The First Half Half Marathon

Magnus and Rob hit the road and ran the first half 1/2 marathon on a rainy Vancouver day - cheered on by Jonty, Elin and Cynthia.

Running in the Family!

Cousin David Attwell is proof that madness runs in the family! He and brother Tim have both done the Comrades and have earned the physical and psychological scars that go with this run! Time will tell whether the Canadian cousins can pay homage to this feet by completing the marathon. Here we have David with 12 very long km to go! The people behind look like some sort of march of the dead; David has a look of determination, likely to stay ahead of this macabre bunch!

The Runner in the Family

Everyone knows there is only one runner in the family, and that is Tim! Tim has run the Comrades several times and the following picture is proof. My friend Magnus Verbrugge plans to run the Comrades at some point, he recently completed the Marathon des Sables (www.darbaroud.com). He and Tim would understand each other when discussing matters concerning running such as prolonged pain, a lack of toenails and hallucinating after 10 hours of fun on the road.

Royal Victoria Half Marathon

Well, a first attempt at a half marathon yielded a time of 1:57:38. Not bad, looking to get it down to the 1:50 range before getting more ambitious.