I wrote over the festive season on time spent with some foreigners, training in and around Stellenbosch. Will Clarke (home),  Andreas Raelert, Tim Don (home)- friends of mine - had to qualify their Olympic spots this weekend. I’ve not seen a more committed effort by an athlete than by Andreas. He missed out today. But [...]

Thought it could be interesting to do a quick take on where everyone is at who I either trained with or just came in contact with here in The Bosch over the past few months. There was a great influx of foreign athletic ability this year, maybe more than ever, but as summer turns to autumn, [...]

I spent my run thinking about an honest post, my Thursday morning quality run in Jan Marais Park in Stellenbosch’s (Wikipedia) CBD. A run like most others with confused emotions and yo-yo arguments with a doubting alter ego. Some runs’ more so than others, but none more so than this windy push on tired legs.