Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 68, March 2015 | Seite 7

WINNING LETT
ER
RUNNING FOR HER DAD
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In November last year I tore the cartilage in my left hip, and I tore it badly. To repair the damage I was scheduled
for an arthroscopy in early January, which would leave me on crutches for two months and in physio and rehab
for another four months. I had never been a ‘runner.’ I had done a few 10km races, but never anything serious.
About three weeks before my surgery, however, I made a deal with my best friend – let’s call her Jeanine – that
I would run the Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon with her. Why, you may ask? That would