Teamed up with Di and my brother Barrie this afternoon for what was going to be a baptism of fire for both of them. Di had never done more than an hour long trail run and Barrie still recovering after a back injury.

Our last time was good and I have to say I am sorry to my to newbies that I wanted to beat that time, introduce them to the splendour that is Kloof Corner Ridge and get home in time to get starters and cocktails (the mojitos are killer).

They both did incredibly well although I suspect their quads will be 'interesting' tomorrow. Suffice to say I knocked 20 minutes off the previous time partly because I had to nip back to our house to fetch a car. Di had a bit of a spill and we thought a wrist was broken. Turned out it was just shock.

An amazing Christmas Eve run and now seriously looking forward to the http://www.ndorfin.co.za/events/event-detail.php?event_id=4174 on Boxing Day.

Doubt there will be much running tomorrow with Mojitos in the tank - have a good'un!

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!

"Running on Table Mountain with myCity Running Tours was a serious highlight of my running life..." – Edward A. Dunn