Tri-The Beloved Country 2011

Another 40 something km's done! Yay! 2 more days to Durban. Staying with my maatjie Lana in Scottbourgh for the next 2 nights. Calf muscle...

Mission accomplished (although it took almost double the time having to walk - calf too sore to run). Covered the distance (40 odd km) from just...

Sorry so quiet!! Out of signal for a while (we had no idea of the devastation in Japan until 24 hours after it happened) and then were a bit...

Day 10 saw Kim exiting the Transkei and entering Natal. Kim ran about 45km to Mkambati Nature Reserve.

Kim Ran 30 km today, She arrived on a very overcast day at Mbotyi River Lodge around lunch time. Author: Kirsten   Staying in contact with...

I had a local legend, Nanto (Deon) join me for a really tough day from about 10km other side Mpande back past the backpackers at Mpande and on...

Kim is running with a local by the name of Deon today and they are heading off to Port St Johns. Week 2 here we come...

1 week down 19 to go! Today was my first rest day and it was great for all of us to rest and regroup. Yesterday, after running for 12 hours and...

Kim is really doing well. The coast is sweltering with humidity levels way into the 90’s.

Kim ran about 51km and was out for 10 hours, what a day. It was a long and hard going along the coast but she felt great afterwards.

Day 3 done and dusted! Today was a tough day but I am really getting into the swing of things and feel better today than I did yesterday!

We had another beautiful morning of running and arrived at Haga Haga around 2.30pm which gave us loads of time to enjoy the amazing hospitality...

What a fantastic start to Tri the Beloved Country! Great to see my sponsors (Global Business Solutions, Mpekweni Beach Resort and Spar) and the...

(Against all odds) the stickers are on the car, the branding is on the kit, my lucky New Balance 875's have arrived, Hannah is innoculated...

Catch Johnny Goldberg (CEO of Global Business Solutions - one of my title sponsors) and I chatting to Gordon Graham on the Border Drive...

4 days to go! My list of things to do seems to be getting longer rather than shorter but progress is definitely being made.

8 more sleeps until d-day! Mpekweni Beach Resort - What a superb venue for running, cycling, swimming and kayaking - and the ultimate family getaway!

11 days to go until D-Day! So much to do still so little time!..

With less than 3 weeks to go until d-day we received fabulous news from Spar today! Spar came on board a while ago as our food sponsors but today...

Today has been quite a day! I am enormously proud and pleased to announce that I have a title sponsor (in fact 2 title sponsors!): Global...