Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 111, October 2018 | Page 14

ROAD RUNNING
ran a 100km race and mentioned Washie as his next
goal, so I sent him a WhatsApp to say this Washie
would be for me. He simply replied, ‘will phone you
Monday,’ then he called me to ask if he could push
me in Blitsie! I told him I had to talk to my husband
first, because I would be starting my next chemo
cycle on the Thursday before the race weekend, but in
the end I decided to go for it.”
ULTRA FOCUS
Ina (60) has lived in Ficksburg in the Free State for
most of her life, and has three married sons and two
grandchildren. She used to own a framing business,
but sold it and retired in 2015 due to her health. She
started running in 1989 because she wanted to run
the Comrades Marathon, which she did in 1991, and
says she just carried on from there. “I loved ultras,
and went on to do my tenth Comrades in 2000, which
was very special because it was the first year for the
new Bill Rowan medal and I got one. I finis