ALPHA CENTURION RUNNERS/WALKERS

Family:  Engaged to my best friend Chantel Beling.

Interests: Running (the base of any sport - Keep the heart fit and the rest will be a breeze), Hiking, Mountain biking, Adventure

Life philosophy: You are usually more disappointed about the things you didn't do, than the things you did, so hold on and enjoy the ride. 

Say yes now and figure it out later.

Favourite holiday destination: Anywhere that is not man made. 

Favourite food: Pizza, Pasta, Pasta, Pasta and braai

Favourite movies: Into the wild, 127 hours

My running career: I originally started running about 7 years ago, doing short distances up to 10km, 3 years or so after socially running with friends every weekend (that was more of a catch up chat session), I started pushing my limits on the 21km and exploring ways to better myself, it was at that stage that the "barefoot running shoes" came in to trend and I was one of the runners that definitely felt the "free" light feeling of running with a 1mm sole that broke my PB's every weekend, and with such a awesome feeling I went to go do the Deloite 21km the one morning and it was that morning only that we decided that we were just going to do the 42km instead, after trying to run the 42km with a 21 km pace, walking in between sections... I ended up damaging the cartilage in my knees and barely walking the last 6km of the Deloitte (Managed to miss qualifying by 2min). I was out for 6 months and started mountain biking to regain strength in my knees, only returning to the track a year later stronger than ever, but also with allot more respect to an "un-natural" running surface. Determined to do the Two oceans Ultra I joined my first running club (awesome club) and from there on the Alpha's have given me more advise and support than anyone can ask for, and with a great training program I managed to do a couple of marathons, ultras and Comrades. 

My running goals for 2019:

Back to back comrades and golden gate challenge. 

Family: Dad Flip, married to Willa and then there is Milo, the Dachshund. Milo
passed on. Now it is Karli the poodle.
Interests: Camping, running, braai and social.
Life philosophy: Life doesn’t meet you half way; you have to go all out. Respect
and be kind to people and animals. Make a positive contribution, what can I
contribute, not what can I get out of it.

Favourite holiday destination: Kruger National Park. And Pilansberg game reserve
Favourite food: Braaivleis
Favourite movie/book/TV Series: NatGeo Wild / Animal planet.
My running career: 6 Comrades
My running goals for 2019:

To NOT Run Comrades this year and to do more out of town races.

Family: Married to Craig - an awesome husband and super partner for all adventures that life brings our way .  2018 will see us celebrating 20 years of married life. Our four-legged family members consists of two crazy boxers named Brinjal and Shadow and a not-so-sociable cat called Squeekles.

Interests: Mountain Biking, Hiking, Skiing, Triathlons, Camping, Reading, Entertaining, Cooking and Baking ... oh and Running

Life philosophy: Laugh lots and laugh often.   #Justdoit - never think or say “I  can’t”  -JUST DO IT 👍   Life is more than just about you - give back whenever and wherever you can. 

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Favourite holiday destination: Every holiday I go on, becomes the new favourite destination.  Life is too short to visit the same destination over and over again. So I really do not have a favourite destination – each adventure becomes the new favourite.

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Favourite Food.  Chocolate .. yes, that is food.  A lekker braai with a good glass of red wine. Brinjals yum yum 

Favourite Movies. When a man loves a women. Four weddings and a funeral 

My running career: I started out doing some morning runs with a bunch of friends a few years ago. Slowly but surely a weekly 5km run, became a 10km run and then somehow the 2 Oceans 21kay snuck its way into my diary.  For a few years, the 21kays was far enough for me.  Then, 3 years ago, a friend said that he was looking at doing the New York Marathon as this was on his bucket list.  And so the bunch of friends all entered for our first marathon.  What an experience! And so the running bug bit. Since New York, Craig and I have done the Berlin Marathon, Chicago Marathon and the Cape Town Marathon.  The long term goal is to do the 6 world majors.  Sadly, we have hit a wall for next year, as we were not lucky enough to get lottery tickets for any of the 3 remaining on our list.  We do however have our eyes on the Disney Marathon as the medal is really big, bright and colourful and the 4 days of running sounds awesome.  So it seems the running career will continue for the foreseeable future. 

My running goals for 2019:

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Family: Married to Angelique, have two beautiful daughters Anzé and Danike.  

Interests: Sport, fishing and braai. Love running especially when I started by Alpha - ACRW.

                  Teams I support Western Province, Manchester United and Ferrari. 

Life philosophy: If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you. If you think about it Life and Sport is one thing, what you put in on the end you will be rewarded.

Favourite holiday destination: Western Cape

Favourite food: Braaivleis, Nachos and Oxtail potjie.

Favourite movies: Big Bang Theory, Avatar, Sniper, Any Given Sunday and Southpaw

My running career: I started with my long distance road running July 2016. Did my first half marathon September 2016, first marathon January 2017, first Ultra March 2017 and First Comrades June 2017 and Comrades 2018 was my back to back. Every day I love this sport more and more.

My running goals for 2019: 

Want to see if I can achieve my Bill Rowan goal at Comrades 2019..

I will keep on loving this sport, motivating people to start and also making more friends

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Family: Recenty engaged to my best friend and partner in crime Dwight Mulligan.  

Interests: Outdoors, Running, Adventure, Hiking, Cooking, Shopping. 

Life philosophy: If it scares you or challenges you, it will make you grow..

Favourite holiday destination: The mountains (Drakensberg)

Favourite food: Burgers, pizza, pasta and chocolates.

Favourite movies: Dirty Dancing

My running career: I started out doing a lot of adventure/obstacle and trail running and got introduced to road running about 4 years ago.  In 2017 I attempted my first 42km and injured myself, leaving me out of action for 7 months.  2018 I decided to go back to face my biggest monster once again.  I managed to finish 42 injury free and went on completing Two Oceans, Om die Dam and Comrades all in one year!  One thing running has taught me is to ALWAYS respect the road.

My running goals for 2019: 

To run my Comrades back to back..

Family: Married to my best friend, love my 4 legged kids Schatz and Chloe and the winged one - Pollie.  

Interests: Health and fitness

Life philosophy: Have big dreams and grow into them.

Favourite holiday destination: Places where I can lose myself like the sea or the mountains.  

Favourite food: CARBS!  😊

Favourite movies: Equilibrium, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Shrek, Space Jam – too many to mention!

My running career: I started running in support of one of my personal training clients and fell in love with running.  I’ve been running since 2016 and completed my first Marathon in 2017.  During 2018 I completed Om die Dam Ultra, Loskop Ultra and Kaapse Hoop Marathon. 

My running goals for 2019:  My fellow Alpha and running buddy Craig convinced me that it is a good time to go for Comrades…  Eeek!

Family: In a relationship with Aretha Strydom, an awesome partner who shares my passion for travelling, hiking and the outdoors.  I have 2 daughters.
Interests: Running, including trail running, cycling (road as well as mountain
biking), hiking, camping, gardening and doing nothing at all!!!
Life philosophy: ”Doen wat jy geniet en geniet wat jy doen“
Favourite holiday destination: Visiting The National Parks in SA, Namibie and the West Coast.

Favourite food: Aretha’s oxtail or lamb neck potjie, pizza and of course “Klippies and Coke”.
Favourite movie/book/TV Series: Books witch are based on facts not fiction.  TV
programs about the cosmos, nature and sport.
My running/cycling career: I played golf until 1984/85, and start hitting the road in late 1984. Since then participated in the Comrades (15), Argus (15), Ironman (7) Midmar Mile (4) I have been very fortunate to have run just about all the ultra marathons in the country and ± 1200 road races and 300 on my bike
My partner Philp Boardman and I were the oldest team (140 years) to have completed the Wine
to Whales 3 day mtb stage race. The Sani 2 Sea,Trans Baviaans 230km one day stage race (16
hours in the saddle) To Hell & Back, 175km Kremetart, Sabie Experience are done & dusted.
For the past 3/4 years I have been involved in the organization of road races eg The
Wally Hayward Marathon, Deloitte Pretoria Marathon, PwC George Claassen and the Brooklyn
Road race

My running/cycling goals for 2019: 

Family: Married to Trevor for the last 31 years, have twin sons, Seamus and
Cameron aged 24
Interests: Running, cooking, reading
Life philosophy: Life’s too short not to follow your dreams
Favourite holiday destination: Italy
Favourite food: Sushi, chocolate and just about everything else
Favourite movies: The Holiday, Notting Hill, Sweet home Alabama
My running career: Only run 10km and 21km races, have no desire to go any
further as those distances make me happy
My running goals for 2019: 

Zimbabwe Vic Falls 21 km run and more exciting races.

Family: Married to Beatrice, daughter Tasha and son Pascal.
Interests: Running/Walking, Web development & hosting, art, music, technology,
F1 and sport, psychology, reading, community (CPF and Ward committee).
Life philosophy: Everything is relative.
Favourite holiday destination: No regular favourite, but enjoyed Europe and the
Monaco F1 (60th present from my son) and Mauritius (when my daughter taught
there).
Favourite food: Steak
Favourite movie/book/TV Series: I enjoy Sci-fi, comedies and documentaries.
My running career: XC in school (60’s). Comrades up & down (’72 & ’73). Initially,
only marathons but these days concentrating on shorter distances and race
walking.

My running goals for 2019:

Return to enjoying half marathons again.

Family: Two sons, Callan and William – my heart.  

Interests: Running, Cycling & Scuba Diving

Life philosophy: See beauty everyday and maintain an attitude of appreciation.

Favourite holiday destination: Sodwana Scuba diving and Cape Town.  

Favourite food: Mom’s home cooked anything and KFC Zinger Salad

Favourite movies: The odd life of Timothy Green, The Zoo Keeper’s Wife

My running career: I only started running in 2017 with 2 km around the block but reached my goal of my first 21 km in June last year and from there I aimed for my first marathon in 2018.  I was very nervous and not a little intimidated to line up for Knysna Marathon in July this year.  It took forever to finish but it was such an incredibly beautiful run.  I’ve just finished my second marathon (Kaapsehoop Nov 2018) which took me a little less time.  What a wonderful downhill first half… and we’ll leave it there 😊

My running goals for 2019:  Two oceans ultra-marathon and, if I’m ready, Comrades

Family: Fur baby – Lulu, my long leg Jack Russel – best dog in the world ever.  I have a younger sister and a 4 year old nephew, Logan. They live in Pretoria Tuine.  And an older brother in Cape Town.  My parents and favorite aunt live in my hometown Potgietersrus.  

Interests: Outdoor and sport activities – running, cycling, fencing, walks with Lulu.  Criminology.

Life philosophy: I used to have a therapist, but my superpowers took him away.

Favourite holiday destination: Home with my Lulu and family.  

Favourite food: Enigiets wat ek kan vang - and braai

Favourite movies: How do they do that, crime documentaries, other documentaries and Spongebob.

My running career: I started running short distances in 2004. When I got chosen for the 2006 Fencing World Championships, I had to follow the national training programme, which included running, I only did 8km time trials and club runs, after that I kept on running and running longer distances – first 21km race was Loskop in 2007, first 32km Potties 5-in-1, my first marathon was the Wally, Loskop and Longtom was my first ultras, in 2009 I ran my first Comrades. Since then I finished 5x Comrades marathons, 3x Longtom ultras, 8x Loskop ultras and 6x Om die Dam ultras. I ran for Potties Athletics Club from 2004 – 2012, I joined Alpha Centurion in 2013 – marvellous club.

My running goals for 2019:  Get back to enjoy running. This year I’m going to run as much as possible, Hippo runs, time trials, club runs and 21km races, a few off road runs, cross country and maybe 1 or 2 marathons.  My longest race will be Loskop’s 50km.