There is a huge amount of remourse starting the last stage... we enjoyed the previous night like it was our last together - this because not all of the crew would be apart of the last nights activities! What a week and to think we only had one more to enjoy - it was a bitter sweet pill to swallow, something we were not prepared for. It was an emotional day - lots of memories built up over such a short time, yet today was the end? Difficult to explain how amazing this trip has been and what it has meant to us all...
Either way, the last day - stage 12, Pretoria to Melrose Arch. We started off at a Nedbank branch in the centre of town and were sent off by a group of school children. This was rather refreshing but a pity the road was so busy - or maybe they could have run a few km with us! It was hot out there with temperatures exceeding 34 Celcius again. We had a very interesting stop at the Voortrekker Monument - and what a piece of history, something that should be there for the generations to come and visit and see a portion of our countries rich and diverse history. After this we made our way through Midrand, past Leeukop Prison and onto Rivonia Road. By now we were getting lots of hoots and waves, as many drivers and passengers got that we were the crazy folk being spoken about on the radio... To make it all more interesting - the last 10km was the roughest of the entire route - we where shattered, tired and mentally finishished, yet knew we needed to pull that little bit more out to get to the end! Eventually, Rivonia became Corlet Drive and we were nearly there. Our Crew remained as cheerful and supportive as ever and we finally saw a big blow up banner signalling the place we were to finish 560km of running between Nelspruit and the Melrose Arch Piazza. Wow - it's all over - the running portion anyway!
There is a huge amount of remourse starting the last stage... we enjoyed the previous night like it was our last together - this because not all of the crew would be apart of the last nights activities! What a week and to think we only had one more to enjoy - it was a bitter sweet pill to swallow, something we were not prepared for. It was an emotional day - lots of memories built up over such a short time, yet today was the end? Difficult to explain how amazing this trip has been and what it has meant to us all...
Either way, the last day - stage 12, Pretoria to Melrose Arch. We started off at a Nedbank branch in the centre of town and were sent off by a group of school children. This was rather refreshing but a pity the road was so busy - or maybe they could have run a few km with us! It was hot out there with temperatures exceeding 34 Celcius again. We had a very interesting stop at the Voortrekker Monument - and what a piece of history, something that should be there for the generations to come and visit and see a portion of our countries rich and diverse history. After this we made our way through Midrand, past Leeukop Prison and onto Rivonia Road. By now we were getting lots of hoots and waves, as many drivers and passengers got that we were the crazy folk being spoken about on the radio... To make it all more interesting - the last 10km was the roughest of the entire route - we where shattered, tired and mentally finishished, yet knew we needed to pull that little bit more out to get to the end! Eventually, Rivonia became Corlet Drive and we were nearly there. Our Crew remained as cheerful and supportive as ever and we finally saw a big blow up banner signalling the place we were to finish 560km of running between Nelspruit and the Melrose Arch Piazza. Wow - it's all over - the running portion anyway!
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