Yearly Archives: 2025

Touring and Exploring South Africa and Running Comrades

(scroll down for 1000 Hills Parkrun and the Comrades Marathon Report)     On the Hoof in South Africa Frank Wainwright explored South Africa whilst visiting Smollan in Johannesburg and running Comrades Marathon. If you travel for the first time to South Africa beware that family and friends might be concerned. The city crime rate…

Cardiff to London – DNF at 115 miles

*Cardiff to London, 200 miles, water and snacks on average every 25 miles. A very pared down extreme ultra with no exterior support or pacers allowed and no specific event route signage. So, I made it to Streatley, 115 miles, 3 mins before the cut off. The sun baking off the white chalk of the…