We rendezvoused at Newlands Forest car park, near the helicopter base, ready to start at 07h30. It was a chilly morning but dry and the sun is beginning to come up earlier, so it wasn't completely dark. There were already quite a few cars in the car park but we found each other in the crowds.
After a brief briefing, we started off in a south-westerly direction. We followed the southernmost boundary of the forest, the fast group sticking to the jeep track while the Mediums and Relaxeds took an overgrown single track and continued the tradition of getting lost. Just slightly. Fortunately, we (the Mediums) had Jana B with us, and she provided a much better sense of direction than Lorraine's Endomondo app. On her instructions, we turned up towards contour path that led us towards Kirstenbosch and did a bit of bundu bashing before finding the contour path at the big rock with no name, to the north of the Aloes, but close enough.
We then ran along the contour path, over the rocky section and on to the boardwalks, emerging at the turnstile where the group split into 3: one returning via the steps above Rhodes Memorial, one continuing along the jeep track before turning back per the map, and the third, Melanie and Nothemba, ending up doing 20km via the Blockhouse!
The Fasts and the Relaxeds arrived back at the cars before any of the 3 Medium groups but all were safe and happy when they did finally arrive.
We were 24 in all today, and lots of familiar faces returned after their various sabbaticals.
The Fast group did 12km in 1 hour 40 mins.
The Medium As did 11kms in 2:06 hours, Medium Bs did 12,5 kms in 2:27 and the Medium Cs did 20km in their own time.
The Relaxed Group did a shortened route; time and distance to be advised.
Photos on the facebook page.
This week's coordinator was Lorraine Nevin.
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