Day 11 - Chris's Story Comrades Day. Most of you know the importance of Comrades Marathon. It is the oldest, and largest, ultra-marathon in the world. Comrades has an energy that I can only try to describe. Every year since the start, in 1921, the race has switched directions; one year runs from Durban to Pietermaritzburg … Continue reading Unogwaja – Comrades Day
Day 9. This would be the last long day, and include several very hard climbs. Over the course of the trip, we had experienced raging heat and freezing cold. Today started with very low temperatures, but started to warm up quickly. We had a couple of long, hard climbs early on. At the top of one … Continue reading Unogwaja Day 9 & 10
Day 8 - Chris's Story We started Day 8 dragging ass. It took a while, but eventually we all made it through our morning rituals, and got ourselves loaded up to bus out to our starting point. It was extremely foggy, and still very dark. The morning was quiet, foggy, and had an air of … Continue reading Unogwaja Day 8
"The first rule of Fight Club, is: you do not talk about Fight Club" Day 7 - Chris's Story Day 7 didn't started out in a dreary way. The external atmosphere was cold and rainy, allowing storm clouds to roll into the spirit of the group. Looking up to the sky, it looked like we'd … Continue reading Unogwaja Day 7
Day 6 - Chris's Story There was an amazing energy in the group the morning of Day 6. We were all coming off of the good vibes of Day 5, we were rejuvenated, regrouped, and ready to push the whole party to the finish. By this time, almost everyone on the team had experienced a … Continue reading Unogwaja Day 6
Day 5 - Chris's Story By Day 5, we were all firmly locked into our routine. Unogwaja was the normal, and our real lives were the mystery hanging in the future. After the endless, monotonous, leg- and spirit-numbing straight flats of Day 4, Day 5 was a dramatic change. While we spent Day 4 begging for … Continue reading Unogwaja Day 5
Day 4 - Chris's Story The day started off just like the others, a robotic dance of wake up, get dressed, eat, saddle up. As had become custom, I found my way to the back of the pack. This became my regular position to start the day. Being behind the rest of the team gave me an … Continue reading Unogwaja Day 4
LP: You completed Day 1 on a jet-lagged brain, poison-ivy'd skin, and the wrong gears. Take us through a head-to-toe inventory of your physical self at this point. CA: My neck was sore, arms were tired and my lower back was killing me. Not only was my lower back sore, but the poison ivy had … Continue reading Unogwaja Day 2
The Unogwaja series of blogs will be a collaborative between myself and Unogwaja Chris Adams. Please join us for the stories, the questions, the self-reflection. Feel free to shoot questions into the comment section and Perky will make sure Chris sees them. Chris Adams: It has taken me a full year to bring myself to … Continue reading Unogwaja Challenge – Arrival & Day 1
