iRand4Hope

By wendy - November 16, 2011

On Saturday ,November5,2011 was a day of excitement and nerves when Craig Ross and Carla Ferreira did the iRanD4Hope campaign where they had to run from the foot of Table Mountain to RLabs in Bridgetown, (Athlone). Craig and Carla started running at 9:30 am. Their journey took them along the route of Kloof Street then Buitengracht and Strand Street, on the corner of Strand and Buitengracht at Mike’s Sport they took a ten minute break then proceeded towards Bridgetown.

The pressure was on for Craig as he got to Sir Lowry Road heading towards Woodstock at this point he said he felt like giving up. His body was giving him negative signals. Craig an inexperience runner who never had formal training prior to the campaign said he only had trained for four days before the Saturday of this race. His only means of training has always been soccer training and that is what made this race possible.

In his heart he knew the time to give up has not yet come ,

The team assisting the runners

because this was for a good course. as he was one of the people who had to come up with some sort of strategy to get funding for a graduation towards a community program that is running at the RLabs in Bridgetown. the event was well organised with people creating a buzz via social media and escorting him as he Rand 4 Hope. Craig made it home in 2 hours and fifteen minutes running a 25km race and he did not even look tired when he arrived at the destination at Rlabs. Well done Craig !!!!!!!!