Comments on: Masai Mara Marathon

By: Chris (Rotary Club of Nairobi)

Chris (Rotary Club of Nairobi) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:08:03 +0000

Your dream is coming true this Sunday, November 22, 2009! See: http://www.rotarymasaimarathon.com. Enjoy!

By: Cands

Cands — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:43:41 +0000

Hi George, you can’t – it’s a race which I wish someone would start and add to the running calendar!
Sorry to get you all excited

By: george ndungu

george ndungu — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:29:20 +0000

how can i register please?

By: Candice

Candice — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:52:57 +0000

Hahaha, you only have to run faster than the slowest person…

By: Mwaka Kaonga

Mwaka Kaonga — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:21:41 +0000

Thank you for signing me up Ryan. Given that you are faster than me you can chase those cats before I get there!
I think this would get the adrenaline flowing…hit the ground running and hope that you outrun the fastest cat. Gives new meaning to middle of the pack…by the time I get there the cats will not be interested!

By: ryan

ryan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:28:12 +0000

Mwaka and i are in
Have you heard about the marathon through Kruger? I read about it a while ago and i just found this extract about the race a few years ago – hilarious (especially as no one got eaten):
The seventeenth running of the Skukuza Half Marathon will long be remembered as the “Lion Race.” At about 14 km into the race the lead vehicle came across three lionesses lying in the road and when Vossie, the driver of the lead vehicle, tried to move them off they were reluctant to leave and only moved to the side of the road. By this time the leading runner, Vincent Kutoane, had caught up with the vehicle and when he saw the three cats on the side of the road, he jumped up onto the bakkie. A game guard was called in and managed to persuade the lions to move on, by which time twelve runners had collected around the lead vehicle. The runners decided that there was safety in numbers and so voted to finish the race in a bundle, jogging the last 7 km.They agreed that Vincent be declared the winner, with Graham Malinga and Nthuthuko Maseko, the second and third runners at that stage, being given those positions in the final results. The rest of the field past the point without more drama, most of us blissfully unaware of what had occurred earlier.