Sunday 15th June 2008 saw the running of the 83rd Comrades Marathon. This is the toughest and most grueling ultra marathon in the world. It is also the biggest event of its kind. Several records were smashed on this years 87 kilometre race.

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Results Of The Comrades Marathon 2008

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The Comrades Marathon is the longest, most gruelling ultra marathon in the world. It is also one of the longest running events of its type and boasts one of the biggest fields, when compared to other  marathon events. The Comrades Marathon is run each year between Pietermaritzburg and Durban and alternates direction each year.

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The Comrades Marathon 2008

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No, not me! My son, Clinton, did it. This is his story. You all know that I’m a fitness freak and an adrenaline junkie. This is my passion, my chosen field of study, my hobby and will ultimately be my career. I believe every person has a list, written, or unwritten, of goals to be accomplished. Most of these need to be done, while still young and free. Once settled in marriage, relationships, children, employment and ultimately growing older, these unaccomplished goals tend to fade into obscurity. Other things become more important and the list gets forgotten.

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The Highest Bunjee Jump In The World

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Wow! Time flies. I have been busy, the last few weeks, with running up and down to Durban to visit my father in law, who has been ill and in and out of hospital for nearly 3 months. With this, we have stayed over with Sally’s Mom a few times, to help her with various issues. He passed away, on Monday 4th February. Add to this the fact that we have a house, on a farm outside Pietermaritzburg and have pets, so can’t be away from home for too long and add the constant Eskom power outages and the fact that I’m running a full time Internet business and you will see that time is something that I haven’t had too much of lately.

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No Time No Power Death And Rugby

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After all the pre-race warnings of water pollution and a possible change in starting venue, this year’s Dusi Canoe Marathon went off as per normal. History was made as Michael Mbanjwa is the first black paddler ever to win the Dusi Marathon.

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Hansa Powerade Dusi Canoe Marathon 2008 Results

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Heavy rains fell on Monday night in the catchment area. This caused a swollen river by Tuesday, meaning 4 things. First, with fast waters, paddling times should be reduced. Second, some of the rapids become dangerous and lead to more portaging. Third, portages become treacherous, due to lots of mud. Fourth, the high waters pushed all the garbage and pollution downstream, so a normal start was possible.

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Summary Hansa Powerade Dusi Canoe Marathon 2008

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This year’s Dusi Canoe Marathon starts at 6 am in pietermaritzburg and ends in Durban on Saturday the 19th January. The race is divided into 3 daily legs. The first day runs from Pietermaritzburg to Dusi Bridge near Nagle Dam. The second leg runs from here to Inanda Dam, near Hillcrest and the third day runs from the dam to Blue Lagoon in Durban. Despite concerns over the poor quality of the water, all appears to have been rectified and the race is set to start today, as per the normal arrangements.

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More On The Dusi Canoe Marathon 2008

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There has been a lot of controversy and consternation over this year’s Dusi Marathon. Sewage problems in Pietermaritzburg, threatened to change the start for Dusi Canoe Marathon for the first time in 57 years. As a contingency plan, organisers of the Hansa Powerade Dusi had to hurriedly design a new start outside Pietermaritzburg, because of health hazards associated with E coli bacteria, in the water, derived from human faeces. This is as a result of raw sewage flowing into the river, in the greater Pietermaritzburg area.

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Run Up To Hansa Powerade Dusi Canoe Marathon 2008

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In our previous articles on this topic, we have covered many of the obstacles facing Internet Marketers in South Africa and in other countries outside the U.S.A. If you haven’t seen these other articles yet, please read them. These previous articles outline the difficulties facing non US marketers and mention certain obstacles, offers and euphemisms that further complicate things.

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Internet Marketing In South Africa pt7

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We were talking about the problems I encountered after I had bought the bookstore. Well firstly, the whole bookstore was in php with cpanel control panel, my sql and a whole lot of Greek terms. You remember I had worked with online and offline editors in wysiwyg and a little html. Well now I was lost.

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Internet Marketing In South Africa pt6

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