Running In Circles Newsletter - 2014/06

IN THIS ISSUE

      Comrades Results                        Polokwane Mayoral Race Report                      Selati Race Report

Chairman's Chat

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I would like to start off by wishing our Club Captain Paul all the best as he recovers from his surgery. We hope that you are back on the road in no time Paul!

Comrades 2014 is now something of the past. Not having run last year, I forgot what a challenge this race is! I want to congratulate all the finishers, especially novices, back to back achievers - just all medal winners. Well done to each and every one of you. Those who couldn’t make it this year, well, don’t give up!

It was a wonderful turnout at La Spiaggia in Umhlanga on Monday morning. Thanks to everyone that attended and shared your comrade day’s stories. I would also like to thank all the supporters and families for their fantastic effort over the weekend. Thanks very much!

You will see that our aches and pains gathering is scheduled for Saturday 14th of June. Come along and enjoy the afternoon with us at LVCC.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the communications portfolio for the fantastic effort put into our social media profile. It really looks great and received many compliments. I hope all our club members take advantage of staying up to date via these channels.

Huge thanks especially to Toy for consistent enthusiastic effort especially leading up to Comrades! Thanks to all our blog contributions over the past couple of months. New contributors always welcome!

We have a couple of races approaching where we as a club will need help to host again. The HALLS run will take place on 12th of July. Please let the club know if you are able to assist on the day. Please note that NEDBANK LVCC members will not be allowed to run on this day. We will need the usual marshals and helpers at the race finish. There will be a new route this year and we would like to see if we can organize a post run on Sunday morning the 13th.

Time trials will continue as usual and will start 17:15 at LVCC every Thursday. Even if you don’t want to run, come to the club and have a drink or two with your fellow runners.
Good luck to those representing our province at the cross country champs in Pretoria this weekend.

To the rest of you don’t go too deep into winter hibernation. Rest, recover and then keep up the running and stay healthy.

See you on the road!

Steve

Muffin Run - 28 May

Captain's Corner

By Paul Norman

As I’m writing this from my recovery bed after my hernia operation, I have time to reflect how quickly time goes by, for many of us who went to Comrades it's hard to believe it's over for this year.

We had some awesome performances, some brave battles, some hic-ups along the way & some reminders that Comrades is a brutal race that shows no mercy.

I’m a bit drugged up so I’m not going to try pin point individual results. To all of you who lined up at the start well done, that is an achievement on its own, congrats to those who got their wanted time, for the everyone one else remember there is always next year.

A huge thank you to our club table volunteers, Keith, Lawrence, Beth & Janine I’m sure every runner while vouch

for how important you are on the day, thank you very much.

For those taking time off for recovery, enjoy it, recovery is as important as the hard training you put in.

Thanks to Toy for manning the fort while we were away & for helping me with Captain's duties while I’m on recovery.

Take care to all of you & see you out & about.

Paul

Dominic at the Nedbank Green Mile.

Comrades Results

Justyna Porter – 11:48:15 
Collen Sibiya – 07:53:26
Adriaan du Plessis – 08:44:06
Antonnette Hlatshwayo – 10:19:26
Elsa de Beer – 09:13:50
Fanie Bekker – 10:06:55
Gladys Mabuza – 11:29:58
Henrique Mbendane – 08:53:46
Jairzinho Mokoena – 07:55:20
Kenneth Maheso – 08:38:42

Lordrick Mathonsi – 10:15:37
Lovers Hlatshway – 08:29:49
Lucky Sibande – 10:50:33
Michelle Prinsloo – 09:32:37
Murray Anderson – 10:22:36
Regardt Ferreira – 11:44:54
Thulani Lukhele – 08:43:36
Zakhele Ntuli – 10:14:47
Coral Niemand – 11:42:29
Sandy Mclagan – 11:42:29
Corné Steenkamp – 11:15:05

Eulalie Erasmus – 11:43:41
Helen Clarke – 11:39:22
Linah Mhlongo – 08:59:37
Benson Tsiya - 10:07:48
Eddie McGee - 09:42:24
Fannie Ngwenya - 09:14:39
Filip Lokotsch - 10:48:46
Hezekiel Hlophe - 11:58:30
Iain Toomey - 10:02:48
Kgoroshi Diphofa - 11:51:28
Linda Mwale - 11:42:30

Madabuza Khoza - 10:48:19
Mausley Pilane - 11:12:02
Mbongiseni Shongwe - 08:12:19
Nelson Ngwenya - 08:54:35
Nndamuleleni Murovhi - 10:59:57
Ntokozo Majola - 11:30:02
Riaan Nel - 11:52:48
Silas Mabuza - 08:48:34
Venessa Van Aswegan - 09:57:23
Wessel Bhayi - 09:57:334
Adele Smit - 11:44:28

Andre Orton - 09:27: 17
Liza Ackermann - 10:36:31
Moses Mashaba - 10:04:26
Steve Brisley - 10:15:04

Linda at the Nedbank Green Mile

Polokwane Mayoral Race Report

By Folavio Sehohle

I would to thank again the management on behalf of myself and William with regards to the assistance we received from the club.

On 17 May we went to run 10km race @ Polokwane Mayor’s Race. Everything was well organized. It was a flat race and we went there to try and improve our personal best times.
Unfortunately it was a bad day at the office for me. I was with the leading group up until 5km and from 6km I felt that my body wasn’t responding. All my energy was gone and William caught up to me at the 6.6km mark. We pushed together up until 7km when I told him “man I struggling now you can go, I don't want to hold you back”.

It was great challenge for us as it was a well-paying race. The field consisted of all the top elite athletes from Nedbank and other teams from all over. The race was won by Kgosi Tsosan, a fellow Nedbank athlete from Pretoria, in a time of 30: 10 and William finished in 7th place in a time of 31:41. I finished 11th but unfortunately there was only prize money for the top 10!!!!

Thanks to the club and its management for all the support. We really appreciate everything and good luck to everyone running the Comrades Marathon. 

We know you guys will do well! 

Folavio

Selati Race Report

By Toy Dupper

The Selati "Marathon¨, may in actual fact only consist of a half marathon, 10 km and some fun runs but deserves that title thanks to its sheer size in logistics, attendance and sponsorship.

It certainly is one of the biggest races in our region and the Onderberg really makes up for its lack of races with this one. (Please bring Kaftan & Boulders back!)

Nedbank LVCC was well represented with our top athletes and in-form Comrades runners all on the start line. I spotted William on the last bit of his 10 km flight and it was pretty damn impressive. He smoked his competitors in the 10 km race and won in 30:55. Our ladies also stepped up to the plate with an overall win for Nonthokozo and junior win for Madri. Well done to Fanie on his 40:55 PB that could have been well under 40 if he didn't take the wrong turn halfway through the race.

Well done to Lovers and Ntuthuko who placed 6th and 7th respectively in the half marathon ¡V in the prize money I believe. Unfortunately Folavio had a bad race (he is human after all!) and old shoe issues. Keep fighting Folavio! I'm sure your new Nike Flyknit Racers won't let you down. Also well done to Cornelia on her 1st place in the Junior category.

I managed to run a PB but I didn't get close to a low-flying Adriaan who ran a blistering 1:27:27. Good enough for a silver medal in 36th position.

Thank you to all our runners for attending the race, despite the problems with stop and go's on the N4.

Hats off to Deon Valks and the Onderberg Athletics Club for an extremely well organised event and thank you to Selati for sponsoring this awesome race year after year.

Toy

10km Nedbank LVCC Results:

1 WILLIAM MOTHOSOLA - 30:55
2 BONGANI MKHUMBANE - 32:09
15 BHEKIMUSA NKOSI - 36:51
32 NONTHOKOZO DLAMINI - 40:02
36 FANIE BEKKER - 40:51
51 JEROME GCABA - 43:08
57 MADRI WIDD - 43:54
73 BRIAN MASHEGO - 47:35
85 ANTHEA BEKKER - 49:30
186 MADABUZA JOSEPH - 1:02:50
188 ANTHONY NORVAL - 1:02:58
299 CHARL KOTZE - 1:11:38
301 DAVID RUDGE - 1:11:44
500 WINSOME NORVAL - 1:38:10

21km Nedbank LVCC Results:

6 LOVERS HLATSWAYO -1:09:46
7 NTUTHUKO MASEKO - 1:10:29
17 FOLAVIO SEHOLE - 1:17:24
22 COLLEN SIBIYA - 1:19:53
31 HENDRIQUE MBENDANE - 1:23:16
36 ADRIAAN DU PLESSIS - 1:27:27
45 JOSHUA LAMULA - 1:29:52
46 LORDRICK MATHONSI - 1:30:41
60 TOY DUPPER - 1:34:12
63 LUCKY SIBANDE - 1:35:18
66 STEVE BRISLEY - 1:36:33
111 ELSA DE BEER - 1:46:45
113 PETRO BUCKINGHAM - 1:46:48
116 IAIN TOOMEY - 1:48:09
130 WIMPIE DE BEER - 1:52:11
138 CORNELIA JV RENSBURG - 1:53:15
181 PHILILE DLAMINI - 2:06:29
195 MAGERIETH MSIBI - 2:12:03
196 NELLY KHOZA - 2:12:03
199 ZWELI MPATSHA - 2:12:10
227 JULINS MARSH - 2:18:57
229 ALFRED NKOSI - 2:18:58
246 COLEEN SCHURINK - 2:21:24
281 EULALIE ERASMUS - 2:35:05

Lowveld Country Club 104th Annual General Meeting

P.O Box 30023

Nelspruit

1213

Tel & Fax: 013 7449156

Notice is hereby given of the 104th Annual General Meeting of Lowveld Country Club to be held in the Main Hall of the Clubhouse on Wednesday 18th June 2014 at 18h00-20h00.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING

DATE: Wednesday 18th June 2014
VENUE: Main Hall LVCC
TIME: 18h00

AGENDA
1. Background information regarding the Finances of the Club – Glen Bridgeford
2. New constitution To incorporate TEU conditions for NPO Status
3. Proposal for the way forward – Dave Cruse
4. General Discussion

1. To confirm the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting, and any Special General Meetings since the previous A.G.M.
2. To receive the report of the retiring Council
3. To receive the Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2014
4. To invite no more than two (2) individuals, by virtue of their office, to become Patrons of the club. Such invitations, if any, shall be recommended by the retiring Council.
5. To elect the President of the Club and not more than one Vice President, all of whom shall be nominated by the retiring Council.
6. To elect such Trustees as are required in terms of the Constitution.
7. To elect an Honorary Secretary.
8. To elect an Honorary Treasurer.
9. To elect 5 Council Members as referred to in clause 5 of the Constitution.
10. To elect, if seemed desirable, one (1) Honorary Life Member as recognition of special services to the Club, or to sport generally, provided that the retiring Council shall have made a recommendation to that effect.
11. To appoint an auditor, or auditors, for the ensuing year.
12. To discuss such business as is brought under consideration by the report of the retiring Council.
13. To consider and determine upon such other business as has been duly notified in the notice convening the meeting.
14. To discuss and make recommendations to the incoming Council for the future governing of the Club upon any matters that members may desire.
14. Progress of sale of Land.

Note:
1. No member will be eligible to vote unless in possession of a 2013/14 membership card
2. All members Cards will be scanned at Club entrance.
3. The nomination of each and every proposed member of Council, or Trustee, shall be in writing and shall bear the signature of the member being proposed. The nomination form shall also record the full names and signatures of the nomination members. These Nominations shall be delivered to the Club Administrative Offices at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the commencement of the Annual General Meeting.
4. Nomination and Proxy forms are available via e-mail or from the Club’s Administrative Offices.

June Training & Events Schedule

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Running In Circles Newsletter - 2014/05

IN THIS ISSUE

  Loskop Race Report                 SA Track Champs Report               Sudwala Race Report

Chairman's Chat

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Once again thank you so much to the Van Aswegen family for assisting us with the catering at Loskop.
· Congratulations to all those who ran Loskop, Two Oceans and various other races around the country.
· A huge thank you to Paul for organising the long run and to the support vehicles.

BUILD UP TO COMRADES
· Comrades photo – Time trial 8th of May. Photo will be taken at 17.20 before tt starts. Dress code Nedbank green, running kit only
· If you have not verified your qualifier times and license 2014 number to Comrades by the 6th of May 2014 you will be DQ as an entrant for this year’s rate. Please note that if you have not paid for your 2014 license and falsify information as to your qualifying times the Nedbank LVCC take immediate disciplinary action.
· Sunday 18th May we will have a run our Masvetsen challenge at Johan and Annetjie’s farm. This will be followed later in the morning with our Comrades Derby braai. Details of which we will release ASAP.
· Please note Nedbank will not be producing a special Comrade’s shirt for purchase this year. Our thoughts were to try and obtain sponsorship for a long sleeve dri- fit shirt for our runners this year but as yet there are no offers. We have at least 60 bona fida Nedbank LVCC runners who we would love to recognise with a shirt to mark the occasion. Any offers and suggestions are welcome but please bear in mind this is really time restricted and therefor urgent.                                                                                                              

KIT

· We have put in a small order for large men’s vests and shorts and some medium square shorts too. If you have not ordered and paid via the forms on the blog by 8th May you will not have your kit in time for Comrades.
· A huge thank you to Chris at Mpumalanga Running Store for all his patience as we feel our way to dealing with our kit. Please all support Chris he has some great shoe deals.

COMMUNICATIONS · Congratulations to the communication pixies on reaching the 20000 hits mark on the blog.
· For those of you who take the time to visit the blog and most especially those who take the time to publish articles and photos – thank you.

As we wind down to the Comrades, keep warm, healthy and safe.

See you on the road!

Steve

Captain's Corner

By Paul Norman

WOW less than a month left before Comrades, can you believe how the time & the runs have flown by? Now is the time to relax your mind and prepare mentally for the big day, your mileage is finished and what you do now on the road will not help much on the day, so rather focus on quality runs to stay in shape and not any high mileage. Good luck to everyone. 

We had our 50km club long run on 27th April, it was well supported and a great day & run was had by all, even though it was tough & hot it turned out to be perfect training. A BIG THANK YOU to Joe & Keith for driving the support bakkies, you did a sterling job & without your time & assistance we could not have had the run, THANK YOU !!!

Please keep a look out for info on the upcoming Masvetsen & derby events and volunteer your assistance where you can. If you are able to assist on Comrades day at the club support tables please let us know ASAP.

Stay safe, stay strong & believe

Paul

 “Hills are our friends, so you can walk together if you want to”   

Loskop Ultra Race Report

By Adriaan Du PLessis

My journey to the 29th edition of Forever Resort Loskop 50km started a week early as I was required by my employer to spend a week in Pretoria. It was impossible for me to get out on the road for that week. After a week of long working hours I could finally focus on the task at hand - a 50k race from Middelburg to Loskop Dam.

I knew that I needed a few extra hours of sleep the night before so I arranged with the De Beers to take my car down to Loskop the Friday afternoon in exchange that Helen can leave her car at my friend’s house and that they can catch a lift to the start. When everything was sorted I had the time to figure out my game plan for the next day.

Those who train with me know how precise I can be when it comes to race preparation.      I was as ready as can be by bed time. The target: 4:45.

When my alarm went off at 04:40 I felt well rested and ready to go. The few extra few hours of sleep would come in handy. At that stage I knew that the last bus had already left Loskop and felt sorry for those runners that had to get up early to catch them.

It wasn't long before the LVCC crew pitched up. By crew I don't mean 2 or 3 people, 7 runners in total, all of them in the new Nike kit. The first obstacle of the day was to find out if 9 people would fit in a Land Rover Discovery. Well it turns out 9 runners do fit into a Land Rover but not with ease…

We made our way to the start, excited as always but no one comes the wait -the part that most runners hate. I knew in order to run a 4 hour 45 min pace I would have to incorporate a bit of walking as this was part of my Comrades training. Eddie approached me and asked me what my plan was for the day. With it being his first Ultra marathon he asked me if he could tag along and the arrangement was that if my plan doesn't suit him he should go for a better time. I guess the fact that I had an extra t-shirt that I handed to him to save him from the cold weather must have convinced him to rather stick with a slightly more experienced runner. 

The 29th edition of Loskop was finally under way by 6am. 3 000 plus runners all excited to run from Middelburg to the more attractive surroundings of Loskop. The first 22km was quite boring but the weather was perfect. The water points are some of the best you will find at any race. I even helped myself to a few cocktail "boeries" at one water station.

From the post office tower the landscape changes a bit and the run gets a bit more exciting. We got to the bottom of Buggers Hill and at that moment I turned to Eddie and told him there’s no way I’m running all the way up Buggers Hill just to go down the other side and be another victim of Kranspoort. I spotted a tall green giraffe in the corner of my eye as we pulled out our walking legs and realised its champion power walker Helen Clarke. She passed us with ease and I thought to myself that I might ask her for some walking lessons in future.

When we got to the top of “Mount” Buggers Hill we were fresh and our legs felt great. On the descent I made the remark that we would catch most of the runners that were passing us on the downhill. Runners passed us in a free fall down to Kranspoort, a fierce decent which Venessa aptly renamed “Vulture Valley”. The beauty of the surroundings makes up for the potential pain this stunning area can inflict on runners. We were even fortunate enough to spot some game on the cliffs.

We got to the bottom fairly fresh and passed the marathon mark. Most of the runners that didn't respect the free fall down Kranspoort were suffering badly by now as the heat factor also started to kick in. We passed fallen runners by the dozen as we approached Varady's Hill. Our plan was to incorporate a few walking sessions going up Varady's Hill but got tired of this about half way to the top and pulled away with 1km left to the top of the hill. At this stage we felt more at home running up hill and decided to put the hammer down and do a bit of running.

The last 3 km flew by and we finished the race in a time of 4 hour 45 minutes and 48 seconds. I was satisfied with the way we paced ourselves and the how great we felt at the end and rewarded myself with a few beers and a double brandy and coke!

Next year will be the 30th Edition of this magnificent race and I would like to encourage more LVCC runners to participate in this great race next year.

Cheers,

Adriaan

SA Track Championships Report

By Folavio Sehohle

On Friday 11 April I ran the heats for 1500m and I finished in a tight 2^nd, both I and Jerry (1^st) ran 3:48:56.  William ran his heat in the 800m and also finished 2^nd with a time of 1:48:68.  Saturday was race day, and when the fireworks were expected.  William took 5^th place in the 800m, it was a tactical boring race, and nobody was pushing.  In my event I finished 3^rd, in very much the same race as the 800m.

I am humbled and appreciate the quality service provided by the Nedbank LVCC team.  Both I and William would like to take this opportunity to thank the Nedbank team for the accommodation arranged and the money for food and travelling, this made our journey easier, as we didn’t have to worry about anything but our race and to produce good results.

We are very proud to be part of this Nedbank team, with the warm welcoming and good hospitality, once again, we really appreciate everything. Keep up the good work, and we wish the club and its members a lot of success.  We would like to say a very special thank you to Mr. Paul Norman, who also sponsored us. 

Its build up for me now, I have 4 more races in Norway before end of June and my last race will be in Ireland on the 7^th of August. 

I will keep you updated.

Folavio

Sudwala Screaming Monster Race Report

By Cindy Brooks

Another year.....another "Screaming Monster" in the bag....

On Saturday 3rd May 2014, runners took to the road to tackle the Sudwala Caves half marathon...more commonly known as the "Screaming Monster"..

One of the more challenging half marathons here in the Lowveld with a very tough 2km climb up to the caves at the end of the race but that didn’t stop the runners from entering though....what a great turnout this year...runners coming from near and far to enjoy the beautiful scenery as well as tackling this difficult race!

Well done to all the green vests for taking part this year....everyone did very well and looked very snazzy in the new kit....definitely a standout from a spectator’s point of view!!!!

Comrades legend Alan Robb was there to award our category winners their prizes. Congrats to our members on some brilliant performances!

Well done to Legogote Villagers for organizing the race and to everyone for showing their support!!!

Cindy

May Training & Events Calendar

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