Fitness, Walking and Travel Blog
Fitness, Walking and Travel Blog
A Happy New Year everyone! Many of us made Health and Fitness important objectives for 2020. We had over 50 keen hikers and walkers at today’s event making it the largest group in our 6-year old history of hikes and walks at Klipriviersberg. Thanks to all who attended. Klipriviersberg was beautifully green today. The Nature […]
Sunday Morning Hike and Walk Klipriviersberg Johannesburg – 5 Jan 2020 Read More »
Thanks to everyone who encouraged and supported me. If I compare my results of ‘Year in Sport 2019’ to the results of those I follow on Strava such as Hans S. (Netherlands), Mark Mendes (South Africa), Mike Ramseyer (UK), Jonny Wignall (UK), Trevor Silvera (the Philippines – who cycles some 70 Kms/ day) then my
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The good rain over the past two weeks has given rise to a green and lush nature reserve. Klipriviersberg is beautiful all year round particularly early summer. It was great meeting friends, meeting people and making new friends. Thanks to David, Jan, Niren and Sylvia for co-hosting. It was fantastic having Jan once again hosting
Sunday Morning Hike Klipriviersberg Johannesburg – 1 December 2019 Read More »
Congratulations to the Springboks and to South Africa for winning the Rugby World Cup. Now to this morning’s hike… we had a large group, a good workout (burnt 1000 calories), we met great people (you mix and mingle and talk to people unfortunately not enough time to talk to everyone) and we enjoyed blue skies
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It was a bit windy early this morning but the wind soon subsided. We had blue skies throughout and it got hot (30C – 86F). The beauty of Klipriviersberg is that you can hike there all year round. Thanks to all who participated. Young Mohammed (6 year old) was part of our Group again today.
Sunday Morning Hike Klipriviersberg Johannesburg – 6 October 2019 Read More »
For many of us the 1st of September means Spring even though Spring in the Southern Hemisphere begins on the 23rd September. But hey, we can celebrate the arrival of Spring on the 1st as well as on the 23rd. It was an early morning with deep blue skies and a cool 5C (41F). Things
Sunday Morning Hike Klipriviersberg Johannesburg – 1 September 2019 Read More »
Today I did a 1-hour session (12,6Km) on the Concept 2 indoor rower. This brings me to a total of 500,000 Lifetime Meters (500 Km to-date). Rowing is a full body workout and it is a most enjoyable activity. I would like to thank everyone who have motivated me. There is a huge list of
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A cool morning 4C (39.2F) warmed up to a max of 18C (64.4F) and sunny throughout – we couldn’t have asked for better hiking weather. We had a large group and it was an enjoyable outing. Thanks to everyone who participated and a special thank you to the co-hosts David and Niren. It was great
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Yesterday I got up with a massive sore-throat. In the past this would be an indication that a bad cold would follow. Due to work commitments yesterday I wasn’t able to do my treatment for the cold but fortunately the sore-throat subsided. This morning I hardly had a sore-throat. Nonetheless I wan’t feeling strong enough
Just swipe your finger over a map, and Strava’s Route Builder for Mobile will create a run route for you. Read on… For runners and cyclists who want to plan safe, exciting routes to run and cycle in new places, a new Strava feature called Route Builder for Mobile is promising to make that process
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