1st February, 2009 - Hout Bay (20kms)

Meeting at 7:00 at the base of Chapman's Peak

This is one of our longest runs but a scenic one and thankfully there are a number of short cut opportunities :) We start by running up to the top of Chapman's Peak. The first coke stop is at the Lookout point. From here we head back down and the second coke stop is at the car park where we started.

The route now goes right through to the circle next to Imizamo Yethu, here we turn right up Victoria Avenue and the third coke stop at the intersection with Empire (for a shorter route you can go down Empire). The route follows Victoria Avenue down though past the Spar and towards the beach and right to the end of the harbour before doubling back inside the harbour for the 4th coke stop outside Mariners Wharf. We now follow the road back along Princess Street until the circle where we turn back into main street. For those doing the full route, you turn into Promenade just after the Caltex garage, heading down to the beach and then back along beach road to the parking lot.

25th January, 2009 - Zoo Parking (13kms)

This week it is from the Zoo Parking at 7:00, and it's the conventional Zoo Parking run up Boshoff Ave to Top Tap, then along the ridge past Chiavelli's old place, over the M3 footbridge, and down to Wynberg School before coming back along Tennant, past Paradise Motors, and back to the Zoo Parking.

It's about 13 kms, but is a "quality run" with plenty of hills, and its magically scenic.

18th January, 2009 - Muizenberg (17kms)

7:00am start from Muizenberg Pavillon. The run takes us through to Glencairn, with coke stops in St James, Fish Hoek Beach and then Glencairn.

For a shorter run, some people turn back at Fish Hoek giving you a very respectable 12km. The run follows the path along the coast from Muizenberg through to St James, where we join the road for the final trek into Fish Hoek. Again from Fish Hoek beach we follow the scenic path along the beach front and then over the bridge where we meet the main road that leads us into Glencairn.

There is often the chance of seeing whales and dolphins along the route, particularly at this time of year.

11th January, 2009 - VOB Running Club (14kms)

Starting at 7:00am, we run from the VOB Club House this week.

We head up Constantia road and then turn into Doordrift which we follow to the bottom. We turn left into Gabriel road and head back towards the club. This leads us back into Constantia Road which we follow until the intersection with Brommersvlei Road when we turn to the right. This will lead us into Southern Cross Rd which we take to the top. From here we go through Cecilia Forest and follow the old Oceans route before heading back to the club. This is quite a challenging route, but as always there are lots of possible short cuts :)

Thanks to Nicola Jordan for doing the Coke Truck.