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Odyssey Day 1 the battle has begun

Friday, October 10th, 2008

After much pre-race talk last night I compared Odyssey to entering a war zone…. You pretty much put yourself out there and just hope that you survive to the end. The war is not with the opponents it is with yourself – with your body, your mind and your heart… Today we won!

Cape Odyssey 2008 - week prior to race!!

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

This last week was meant to be a taper week – one of recovery. Well it was…. But only for running. This has probably been the busiest week this whole year and one of conflict and confrontation, deadlines, overtime and early mornings. Ideally I always wish to be inside a little pre-race happy bubble where [...]

Project Wishbone

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

“Amawele Wishbone Warriors” Nicola Lockhart and Vivienne Fenton are taking part in “Project Wishbone”, our challenge is to complete the “Cape Odyssey”, this is a 5 day trail race that covers 206km and it is done in teams of two - in return we would like to raise funds for 206 pairs of running shoes [...]