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South Africans Stand Up For Cancer

1. February 2010

The 4th February 2010 is World Cancer Day. To coincide with this, People Living With Cancer (PLWC) and their affiliated Cancer Buddy support network is calling on all South Africans to Stand Up For Cancer by signing the World Cancer Declaration.
We would like a 100,000 South Africans to sign the Declaration. The World Cancer [...]

Climbing for Cancer

1. December 2009

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End of expedition, Kathmandu, 11 December 2009
I’ve been in Kathmandu now for a couple of days again, after the always-exciting flight out of Lukla. Beers has been drunk, and some great dinners had in Kathmandu’s finest local restaurants. After spending a month in such a remote area, it took a while to get used to [...]

Climbing for Cancer cont.

25. November 2009

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Pieter’s third and last attempt is dedicated to Eldré
Eldré’s Story:

Photo Credit: Gerda Genis
I have been a Breast Cancer Survivor for 5 years.
It was the month of Christmas, the year was 2004, I was 31 years old and running my own business when my life changed in an instant. Whilst everyone else were thinking of last [...]

Cyclers riding for Cancer

5. November 2009

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The To Hell and Back extreme Mountain Bike (MTB) tour (www.tohellandback.co.za) started way back in 1994 when two MTB crazy conservators decided that it would be a great idea to organize a race to Gamkaskloof (the Hell). At that stage it was aimed as a marketing campaign for Gamkaskloof to attract tourist interest to this [...]

SOUTH AFRICANS STAND UP FOR CANCER!

The 4th February 2010 is World Cancer Day. To coincide with this, People Living With Cancer and their affiliated Cancer Buddy support network is calling on all South Africans to Stand Up For Cancer by signing the declaration below.

The goal is to add 100,000 signatures to the declaration that will then be handed to the South African National Department of Health to scale up awareness of the fight against cancer, which in many countries still takes a back seat to other public health priorities.

Please e-mail us at info@plwc.org.za with any questions/comments

Comrades for Cancer Buddies

Injury woes!
Just when I thought I was getting on top of my game, a little surprise injury comes along to derail all my plans. I bought new running shoes last week, and unfortunately took the advice of the shoe sales man who told me to buy a pair larger than the last ones because I was [...] […]
5 Months to go and 1400km’s of roadwork ahead!
Well we are firmly into January, and the training for Comrades has begun in earnest. The training programme I am following (www.alsoranrunners.info) says I need to be doing in the region of 65km’s per week! Thats quite a step up for me as I have been averaging about 40km’s per week up to now. Since I [...] […]
Runners World Article
Runnersworld Article January 2010 After chatting to the team at Runners World, I was astounded that they selected me as one of their “heroes” of 2009 for choosing to run the Comrades in 2010 to raise cash for Cancer Buddies! I certainly don’t feel like a hero today after running the Bay to Bay yesterday..but thanks [...] […]
Comrades Entry Confirmed!
I checked the Comrades web site yesterday and see that my entry has been confirmed! Now I am really nervous, as there are no excuses for not running. This past week was a tough week from a training perspective. I flew to JHB twice in one week so missed out on 3 days of training [...] […]
Landmarks Half Marathon
Last week was a good week. I did 45km of road work, which included the Landmarks Half Marathon. The great thing about doing these half marathons regularly is that you can see the progress in fitness and experience, as a result I really enjoyed the day out on the road. The course was excellent, and I [...] […]