It’s that time of year again.
The annual Tomato Trot, starting and
finishing at East London’s top adventure school, Lilyfontein, is here again.
Just because the 15km run is a recognized
Border event, it doesn’t mean the Tomato Trot is only a race. Far from it, the
Tomato trot is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon/evening.
There is a 15km cycle race, a 15km Run, a
15km Walk, a 5km Fun Run/walk/cycle/pram-push, and my personal favourite, a
Beer Tent.
There are prizes for the winners in the
various categories, and there also loads of Lucky Draw Prizes. This year TnT
(Terry and I), have donated a Free-for-a-Year WordPress website as a Lucky draw
Prize. So, if you want or need a website, you need to enter one of the Tomato
Trot events to stand a chance. If you don’t win the site, well, just call us.
Our prices are that reasonable that you don’t actually need to win the site to
be able to afford a website (you don’t even need to live in East London – we have
clients all over the world!).
Enough of that, the Race now.
On Saturday 4 February 2012, at 3pm, the
fun Starts, with the start of the 15km Cycle Race. The other starting times are
further down on the page.
Apart from the Beer Tent, my Tomato Trot
interests are the 5km unFun Run. UnFun ‘cos that’s what I do. I go out there
and get around the course as quickly as I can run/walk/hobble/crawl, with loads
of moaning. I moan to keep myself busy. I enjoy the run, but only before and
after, not during.
My other main Tomato trot interest is the
weather. I read somewhere that top athletes are able to predict their finishing
times according t the weather. I don’t bother with predicting times because
they’re generally too long, but I do like checking the weather, only because I
have to be out there in it.
At ten minutes past four, on the afternoon
of the 4th of February 2012 I will be adding to the mad frenzy at
the start of the 5km Tomato Trot unFun Run. The weather will have cooled a bit
from the predicted maximum of 26 degrees C, but not by noticeably much. It will
be pretty humid, which means lots of sweating (Tip: Drink LOTS (Tip Tip: of
water)).
The chances of rain are pretty good around
that time of day, and the wind will be fairly strong but if the direction is
accurate, East-North-East, it won’t bother the 5km entrants. The 15km entrants
will have isolated areas of head-winds, but will mostly be having the wind from
either side or behind.
There are maps below to give you an
indication of the routes. The maps are from Uncle Google, hope he doesn’t mind
me using them…
The bottom line here, for a Saturday of
great family fun, doing something together, as a family, The Tomato Trot must
be on your list of things to do. You can enter at the school, before the race.
Starting Times:
15km cycle – 15:00
15km walkers – 15:30
15km runners – 16:00
(Runners/walkers doing the 15km race must be 16 years or older on race day)
5km fun run – 16:10
To Find Lilyfontein School:
View Larger Map
The 15km Race for Runners and Walkers:
The 5km Fun Run:
