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Eikendal 10km walk |
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Cape Town Peninsula Run 2011 |
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Hermanus Wheelers Half Marathon 2011 |
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Apiwe was praying for no rain to occur during
the run while we were driving there- in the
rain! The start was sunny and warm with
loads of other wheelchairs, trikes and hand
cycles. The weather turned, rain and wind, by
the time we got half way and Apiwe was starting
to get too cold so we bailed and had headed home
in the warm car, try again next year!
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SAD Half Marathon Wellington 2011 |
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Apiwe was my passenger, he polished off a packet
of wafer biscuits and made a the run a load of
fun to do. Again a record number of
entries in this race, 10, 000, which makes the
start a little slow but that's ok with us!
The weather helped make this again another great
run.
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Two Oceans Half Marathon 2011 |
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Lorenzo was my side kick and has got his royalty
wave down to a pat now. We had stunning
weather and a lot of fun out there. There were
14,000 runners on this event alone and little
room to move around, so just went with the flow!
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Winelands Half Marathon 2010 |
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The Winelands Half Marathon was nice and
overcast. We bundled Sima into a nice
jacket and off we went. We played this game
while running where we accelerated the chair a
little, she calls it "walk", and then we ran
after her. She was absolutely laughing her
head off! What makes runs like this fun is
that you bump into so many people you met over
many of the previous runs like a friend called
"Tiny"!
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Gun Run Half Marathon |
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Aphiwe got a ride and a half yesterday, we
entered the Gun Run half marathon in Cape Town,
along the foreshore and through the Waterfront,
a fun route, regardless of the cold front that
was in the process of blowing itself in. Strong
strong winds, Aphiwe and I were praying for no
rain just for 2:30hrs so we could finish the
run, well we had no rain to stop us, threatened
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Two Oceans |
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It was an early morning, pick
up at 04:45am and off to Cape Town. Drizzled a
bit at the start, but we were prepared for that.
We stopped and took photos with many of the
supporters. The vibe and chatting to so
many people makes the time absolutely fly by.
Aphiwe was just chanting "Ek het gewen, ek het
gewen!" when we finished.
We have a couple of races left before the winter
kicks in.
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Dwarsrivier Half Marathon |
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Graeme took Lorenzo with him on the Dwarsrivier
Half Marathon (21 km) on 11th November. It was
Lorenzo's first official half marathon which he
loved! It was touch and go with the weather with
strong winds up and around the Helshoogte Pass
and a lot of off-road on the return leg. Lorenzo
interacted very well, and even ran out of the
house at 5am when he saw the car coming to
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Winelands Half Marathon 2009 |
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Aphiwe participated in the Winelands Half
Marathon (21 km) on 21 November 2009. It was
Aphiwe's first half marathon and he had to get
out of bed early – the start time was 5:45am.
But it was all systems go full of excitement
when he saw the jogger on the roof racks. Graeme
and Aphiwe had a blast and stole the show many a
time on the road with Aphiwe chirping some of
the runners that were passed!! At times he was
laughing and brought such joy to those around
him. Towards the finish, Graeme got Aphiwe out
the chair and he pushed the jogger in the last
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Well done guys!!! Thanks to Graeme & his fellow
runners from the staff at Little Angels.
Aphiwe & Lorenzo love their running outings and
certainly looking forward to many more this
year! |
