A dream becoming a reality..17 weeks to go...

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L Kruiskamp FNB Savings, Acc # 62065491682, Brch code 250655  

Well with 17 weeks to go to my 7 x 7 Adventure (A marathon on each continent) this week included.....

Introduction

The weeks certainly are racing by! My first fundraiser is on Friday and I have to raise $25 000 by the end of Jan 2013! Any ideas or suggestions for fundraising welcome!! Please drop me an email larasheart77@gmail.com

ON THE TRAINING FRONT

Total km for the week - 39km 

Total Hours for the week (includes running & kettlebells) - 7h00

Monday 29th October 2012 - Rest & Chiropractor
On Monday I went to see Martin, the best Chiropractor ever, about my knee! And my big toe was a "bit stuck" and there was pressure from my tight quad which was causing pressure on my knee! And it was so amazing to run on tuesday and be totally pain free in my knee! Thank you Martin Khoury! 

Tuesday 30th October 2012 - 7km speedwork 7 x 750 yasso's

Every Tuesday a couple of the Dolphin Striders head for our local shopping centre car park and turn it into a speed track from 5am - 6:30am! Harry and I did 750m yasso's! Here is a pic from my endemondo tracker showing how we went round and round and round! It was awesome! Our fastest 750m was 3m39seconds!

Wednesday 31st October 2012 - Kettlebells 1 hour

I had a great kettle bells work out & headed to the running club in the evening for the club monthly braai!

Thursday 1st November 2012 - 8km beach / boardwalk run

What a wonderful start to November! A beautiful boardwalk & beach run with Harry, Sarah, Tammy and Joanne! Such fantastic amazing people, fun and special times had! We met at the running club at 5am and we were off! 

Beautiful sunrise on the Ballito Boardwalk

As we got onto the beach,  with all the rain & storms we have had, there was so much foam on the beach so as crazy runners do, we started playing with the foam "SA snow"! This is what we get up to in Ballito in the early mornings!

Foam fight "SA version of snow"!

Crazy South African runners!

Friday 26th October 2012 - REST Day

Saturday 27th October 2012 - 18km Blue Holla Trail Run

PYTHON BUSH..thats comforting ;)

I absolutely love running at Holla Trails! So I wake up with ease when my alarm clock goes off at 4am, enjoy my cuppa coffee and slice of peanut butter toast, pack my running pack, which includes a 2litre water bladder & bananas for a snack along the way & my packet to leave in the car with slipslops for afterwards and most important my Super M chocolate milk as my post run recovery drink & am off so excited to hit the trail! We set off at 5am, there was a chill & freshness in the air, we started with a monster climb & then turned in to go through the sugar cane fields, along the river and even through Python Bush! We were out for 2h40minutes and I loved every minute, soaking up the beauty and wonder of nature, even the slipping and sliding through the mud! As usual the birdlife is abundant, we saw pin tailed whydahs, fan tailed widow birds,  African fire finches, hadeda's, starlings, swallows, weavers, yellow billed kites to name the few that I could identify! We saw lots of animal spore too, which looked like duiker, genets, and again lots that I didn't know what they were! Then we came across a bunch of naughty vervet monkeys swinging & jumping from tree to tree! What a magic run! Thank you Harry and Sarah for a beautiful morning out & the great company!

Sunday 28th October 2012 - 6km boardwalk run

On Sunday later afternoon, I headed off to the boardwalk! It was a beautiful evening! But when I saw lighting, I quickly turned around and headed home!

Fundraisers on the go for Oceanites (www.oceanites.org)

1. Durban Barnyard 9th Nov 2012

For those in the Durban, KZN, South Africa area, I am having a Barnyard fundraiser on 9th Nov 2012 - tickets are R125 and the show is "The 7 Wonders of the Musical World", please e-mail if you would like to book tickets! Larasheart77@gmail.com

2. I've donated my birthday to Oceanites. 

If you would like to wish me a happy birthday for 28th November the details are below: 

Lara Kruiskamp

FNB Savings Account

Account Number: 62065491682

Branch Code: 250655

I am in the process of starting an NPO so using this account in the interim.

There is a 5 year waiting list to do Antarctica Marathon but 1 spot for 2013 as a fundraiser for NPO Oceanites and thats me! So really hoping to achieve my target of R200 000 so I can Run 7 x 7 in 1 year for change in SA!

Weekly Inspiration...

Have an awesome week

Lara

Kruger Park Skukuza half marathon

4th August 2012