Video footage of my 10Km finish...

[cairnswm]

This weekend I did my second long adventure race. Advertised as a 150km race, but planned as 127kms through very mountainouts terrain.

In 31hours and 25 minutes, we ran 6 kms, paddles 12 kms, rode bike for about 70km, pushed bikes for about 20kms, walked through 3 different caves and hiked close on 25kms.

It was really really tough, I came very close to giving up but just carried on and on. Pushing bikes up endless hills is very tiring and frustrating.

About half way through the race I nearly quit. I'm glad I didn't and finished the race. We were the last team to finish officially. We ended 10th out of 18 teams that started the race.

[savage]

Well done for not quitting, as long as your have not put your health at risk.

[cairnswm]

Race report from the latest race: http://www.ar.co.za/reports/redants_4.html

[cairnswm]

I did my second marathon yesterday - finished in a time of 3:58:51 just beating 4 hours and improving my comrades marathon seeding by two groups

[savage]

I knew you'd break that 4 hour barrier. Well Done!

[cairnswm]

Last saturday (31st March) I ran my first Ultra Marathon (The Long Tom marathon - said to be "the Toughest Ultra in Africa") - see www.longtom.info for more info.

I finished it in 7 hours 8 minutes and a few seconds. It was really hard - especially the last 21 kms which is downhill - the first 35 uphill kms were ok.

I've had a ligament replacement in my left knee after a bad rugby tackle, and going downhill sometimes hurts like %#%#@!

[savage]

Impressive and inspirational as always!

[cairnswm]

My team "Lickety Split" suffered an accident in the kloofing section on the Swzi X Sport event this last weekend (a nice 5 day long weekend in South Africa). Between falls 8 and 9 there was a small rock ledge that had to be climbed down, I slipped down and hurt my ankle. Thanks to some quick work by the teams right behind us my ankle was quickly strapped up in a brace.

It took Lickety Split 9 hours to walk the 8kms to the next Transition. While we had tried to send a message out with various teams it seems these messages got a bit garbled and fortunatly we didn't sit and wait for help but walked out instead. Once out we tried to get hold of the race Medics. After driving around and phoning for a few hours we gave up trying to find the medics and headed for Waterford College to sleep and returned to South Africa on monday allowing me to see my own doctor.

Xrays showed a broken ankle, On wednesday it was operated to put the bones back in place, and I'll be stuck in bed for a few weeks.

So I lose out on Comrades this year. I am not sure when I can start training again. But it does mean more time for making games

[savage]

William I'm really sorry to hear about the accident. I know how much the Comrades meant to you. I wish you a speedy recovery and maybe I will be fit enough next year to try and join you in the Comrades.

[WILL]

Hey man, that sucks. :? I think we all know that you worked really (, REALLY) hard for this race. Sorry to hear that it ended up in your getting hurt.

But at least you seem to be taking it well. I'm glad to hear that. There is always next year too right?