First Curro Adventure Festival a great success
Odwa Tunyiswa won the 21-kilometre extreme race at the first Trail Adventure Mpumalanga event last Saturday, impressing spectators with his 01:27:22 finishing time and beating second-placed Freedom Makhubela by over a minute.
Tunyiswa, who is no newcomer to long- distance running, has participated in his fair share of marathons, including the Comrades.
Mother Nature played her part by providing beautiful weather for the event held at The Rest Nature Estate on Curro Nelpruit’s school grounds. The adventure festival attracted over 300 participants – both serious and fun runners – in the 5-, 10- and 21-kilometre races. The 5- and
10- kilometre races were closely contested in the male open category, with Jacques Nel and Prince Ndlovu just overcoming their rivals Joshua Greeff and Asher Biggs respectively.
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Ndlovu finished just three seconds ahead of Biggs in a time of 41:35.
Biggs, also known as Ash the Dash, was recently selected to represent South Africa at the UIPM Biathle/Triathle World Championships to be held in Florida, United States, in October.
Female open runners Nicky Nel and Nemvuzo Zongo finished in the top 10 of the 5-kilometre race.
According to race organiser Drezelle Mahoney, some of the runners said it was “one of the most challenging trail runs they had embarked on, with steep inclines and daring down hills”.
“The view was, however, something to savour and enjoy,” she said.
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She added that the 5-kilometre race was a big hit with all the mothers and fathers joining their children for some fun. The 10- and 21-kilometre routes were more of a challenge, with the latter being really tough.
