Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 74, September 2015 | Seite 7

GREAT FIRST SEMINAR
Dear Ed, good to meet you, your crew, guest speakers and other runners at your first
Modern Athlete Club Seminar. It was an excellent, well-organised, on-time social
do with good snacks, tea and coffee, and really interesting for my wife Berlinda and
myself, who are keen participants in both trail, road running and cycling.

Once again, thank you for assisting in me finishing. It has brought a renewed
vigour and self-belief into my life, for which I will always be grateful.
– Viven Reddy, Pretoria

Great to hear that our Modern Athlete Pacesetters made such a positive
impact on your race, Viven. – Ed.

If we hadn’t just changed clubs we would have joined your club immediately. Your
comment about getting non-club members on board – those running with temporary
licences – is very valid and one reason we joined a club. It’s far cheaper! You guys
need to market yourselves at as many meetings as possible, because many people are
cash-strapped and would jump at the chance to save money if they only knew they
could save by not having to buy temp licences at every race. Looking forward to your
next meet – great mag as well! – John Jeffrey, Johannesburg

And looking forward to seeing you at our next Modern Athlete Club
Seminar, John. – Ed.

BELATED PACING THANKS
Apologies for sending this message so late, but I would like to take this opportunity
of thanking both Vlam Pieterse and his son Andries for assisting me and many others
during Comrades 2015. My plan was for a comfortable 11:30 finish, but unfortunately a
few kilometres before halfway I started to cramp. I then got on to the 11:45 bus and ran
a few kays with them, but slowly my race was falling apart. I eventually got onto your
bus just as we started to climb Inchanga. Being in your bus brought new life into my
legs, and I was able to stay with your bus up until around Cato Ridge.

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