As part of our UTMB TDS training programme we included the 13 Peaks Challenge, see http://13peaks.co.za for more information on this challenge.
We broke the 13 peaks into sections, starting at Lions head car park on Friday morning the 26th of July. We completed Peaks 1 (Signal Hill) & 2 (Lions Head) before work.
On Saturday the 27th of July we ran from Kloof Corner to Hout Bay completing Peaks 3 to 7. The last 2 Peaks (Klein Leeu Kop & Suther Peak) were more difficult than expected given the heat and our tired legs so we called it a day in Hout Bay.
We returned on Sunday the 28th of July to complete Peaks 8 & 9.
New week, new challenge, we only had Sunday spare so off to Ou Kaapse Weg for Peaks 10 & 11.
We put Saturday 10 August aside to complete our 13 Peaks Challenge and our training for TDS.
Thanks to Steven Goodrich & Tevor Rolfe for the excellent company for all 13 Peaks and looking forward to TDS in 2 weeks time. Also thanks to Craig Sales for joining from Peaks 1 to 9 ~ Craig could not complete the last 4 peaks with us but we look forward to seeing Craig in Chamonix when he completes the UTMB CCC. Also thanks to Brendon Cowell for joining us for Peaks 1 & 2.
It was also noteworthy seeing Linda Doke on Sunday 28th of July and Sunday the 4th of August, Linda completed the 13 Peaks challenge in one go on the 9 & 10th of August. Also on the 10th, on the contour path before Newlands Ravine & again at the top of Devils Peak, we bumped into 2 more trail running legends, Ryan Sandes & Kane Reilly, enjoying a morning run.
| Date | Moving time | Distance | Location | Peaks |
| 26/05/2019 | 1h24 | 9.7 | https://www.strava.com/activities/2563820375 | 1& 2 |
| 27/05/2019 | 9h27 | 32.5 | https://www.strava.com/activities/2567182978 | 3-7 |
| 28/05/2019 | 3h37 | 16.4 | https://www.strava.com/activities/2569043535 | 8 & 9 |
| 04/06/2019 | 3h58 | 25.9 | https://www.strava.com/activities/2589237979 | 10 & 11 |
| 10/06/2019 | 4h30 | 23.7 | https://www.strava.com/activities/2606392301 | 12 & 13 |