ROAD RUNNING
Giving Our
Voice Wings
“I believe that if you chuck
a stone into a lake, it
causes ripples, which can
become waves, and if you
put enough of those ripples
together, eventually you have
a tsunami of change.”
Trompsburg is a small Free State town
that many South Africans would be
hard-pressed to find on the map. It lies
next to the N1 highway about midway
between Colesburg and Bloemfontein,
some 120km south-west of Bloem, and
is thus more often than not bypassed
by travellers speeding along the N1.
But this is where we catch up with
Nuno Morais and Morne Swart,
about a third of the way through their
run from Joburg to Cape Town to
raise awareness for the #OurVoices
campaign… and to them, Trompsburg
is a welcome temporary home, filled
with a warm bed and meal, and many
eagerly supportive residents!
– BY SEAN FALCONER
Snail’s pace… That’s how Nuno Morais
describes his current top speed in his second
attempt to run from Joburg to Cape Town.
He is the runner in this two-man team, and says it
has been a bit hard-going for the first 16 days of
the challenge, during which he has covered about
500km. “We’re not setting any records here, because
I’ve had some injury problems slow me down. I did
153km in the first three days, running on the R59, but
in facing oncoming traffic, I was running on a camber
Images: Morne Swart, Nuno Morais
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ISSUE 132 JULY 2020 / www.modernathlete.co.za