I did it – after 6 months of pretty hard training I managed to complete the 89.25km Comrades Ultramarathon in 9hrs 32mins which is 50 minutes quicker than my previous best from two years ago during my Afritrex expedition.

It’s now a couple of days later and the legs are starting to recover – I can almost lower myself into a chair without using my arms! Downhills and stairs are still pretty challenging mind and it’ll be a couple more days before I can even think about going for another run…maybe I should just chill for a while.

After the race I headed up into the Drakensberg mountains to a place called Didima to get away from the outside world and it’s the perfect place to recover I can tell you. With views to Cathedral Peak and the entire mountain range the only disturbance up here is the occasional baboon trying to get into the room. Beware people!

Having some spare time has given me the chance to put together a couple of short movies about the Comrades which I filmed enroute during the Tour of the Route and the race itself but having a very limited internet connection means I won’t be able to get them up here for viewing until later in the week. They’ll also be some awesome pics of the sunrise over the peaks too.

Off horseriding this morning and the quad-biking too to explore the area as my legs just about get me to the restaurant at the moment!

Back with you soon

Ben