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I got up at 4am to eat my bowl of oats for fuel. By 5.20, we were out of the door to make registration at UCT by 6am. Miguel, the sweetest man in the world, came along for moral support.  I registered successfully and met the rest of the OptiFit group for a warm-up before [...]

Yes, people, this was what Week 12 was all about: I felt like I could run forever…! We ran 7km on Monday night. I ended up running ahead as I lost my group at the traffic lights where time stands still (Rhodes Avenue and Paradise Rd) and couldn’t hear the splits whistle, so I just [...]

Week 11 of Optifit was a disappointment to me, due to my own performance and mood. After the Easter weekend, we met on Tuesday for our motion tests – that is, to see how fast we could run around the field at Westerford High in 12 minutes. Every time you finish a lap you move [...]

I can’t believe we’re already in Week 10 of our training! We were all quite shocked to find out on Monday that the race we’re training for has been postponed to the end of May, instead of the 22nd of April.  I read this email announcement on my way to our Monday night run and [...]

We’ve just finished Week 8 of OptiFit and have four more to go. Unfortunately after each run this week, I felt exhausted – more so than usual. We’re obviously running for longer each time and this week we only had two sessions, one of 7km’s and one of 8km’s.  After the 8km last night along [...]

Tori Hirst, one of the SSISA team leaders, said something very interesting on Monday after a long and tiring run – why has the average human body not evolved to crave exercise every day when you feel sooooo amazing afterwards? This is something I’ve observed many times and appreciated when watching my pets – my [...]

I do NOT possess, I live in the moment and suffer the consequences and instead of embracing it, I give myself a hard time every time I falter. We had such an amazing run last Thursday (1 March) from Constantia Nek to the top gate of Kirstenbosch, the longest run I think I’ve ever done [...]

Week 5 – What I’ve learnt this week: Too much of a good thing is just that; too much and not necessarily good for you. So here I am on a fitness high after a great 4th week of Optifit. I’m feeling on top of the world and I want to hang onto that high [...]

So I decided to get on the scale this morning and voila! 3kg lighter in the fourth week of OptiFit and I’m STOKED! I’ve lost 3kg! Whoop whoop, I always feel weight loss in my bra first though, sadly… But my happiness isn’t just about having lost this weight – I love the feeling of [...]

Today, Wednesday, the 15th of February we received the keys to our new house. It’s a serious renovator’s dream (or nightmare); the possibilities are endless.  All the warning signs were there from the beginning, but we fell in love with it, and for the last three months, we’ve been planning, budgeting, pinning mood boards on [...]