Fifteen brave runners huddled in their cars
avoiding the rain until the very last minute and then made a mad dash for it.
The Norwegians were right, the downpour stopped and other than the odd shower
we had a pretty dry run. The advantage to running after rain is that all the
streams and waterfalls in the forest are in full flow and there is something special
about the smell of a wet forest with damp leaves and slippery boardwalks
underfoot all adding to the adventure. Our route took us up to the contour path
above the Kirstenbosch dam and then a little deviation up the start of the Window
Gorge path and along to the start of Skeleton Gorge. Cecilia Waterfall was
absolutely magnificent (see pic) and instead of the Volunteer Firefighters
helping us across as is customary on the 2nd leg of TMC we had Geoff who turned
himself into a human bridge. Thanks Geoff! Up the dreaded Rooikat Ravine we
went and instead of heading back immediately along the contour path homewards
we went up a bit more and then took the Mates Time Trial route down, a
magnificent piece of single track to Constantia Nek. From there an easy jog
back along the lower contour path to Cecilia parking lot.
The Recovery group consisting of Gae, Laura
and Jo ran a 9.7km route in 1h45 – thanks Gae for leading. The Main group ran
12.1kms in just under 2hrs and our thanks to Hein for leading on us on a really
lovely route. Thanks to Andrew Pitchers for the photographs.
Allison
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