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I have a confession to make, I just love running in the winter! Not only is it more comfortable than running in the stifling heat of summer but also because the Cross Country season takes place in winter! Now for those of you who are new to running and aren’t too familiar with cross country [...]

As always Easter Saturday here in Cape Town is a special day as its Two Oceans Marathon (TOM) race day. For those of you outside of South Africa the Two Oceans Marathon is one of the two big running races, along with the Comrades Marathon (an 89Km annual trot to be completed in under 11 [...]

Today I thought that I would touch on why I feel being a member of a running club is beneficial and ultimately great for your running as quite often people often pass them by especially when a total newbie to running. I only joined a running club, Harfield Harriers here in Cape Town, after being asked to [...]

Its summer down here in the Southern Hemisphere which means that its awesome to be outside. Now with me currently being semi-injured and also needing to keep a lid on weight gains I have been looking at maximizing my kilojoule burning effectiveness without starving or killing myself or aggravating the injury. I ran through the usual [...]

Today I thought that I would give some feedback on the Addo Elephant Trail Race that I did this past weekend in the form of a race report and touch on a few things that I learnt and feedback on the kit I used in what turned out to be fairly testing conditions. Registration I [...]

Today I want to add my opinion behind what has become a very fashionable topic of late aka Barefoot Running and the use of Vibram Five Fingers and their like as most of what I have read seems as usual to be written for 60Kg racing snakes and not us Big Rig Runners, and as [...]

Sorry for the lack of posting the last few weeks but with the government year end upon us things tend to get a bit busy at work this time of year, that said I am starting to see the wood from the trees and should be going full bore again soon. Today I’d like to [...]

Well its been over two weeks since Addo and what was quite simply one of the toughest days out I’ve ever had, second to Ironman to be fair. As with all big days out a period of reflection takes place following it and this has certainly been so for me. Big lessons and realisations learnt [...]

We’ve had a gorgeous summer here in Cape Town and that means plenty of Braai’s or BBQ’s as the rest of the world calls them. As a change I love to cook Fish over coals (Webber kettle BBQ) and here is my favorite way to do it. Ingredients 1x Angel Fish, Yellow Tail, or other [...]

For years now I have been drinking Green Tea and while it is very much an acquired taste at first once you get used to it then it is in fact quite refreshing especially the Organic types as I find they tend to be softer on the palate. Now as strange as this may sound [...]

Today I would like to cover a delicate subject totally dedicated to delicate areas. Its a fact that bigger rigs have bigger amounts of flesh and skin and therefore this in my own personal experience can lead to those bits rubbing together and with clothing and this leads to the dreaded chafe. So lets chat [...]