He did it!! 42 km & came 3rd of the muzungus (whites) in 4 hours, 42 secs! It was out of 3rd out of 10 but still fantastic for first time & he got a trophy for getting a place. The Africans leave us all for dead and look like graceful gazelles barely working up a sweat. Beautiful to watch. Some famous runners in the mix. We seem to have entered a strange world of extreme sports people who think nothing of climbing Mt Kilimanjaro one day, doing a tough mo...

After an easy & scenic 2 hour drive on surprisingly good roads we arrived in Moshi. We were in our "new" car... not actually new after all but its still nice. A small Suzuki 4WD. We'd given up that it was going to work out so it was a real surprise to get a call Fri to pick it up. Without Adam realising, the marathon is a group event & we have become part of a tour group. A very eccentric lady- perhaps late 70's is organising it. She's the founder & ...