{"id":153034,"date":"2017-06-01T18:28:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T16:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/153034\/lg_keved-comrades-diary-entry-1-benoni-ballito\/"},"modified":"2017-06-01T19:06:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T17:06:51","slug":"lg_keved-comrades-diary-entry-1-benoni-ballito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/06\/01\/lg_keved-comrades-diary-entry-1-benoni-ballito\/","title":{"rendered":"#LG_KevEd Comrades diary entry 1 &#8211; Benoni to Ballito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Knees weak, humidity is heavy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re here!<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Here being the North Coast of KZN, Ballito &#8211; our home base for the next three days ahead of the most renowned race in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>What started with a video interview at Benoni High School with three-time Comrades Marathon winner and women&#8217;s down run record holder, Frith van der Merwe, yesterday (May 31), has seen us drive 600km with one goal in mind: To give you a unique angle of coverage of\u00a0the\u00a0oldest ultra-marathon in the world.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Let us take you on the #LG_KevEd Comrades journey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>East Rand represent!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>Yesterday&#8217;s Q&amp;A with a legend:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/296877\/frith-van-der-merwe-talks-comrades-benoni-lg_keved\/<\/p>\n<p>And so it begins&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The cool thing about driving down to KwaZulu-Natal at Comrades time is that you cannot help but to bump into runners from far and wide.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Dirk Lourens from Herolds Bay, in the Western Cape, who we bumped into at a garage in Villiers.<\/p>\n<p>The runner has his sights set on a rather ambitious target:<\/p>\n\n<p>A road trip is not a road trip without a bit of argy-bargy in the car:<\/p>\n\n<p>#Kev_Ed also struggled to accept the impecous taste in hip-hop music that #LG was blasting throughout the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually we found ourselves at Comrades House, in Pietermaritzburg, where we learnt some history of the famous marathon and saw a familiar face:<\/p>\n\n<p>And, would you believe, bananas are not in short supply on race day.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, all of these are in abundance:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-296959 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2017\/06\/unnamed-1-518x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nine tons of bananas?<\/p>\n<p>Eight tons of oranges?<\/p>\n<p>What is this?<\/p>\n<p>King Louis&#8217;s Kingdom?<\/p>\n<p>We also stumbled upon some great advice:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-296960 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2017\/06\/20170601_151755-Medium-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, time for a cold beverage and a bit of rest in the most humid room on the planet (SOS!!).<\/p>\n<p>Until tomorrow, have a good one, comrades.<\/p>\n<p>Oh ja&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on our social media platforms and let the jol continue:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/benonicitytimes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">benonicitytimes.co.za<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Also READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/258988\/benonians-humbled-by-comradesordominating-the-down-run\/\">Benonians dominate the Comrades down run<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/273039\/blog-ive-got-the-runs\/\">BLOG: I\u2019ve got the runs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='6acb3e63ca9d613f6e11187364776e28'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palms are sweaty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":153035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Logan 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