've gotten some good exercise, while still having the energy to face the rest of the day.


Thursday we start at 06:00 again for a shorter run, 8-10km.
Meet at Great Westerford as usual.
See you there!!