Re: Morning Run: Tuesday, 9 November, 05:30

Join me for an interesting new route tomorrow morning: http://bit.ly/bSKEbf

Something new, something different, a little hilly and a lot scenic, who's keen to try it out?

Tuesday, 9 November, 05:30 from Great Westerford   

View Larger Map

Route description:
Starting from Great Westerford, we run up Dean Street and along Newlands Avenue. Down Paradise/M3 till we reach Fernwood for a scenic alternative route to Boshoff. We don't linger on Boshoff however, but follow Heath over to Riverside and then quickly on to Kirstenbosch Drive. Left onto Kirstenbosch eventually brings us to Bishopscourt Drive, which we soon leave behind at the junctions (instead of turning left to stay on Bishopscourt we continue straight onto Canterbury Drive. This leads us over the M63 towards Top Gate, where we stop for a water break, before following Rhodes Drive (M63) through a couple of curves till we reach Hohenort Avenue. Past Spilhaus, and later past Spilhaus again, we arrive at Alphen Drive. Past the Alphen Hotel we reach Constantia Main Road, past the M3, and head up Alphen Hill. Past Victoria Hospital, we veer into Wolfe Street to run past Maynardville (anyone want to brush up on their Shakespeare while we're there?). We then head straight, where the road becomes Aliwal, which leads directly to Main Road. Main Road leads us straight back to Great Westerford, making for a long but interesting route.

-------------------------

Dean Street Hillbillies

Race Report: Landmarks Half Marathon 2010

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/55955984

Route Profile

What a perfect day for a fantastic race like this one!!! Well done to all the Hillbillies who took part yesterday - I hope everyone had fun? I know I did!

I saw Jen at the start, and we ran the first 4km together. I saw her again hot on my tail heading down Rhodes Mem. I saw Josh flying down Rhodes Mem while I was puffing my way up still - well done on a brilliant run Josh!!

And well done Jen for finishing such a tough half marathon in such a brilliant time!!! You looked so strong when I saw you at Rhodes Mem and it sounds like you finished strong too. Soon you're going to be giving Josh a run for his money!! :)

Route Map

I saw Andrè too - flying down Rhodes Mem!!

Dy was marshalling at Rondebosch Common, and I think I spotted Kari at WPCC too. Were there any other Hillbillies there?

-------------------------

Dean Street Hillbillies

Stats: Thursday, 4 November 2010, 06:00

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/55448991

Thanks Jen and Linelle for a stunning run this morning!!!

Despite the rain that had bucketed down all night long, and promise of more to come, we headed out for a run (hey, the sun was shining at the time, if it starts raining mid-run we won't melt). We were trying out a new route, and getting in some hill-work after a couple of flat runs. We are the HILLbillies after all! :P

Route Profile

We set off along our usual start, up Dean and along Newlands, but then we turned down the M3 for a bit of a breather (that Dean Street hill seemed much longer than usual, too much flat recently!) Then off up Fernwood (wow, everything is so green and fresh after the rain!) and along Boshoff for a short bit.

Then came the new twists: we headed to Riverside Road and down Kirstenbosch Drive, away from Kirstenbosch!! It felt strange running the wrong way up those roads!! New territory, we headed along Bishopscourt Drive, putting the M3 and its traffic behind us for a while, and took in the beautiful gardens and huge houses around us. We looped up Chester and down Norwich, up Hillwood and down the M3 a ways before ducking back into suburbia to escape the noisy, stinky traffic.

Route Map

Eventually we had to come back to reality and cross the M3, but then we ducked right back into the back-streets and meandered our back towards Great Westerford. I was enjoying the run so much I just wanted to keep going, but alas, duty calls and we all had to get back to work. I felt like I could've run that route another 2 or 3 times at least!! It was just one of those days when I want to run and run and run some more!!

Suggested route for Tuesday run: http://bit.ly/bSKEbf

Something new, something different, a little hilly and a lot scenic, who's keen to try it out?

Tuesday, 9 November, 05:30 from Great Westerford 

-------------------------

Dean Street Hillbillies

Twilight Team Run 2010

It's that time of year again - the Twilight Team Run is coming up soon.Below is a route map so that you can see exactly where you'll be running or walking (or pub-crawling). Its a fun event, and all the entry fees go to charity. 

Team entries are available (4-6 per team) as well as individual entries.

Event details:

When: Tuesday 7 December 2010, 19:00

Where: Start/Finish at the Grand Parade, the route is a big loop down Adderley Street, back up along Long and down Government Avenue through the Company Gardens

How: Put one foot in front of the other for 5km, there is no time limit, just enjoy!

 

-------------------------

Dean Street Hillbillies

Morning Run: Thursday, 4 November, 06:00

Hi Hillbillies!

I hope everyone has recovered from yesterday's run, and ready to hit the road again?

We'll do and easy 10K tomorrow, adding a few hills (to remind us why we're called the HILLbillies) and check out some Bishopscourt scenery from a new angle. Including Fernwood Drive and Norwich 'hill' and Canterbury Drive.

Meet 6am in front of Great Westerford as usual, and we'll take it from there.

View Larger Map

-------------------------

Dean Street Hillbillies

Stats: Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 05:30

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/55227929

Thanks Hillbillies for a great run this morning, and thanks especially to Dy for leading us along a scenic new route. Nice and flat, the perfect recovery run from a tough 30K on Sunday (you can see some pics on our Facebook group, courtesy of Josh)

We started of heading down Main Road towards the cricket grounds and over Campground into Keurboom. From there we detoured through Keurboom Park - it was the perfect morning for a little off-road! Out of the park and sports grounds, we meandered through the quiet suburbian streets for a while before seeing the Rondebosch Common just ahead and the water-stop at Shell. From there we followed the Liesbeek River Trail back to Great Westerford, but decided that we weren't quite done running yet with barely 9km under our feet, so off we went again, under the railway subway and out at the cricket grounds once again.

This time we headed through the suburbs and onto Palmyra Road, aiming to take the 'scenic' route back over Stanhope bridge and wind along the quieter streets behind Cavendish. So we got in some minor 'speed-bump work' (in the absence of any real hills along this route) going up and over Stanhope, and over to Kildare Road, from where we had a lovely flat dash back to Great Westerford.

Not-quite-12km later we were back and feeling refreshed and ready to face this second day of the working week.

Join me on Thursday for a 10-ish km run, 6am in front of Great Westerford.

-------------------------

Dean Street Hillbillies

Stats: Winelands Training Run, 31 October 2010

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/55099868

Thanks to those who joined the Hillbillies yesterday for our Winelands long run - the group was small but ran very well together.

Route Map

I hope that everyone enjoyed their run? Besides the heat which started getting to me towards the end, I had a fantastic run. Thanks to everyone for making it a great run, and best of luck to all those running the Winelands Marathon later this month!

Route Profile

Keep an eye on the Dean Street Hillbillies' Facebook group for upcoming weekend traning runs, and on our blog for our regular mid-week training runs. Anyone is welcome to join any of our runs, just keep an eye out for dates and times (or email me to be added on our mailing list for regular updates)

-------------------------

Dean Street Hillbillies