The Running Mann

"Just a Blogger and a Jogger" Compulsive Marathon Runner (#317🏅); Beer Lover; Father (2 girls); Husband (1 wife); Trainee Feminist

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Service delivery is still a serious issue in eThekwini. The Durban traffic police did not pitch for the marathon. They need to borrow a trick from the Blouberg Marathon and offer free doughnuts. Best way to make sure that the cops show up.
#RunSouthAfrica #HopeChallengeMarathon

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Why am I wearing the shirt of a race I have not run?
After writing this article (https://t.co/slGfyedSvz), I’d better have a good reason for risking the wrath of the running gods. That reason is the 2027 Marakele Marathon.
More details and to enter: https://t.co/nLGvtFSIP3

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

After publishing my “Water Woes” article on Friday evening (https://t.co/dIddNMGiar), I was pleased to see that #HopeChallengeMarathon not only had plenty of stock but also included some subliminal advertising along the route.
#RunSouthAfrica

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@LuckyGordy I've heard from a few people who said that knowing that if they didn't finish they couldn't wear the shirt got them over the line. 😀

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Full disclosure, or should that be disclothesure? 😏Why I won't wear a race shirt I haven't earned 👉 https://t.co/slGfyedSvz
A bit of a back story and a lesson on running etiquette.
#RaceShirtEtiquette #RunningGods #DNS #MannFlu

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

I believe that this particular subgenre of defacing road signs is called “Giraffiti”.
#HopeChallengeMarathon #RunSouthAfrica

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@JohannBiermann1 If so you have more benevolent running gods than those on the highveld! 😀

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@JohannBiermann1 The running gods are looking down and watching your movements with interest Johann! 😀

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@maxmash8 @SizaNazo365 Very sad.

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@BJKenno @Feabhsu @Connemarathon Beautiful!

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

There's 4.5m people living in Durban. It can feel very crowded. But there's one place in the city where the introverts can go to get away from it all. Kingsmead is officially the least populated area within greater eThekwini (esp during a test match).
#HopeChallengeMarathon

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@Henri_F Yeh agree. My point was that it may be difficult to prove the direct link legally but I am not a lawyer.

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Water sachets are cheap, weather forecasts are free and the maths is simple, so why do races keep running dry? Here's a look at some recent issues and what organisers and runners can do.
READ HERE: https://t.co/dIddNMGPZZ

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@jacovirus This was just before I flew - maybe my stomach was doing a preemptive strike? 😀

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Here’s a list of all your remaining marathon options for 2026.

My plan is Hope Challenge, Waterberg, Volksrust and Bluff. Still to decide on December but will be do the Upper Highway Trail Marathon in Hillcrest on the first weekend.
#RunSouthAfrica

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@jacovirus Enjoyed it - got a stomach bug the day before so was just happy everything held together!
Did you manage your sub 4?

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@jacovirus Yeh, I chatted to the race director after the race. Sounds like the police really let them down.

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Silver Service: This is how you know you are in the fancy part of Durban North.
#HopeChallengeMarathon #RunSouthAfrica

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@Henri_F I expect that would have to be tested in court. After TOM2025 when a runner collapsed 2km from the end and spent month in hospital with massive internal organ failure the family looked at legal but decided it would be too difficult the lack of water was the direct connection.

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@haroonabramjee @runnersworld Very sad news. 😢

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@darlhove Great to put a face to name after the race Darlington!

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Marathon #320 (Unique #196) at #HopeChallengeMarathon. Nice to get out of the Gauteng heat for a cool but humid Durban run. Thanks to Gavin Levenstein for the company (and the hill forewarnings) and Luc Q + DHS Old Boys for a couple of beers after the run!
#RunSouthAfrica

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

@sociable_weaver @JohannBiermann1 Bullshit posts are done by effluencers (but there is a strong overlap)... 😀