Wednesday’s weather was foul – Windy, cloudy and generally miserable. A great day for a 2 hour run!

The group of us started at the base of the Pipe Track on Table Mountain and made our way up, through Camps Bay towards Kasteelspoort (a ravine running up the see-facing side of the mountain).

It was a hard, steep run/hike until we got to the cloud-line. It then became a hard, steep, WINDY, WET run/hike! Once we got to the top of the Mountain, the run leader asked if I would mind taking over. I agreed as we couldn’t see more than 4m ahead of ourselves and with fog like that – no one wants to get lost up there.

I took the ladies and gents on a fast-pased run down to the Scout Hut, around both the dams (which are bursting atm) and a few kilometers later, we were back at Kasteels, making our way down. By now, it was pitch-dark too with heavy fog. I’d kept the breaks short to ensure that no one got cold/hyperthermia.. all in all, we made it to the Old Brown Sherry which awaited us at the bottom, safely and in one peice.

This was the first of many runs semi-led by myself. I’ve been asked to lead some runs in the future which I will be doing! With spring now in the air.. so they tell us, I will be doing some more ‘adventure’ orrientated runs through the mountains. Watch this space!