South Africa’s incomparable ultra-marathon runner Bruce Fordyce will miss the Two Oceans Marathon for the primary time in 4 many years.
By likelihood, this weekend, whereas having fun with a gorgeous Johannesburg autumn afternoon, I made a decision to take heed to an album from my previous vinyl file assortment.
I selected All Issues Should Go by the “forgotten Beatle”, George Harrison. The file is an previous favorite of mine, a reminder of a unique, easier, and really joyful time.
The track rang true for me, as whereas listening to it, I used to be beginning to settle for that for the primary time in over 40 years I’d not be attending the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon this 12 months. (At this level I have to beg the reader’s forgiveness for my all-too-frequent use of the first-person singular “I” on this brief piece, however what follows are my impressions and reminiscences of the Two Oceans, and so that you, the reader, must indulge me.)
Ever since I first ran this excellent race in 1983, it has been a necessary a part of each April, and of each autumn, yearly thereafter.
“If it is autumn, it should be the Two Oceans” has been an oft-repeated mantra.
Since 1983, I’ve participated within the Two Oceans, whether or not as a runner within the ultramarathon, half marathon, or extra just lately, as a tv commentator….