Ok so not such a long break this time

I have booked flights to Cape Town to do the 50km at the Cape Big Walk on 14 Nov. I will use this as my qualifier for two oceans 2011. I need to finish in under 6:30 which should be fine. I did Loskop 50 in 6:15, so should be able to achieve my goal.

Liz will run the first 20 odd kms as a training run then she will second me to the end. This will make a welcome change for me. The 80 k last year was only about 50 walkers, the 50k was about 150, the 80 k starts really early then passes the 50km start at about the time we are starting out.

I think the finish is Rhodes high school- this is also the start for the 80km.

I am looking forward to this as I met a lady last year who did it in 6:15, and we raced often together.

We will probably be staying at a guest house in Simons town which is quite near our start at Fish Hoek.

The training levels are improving, I just need to get my speed up as TO is a faster race than comrades.

Ok so I suppose I better ramble a bit then.

Life goes on and on and on.

Somethings that have got me thinking

1 Why do some people always seem to land with their bum in the butter so to speak?

2 Why do we never appreciate what we have been given by some or higher being?

eg Cosatu striking yet we have 50%? unemployment

Brett Kebble?

Zuma's nephew?

Me?

3 Why is it easier to complain than to appreciate?

4 I believe there is a God, but if God speaks to people why does he tell Benny Hin to rip people off by charging them to fund his lifestyle, but then Maria who lives in squallor in a squatter camp without a job even contributes to his requests. This whole concept does not tie in for me with a concept of a God who is Love and loves without restraint.

5 How can anyone support soccer teams ( really any sportsman) earning obscene amounts of money, imagine 220 000 GBP a WEEK for a guy( Yaya Toure) who could not get in to the Barcelona team? It seems most of these teams are run by people who have far to much money- eg oil sheikhs and crooked Russians.

6 Amazing how we idolise people seen in the media, somehow we think they must be perfect because they are published/ written about. eg Tiger Woods(always thought he was slimey), Joost?, Jake , FW etc . I suppose in some ways this whole blogging thing allows us to let off a bit of steam, whether anyone reads it or not.

7 Why do some people suffer more medical/health problems than others? In the same why are some people blessed with good health.

8 At least since I took up walking a few years ago I have a way to clear my mind, get some ideas flowing etc, I suppose it would be great if I could blog while walking. I suppose in a few years I will be able to use voice recognition on my gps/cell/watch/laptop (all in one) to post while walking.

end of epistle

Comrades

Well comrades is less than 100 days away in fact it less than 90 days away.
I still need to qualify, not that I have not been trying, just not succeeding.

The ramblings of a nobody