Friday 20 January 2017

The Embassy Run with InterNation Serious Runners

The Embassy Run



From the floors of Cambodia we did start
Thirty runners all with good heart!
Decided to meet
And powered by feet
Run twelve kilometers following a chart

So with a rousing Whoo Hoo! 
We crossed over to Peru
Straight up the road to Nassim
Where Saudi Arabia was falling in
So sad, Boo-hoo!

Outside The Phillipines and Japan
Our wefie was the plan
We crested the hill to Russia
And our path got somewhat tougher
Some of us were in of need a fan!

By the Botanical Gardens we flew
Australia, USA, UK too
After China we had to stall
Regrouping in case we fall
Could not ask for a better crew

India was quite the view
Chile, Egypt, Ireland were something new
And before we could say Who?
We lost some runners at a loo
At least it was only a few!

The French turned out to be Dutch
It was starting to become a bit much!
So, on down the road to Brunei
We're getting home, Hooray!
Let's take the foot off the clutch

Indonesia looked very imposing
But we were too tired for posing
Myanmar had become a step to far
So, most of us went straight for the bar
And thus I end my composing!



Friday 13 January 2017

Holiday Fun!

Happy New Year!

I have just come back from a 3 week trip to South Africa where I had lots of family, friends and food time. Luckily for my waist line I also fitted in quite a few runs. Mostly trail running, with shoes, but also some barefoot runs and running with Xero sandals on farm gravel roads.

And this fitted perfectly with a month or so of down time after my marathon where the aim was just to have fun while running, and stop and smell the roses, sometimes literally!

This blog post is just going to be a pictorial of the amazing running in the mountains that the Western Cape, South Africa offers. Most of the runs where in Cape Town and Hermanus.



Typical paths in Upper Newlands Forest

Views over Table Bay

Great contour paths

The reservoirs on top of Table Mountain
Delicate Gladiola's
Typical Cape weather, even in Summer!

Morning mists coming in at Hermanus
 Carnivorous plants

Sculpted Corner, Hermanus


Delicate yet tough flowers
A magnificent King Protea. Out of season and the only one seen!