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Page 20 Stopwatch — O-week 2003 UCT Road Challenge Series Races Day Date Race Distance Venue Sat 15/2 Top form 15 Athlone Sun 23/2 Cape Town Marathon 42 / 21 / 10 Pinelands Sat 08/3 Constantia Village 15 Constantia Sat 15/3 Liberty Nike 15 Elsies River Stopwatch! Sat 5/04 Telkom 10 Sat 19/4 Two Oceans 56 / 21 UCT Mon 28/4 Neethlingshof 10 Stellenbosch Stopwatch is the newsletter of the UCT Athletics Club Sun 04/5 False Bay 50 Kleinmond - Gordons Bay Sat 10/5 Don Lock 8 Brookside Orientation week February 2003 Sun 01/6 John Korasie 21 Faure Sat 07/6 UWC 10 UWC Sat 12/7 Knysna 42 / 21 Knysna Sun 20/7 Heart Foundation 21 Durbanville sports ground Sat 26/7 Howard Centre 10 Pinelands Sat 09/8 Avon Ladies 10 Bellville Stadium Sat 16/8 Big Bay 15 Bloubergstrand Sun 24/8 Tokai Challenge 21 Tokai Sun 14/9 Peninsula Marathon 42 / 21 Green Point - Simonstown Sat 20/9 Stragglers 15 Strandfontein Pavilion Sun 28/9 Gun Run 21 / 10 Green Point Committee Luke Bush Chairperson [email protected] 083 996-3950 Liska Meyer Vice-Chairperson [email protected] 082 440-2140 James Stutterheim Treasurer [email protected] Road-Running William Robinson [email protected] 083 278-7393 Captain Track & Field Justin Edwards [email protected] 083 650-8307 Captain Nelson Bass Cross Country Captain 021 794-6219 Wendy Bates Women's Captain [email protected] 082 266-8398 Social Running Mpho Morabe [email protected] 072 521-8408 and Development Coaches Track and Field James Evans [email protected] 021 689-4009 Coach Road Running Dmiddelkoop@pwdmail. Dion Middelkoop 021 402-2117 Coach pwv.gov.za http://sportsclubs.uct.ac.za/athletics § © ¡ ¡ £ ¤ ¢ ¤ ¥ ¦ ¨ Page 2 Stopwatch — O-week 2003 Page 19 SEEING CLEARLY tenance, and the plan has all come right. Your running shoes have had You can visualise your entire run or just the right weight and width and Stopwatch! Welcome race from start to finish. It is a beauti- shock absorption for your particular ful necklace comprising lucid images event. You have adjusted your speed of sparkling pearls, and diamonds, ideally for the changing weather con- Editor: and chains of gold. It is yours: every- ditions. Every technique and technol- William Robinson thing that you can see belongs to you. ogy that you read about and tried to to the Everything that you dreamed in train- [email protected] implement has worked successfully. Cell: 083 278-7393 ing has now become reality. You take the picture, behold it and embrace it, STYLE in all its fullness. Contributors: You have studied your own style or James Evans, James Frazer, Justin club! SPECIFICITY gait of running, and have optimised Edwards, Kevin Rochford, Liska your strengths and minimised your Meyer, Luke Bush, Wendy Bates, You learned the course route details weaknesses. Perhaps you have used a William Robinson intimately for this particular race or video-recorder, or listened to an en- run. You knew every turn and hill and thusiastic observer, or been helped by building and road marking and cob- a personal advisor to maximise your blestone, even better than you know running efficiency for a particular race Contents the patterns on your own running vest. distance or race context. You left nothing to chance. Your in- 2. Welcome stant familiarity with every aspect of -------------------------- 4. Road Running the event guaranteed an almost perfect There are ten additional minor themes 6. Track and Field achievement. What an overwhelm- ingly complete and great run it was. or stitches in the garment of pure run- 10. SASSU athletics ning joy. These can also supplement a 11. Cross Country SPIRITUALITY or peak performance in the twenty major STATE OF BLESSEDNESS components of success. These threads 12. UCT award winners also commence with the letter “S”. Athletic Club Chairman For those who discover that running 13. To exercise or not to Luke Bush has this to say: can also be a deeply spiritual encoun- They are: Sharing, Sportsmanship, exercise? ter, this is the one day on which you Safety, Simplicity, Self-image, Sea- 14. Man verses horse I would like to welcome both new and sense the presence and close help of a sons, Sayings (inspirational words), old members to the UCT Athletic divine creator as you have never ex- Satisfaction, Self-esteem, and South 15. Tarmac Challenge Club and start off by saying that I perienced them before. A new depth Africa. record in detail hope that you all have a fantastic and an unseen dimension have be- 2003. come manifestly linked together, But, perhaps you, the reader, are now 16. Symphony of deeply embedded into your ever- feeling so uplifted and motivated that University definitely isn’t all about Superlative Success expanding tapestry of running. It is a you just cannot wait to start singing the “graft.” It is all about fitting in the state of feeling supremely blessed. your own song! So take up the theme 20. Road Challenge Series work between socialising and enjoy- yourself, and it's over to you. Cmo - races and the 2003 ing what Cape Town has to offer, SCIENCE plete your own happy ending now, Committee which is apparently more than just using these final ten words, all com- alcohol. You have used scientific principles to mencing with the letter “S”! formulate your diet, nutrition and sus- http://sportsclubs.uct.ac.za/athletics http://sportsclubs.uct.ac.za/athletics Page 18 Stopwatch — O-week 2003 Page 3 (Continued from page 17) STRATEGY The athletic club focuses on a number Where are we? of races for first time runners ranging SUPPORT Your race tactics are perfect for the from 10 km to 42 km and further The clubhouse is at the Cricket Oval day. You have slipstreamed easily, on middle campus below the Kramer The supporters and spectators all depending on how insane you are. For and gained numerous seconds of time. Law Building and across Woolsack around you are incredible in their en- those of you that prefer running in cir- You planned it all, and got it right. cles or throwing ancient implements drive from Kopano. thusiasm and encouragement. You The silver cup or gold medal, which have never had a day like this. You of war, we cater for you too. And, if was your ultimate aim that day, is now you like running in mud, up hill and Training Times? are propelled to new heights of yours, with a personal best time achievement. All the way, the cheer- down then x-country is for you. If all We train Monday-Thursday meeting achieved as well. Your approach and you want is to find a new route to run ing and clapping never cease. strategy are complete. at 17:20 with Monday and Wednesday in the forest or pick up an entry form focused towards new runners or those SHOULDER STAMINA and some training advice, don’t be building up to their first race. afraid to come along to the clubhouse You run effortlessly off the shoulder- Your endurance is at a peak. All that and ask. What do you need? energy of every runner who draws previous training has paid off. You alongside you, before each competitor have reached the maximum level of a Why should you run? 1. To join the club. Either during retreats in turn. It is as though these limitless plateau without being over- registration week or at the sports Many people run for different reasons: transient companions are feeding you trained. It has all come together just at centre. Signing up costs R120 and with a continuous supply of invisible the right time. • to escape from the stresses of this amount is put on your power, leaving your own reserves un- varsity; account. It includes a R45 license touched. You are able to draw myste- STRENGTH • to run and enjoy the scenery of some that enables you to enter races riously on apparently unlimited re- of the most beautiful races in the without having to buy temporary sources running beside you. The ex- You have never felt stronger. There country; has been a rebound effect from those licenses at R10 a time and this perience is totally enervating and re- • to keep fit and to meet people. sessions of intensity and rest that you can be collected from sports generating. administration or will be given to enjoyed just before the race. The So when you are feeling a bit stressed you at registration. SELF-CONFIDENCE length of the pause and the recovery or learning for that test is just to period were exactly right. much, instead of sitting there, get up Psychologically you are at a peak. 2. A royal blue vest and white and get out for a bit of fresh air and (white or blue shorts for Any possible obstacle is simply tossed SPEED shorts some fun. HEALTHY BODY women). These can be purchased aside like a matchstick. You are a self- HEALTHY MIND from Sports Administration. made super-legend; of this there is no Your speed has become ideal, freely flowing, fast, sleek. This is it. doubt in your mind at all. What should you run? If you need any further information as to specific training programmes for SINGLE-MINDEDNESS SKILL Well that depends on what you enjoy different races or anything else, feel Your driving sense of determination Your sense of judgement and skill in and what you want to get out of free to come to the clubhouse or to and your willpower are unquenchable, assessing the geographical environ- running.