The route this year was intended to be a little more adventurous than our previous TMT sorties as we were to follow the VWS lead of running along the lower contour path across the front face of the mountain, adding some single track and elevation to the run.
We split into our three groups, and set off to follow the maps distributed. The Fast group led by Geoff immediately went upwards instead of turning left as they had run the real VWS race the week before and decided to follow that route rather than the map. Hmm. To the naughty corner!
The medium and slow groups ran along the correct path and turned up towards the mountain as planned, only to meet the Fast group coming towards them. A short confirmation of the remainder of the route followed, and the Medium group split into two at this point: the Medium Fasts led by Natalie and Theo, and the Medium Slows led by Neil and Lorraine.
The Medium Fasts then also diverged from the mapped route to add an extra few kilometres to their run by turning left when they reached the tar road and heading up to the contour path from further south, whereas the Medium Slows ran right and took the Platteklip steps up to the contour path.
The path down under the cable car was busy and the gorgeous morning had enticed Capetonians out of bed bright and early and the queue for the cable car was huge. The Fast group ran all the way to Kloof Corner and turned down there, missing the cable car but enjoying the steps.
We crossed the road and headed downwards to the jeep track that runs all the way across Deer Park from Tafelberg Road to Vredehoek. The undulating gravel is long but allows for some decent speed.
Altogether an enjoyable jaunt.
No comments:
Post a Comment