OK, this was brutal. No other way to put it. It is 4 days later and my quads are still in all sorts of trouble.

I went running with one of my mates and Table Mountain guru, Richard Matzopoulos. You also need to have a cup of coffee with Rich, he makes the best moer koffie I have ever had - perhaps he is just good company?

Anyway...the run. Started in Rosebank and bombed straight up to the block-house via Rhodes Memorial and then continued up the ridge to the Block House. We took the most direct route as we had time constraints. From the Block House we continued vertically to the overnight hut...something I suspect most people in Cape Town have never visited.

From here it became majestic! Rich educated me about Kloof Corner Ridge, Mowbray Ridge along the knife edges. The drop-off and views are just mind blowing.

I have no idea what sort of distance we are talking but the elevation is about 800m and we did the run in 2h10m. The downhill was insane and were flying, falling and laughing our way down in 40 mins. The rest of the run was uphill - as I said brutal!

I cannot wait to do my next Table Mountain brutal run - planned for later this week!