By caelim on 18/09/2008 18:28

Start/Finish in the village of Pauillac near Bordeaux.

Le Marathon du Medoc is not your average marathon. It’s a test of stamina both on road and through various vineyards. It’s a test of your sartorial elegance and chance to compete against some of the best disguises France has to offer. It’s an endurance event offering you the opportunity to taste 22 different wines, mixed with a little food. And it needs to be done inside 6h30m.

It’s not a race for breaking any PBs.

Team South Africa…James Deane, Karen Triegaardt and, myself along with a few adopted (honorary?) Africans..Christine Chambers and the Phillis’s, Tim and Shannon, left the UK feeling pretty smug. The weather for London that weekend was going to be filthy, and as everyone knows, the sun always shines in France and the wine flows.

Wrong. We landed in the rain.

For the unaware, the ... Read More »

By caelim on 14/04/2008 14:22

Any trip that starts with a five hour delay at Heathrow, can only get better. And so this trip to Cape Town did. The five hour delay passed in what seemed a matter minutes as 4 of the clubs more social members (ie not really athletes, not an ironman amongst them at that point) settled into the BA lounge to make short work of the lounges’ Heineken and Chablis supply. Training takes many forms, and the demolition job done in the lounge surely helped with our sleep when we eventually boarded BA046 at 9pm. I certainly don’t remember much of the flight.

The 4 in question, Stu Archer, Jo Perriam, Barbara Vincent and myself were joined in Cape Town by James Deane, Siobhan Brownlow, Barney Randall (although since he was never seen…no proof really ex ... Read More »