This morning we had a lovely big group, including 2 new Hillbillies. It's always wonderful to see new faces, welcome Claire and Dy!!! We hope to see you become regulars! We run every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 6:00, starting in front of Great Westerford, where we started today.
In addition to Claire and Dy, we also saw the return of Errard, looking strong after running Two Oceans Ultra Marathon this past weekend, managing a good time and comfortable run. Rob also managed to drag himself out of bed on this cold morning to join us. Of course Linelle was there too, she's becoming a regular!! And of course I was there as usual :)
We started out at a conversational pace up Dean Street and along Newlands Avenue. Crossed the M3 with minimal traffic issues. Up Boshoff, down Rose and up Kirstenbosch Road to our regular water stop at Stone Church. A quick break to catch our breath, and we were once again heading up hill along Winchester (with that short but nasty little hill at the end), up good old Glastonbury, and another brief break at the top. Here we tried to decide on what to do next - turn around and head back (for a 10km), left to Kirstenbosch (11-12km), left and back to the M3, or across and up to the intersection. We decided to do a little more hill-work, and off we went up the next hill, which was a little gentler than Glastonbury thank goodness!!
Another decision - turn around or go over and tackle Monterey's famous hill?? Today Rob was the crazy one who wanted to tackle all the hills. Not that I was complaining - I rather enjoy my hillwork lately!!
We survived the killer hill, aka Monterey Road. Then for a well-deserved downhill cruise. One more little hill brought us back to the intersection, and more downhill back to the top of Glastonbury, down some more to Stone Church, and a brief water break. Then down down down along Riverside all the way to the M3. We were lucky today to cross the M3 fairly quickly. From here it was pretty much flat all the way back - along Aster, through the joggers path, left at the circle on Kildare, and straight back to Great Westerford.
We managed just shy of 13km in around 1h30. Not bad for such a hilly route!! Not bad at all!!
Thank you to everyone who ran this morning - the vibe was fantastic, with everyone chirpy and cheery all the way. Another great run!!!
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