MyGibaRun

Hey MyGibaRunners, it’s Thursday evening and it’s looking good for a warmer MyGibaRun event on Sunday - the temperature appears to be rising a bit - let’s make the most of it while we can 🎉.

I’m not sure if there are any other popular events again this Sunday, so I’m hoping to see an increased turnout compared to recent weeks.😇

I’m also hoping that Senzo will be able to map out a longer route for us before Sunday - otherwise those of us who want to cover more distance will just have to make a few detours 😜.

Please try to join us - we’re really fortunate to experience such beautiful weather in KZN at this time of year.🙏

Stay fit, stay healthy and, above all, stay active.👍

Good Monday evening, MyGibaRunners 🙏. Sorry about the delay, but please check out the photo album from yesterday’s, MyGibaRun #134 🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃‍♀️🦮

With only 16 participants, and a shorter-than-expected “long” route, I’ve included photos of almost everything 📸😇.

Hopefully Senzo will be able to map out a longer route for us by the weekend - as I’ve mentioned previously, we are not bound by any specific rule in this regard (unlike other organised events), so I did tell Senzo that he should give us at least 5km, but longer would be fine as we can keep the shorter routes that we already have.😇

Hopefully we’ll get a pleasant surprise next Sunday 😇🙏

Please check back later this week for my update and, stay fit, stay healthy and, above all, stay active 🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃‍♀️😇

MyGibaRun #134 🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🦮 - 12July2026 · Jul 12 – 13 📸 Shared album · Tap to view!

Hey MyGibaRunners, sorry but the album from today’s MyGibaRun event won’t be posted until Monday evening at the earliest. 📸😢

In the meantime, I’m posting some photos taken with my iPhone on the trails this morning - unfortunately they don’t feature every one of the 16 participants, but my trail-buddy, Christopher Bauer makes a few “guest appearances”. 😇📸 Enjoy. . .📸

# # PLEASE NOTE # # I have made Senzo aware that the “6km” route that he marked out for us is, in fact, less than 3,5km, and he agreed to chat with Crawford Reid, who has already mapped-out a route that is approximately 6km long. We are not bound by any rules that dictate the distance of any route to us, so, we will probably keep the two existing new routes and simply add an extension to the longer of the two. However, I will wait for this to be finalised before making any further comments 😇🙏

Hey MyGibaRunners, after missing-out on last week’s event, which I am told, attracted only a rather disappointing 6 participants, my babe Rose and I are looking forward to interacting with our wonderful members again, and I’m eager to try out the new routes as well.🥳

I looks like we’re might enjoy a few drops of rain, but that shouldn’t deter anyone - given the lovely, cool, conditions that are forecast.🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃‍♀️🦮

On a more serious note, I’m hoping that we start seeing a few more participants at our events because, quite frankly, whilst we thoroughly enjoy our Sunday outings at the beautiful Giba Gorge MTB Park, catering for so few participants is hardly worth the time and effort of having a Giba employee allocated to erect the inflatable Giba arch and monitor the event for approximately three hours every Sunday morning.

Whilst a few of us are fully paid-up members, and can gain free access to Giba at any time during their operating hours, it would be a pity to see the Sunday mornings free entry privilege terminated by our very generous hosts due to ongoing poor attendance. I can only hope that some of our members who have been “missing in action” for a while will appreciate this situation and make an effort to join us more regularly.🙏 No pressure. . . 😇

Stay fit, stay healthy and, above all, enjoy life. 🥳🤗

Hey MyGibaRunners, last week we initially invited you to come and experience an adventure at Giba Gorge MTB Park for our 132nd event - but we resorted to using our existing routes again. . . Well,that was rather short-lived, as we had already planned to map out new routes, and Senzo returned from his holiday on Monday, and promptly proceeded as planned. He informed me at last night’s Giba Night Run that the new routes have been sign-posted and ready for use on Sunday morning for our MyGibaRun #133 event. 🎉🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃‍♀️🦮

I haven’t had the opportunity to check out the new routes, so you are, once again, invited to join us on Sunday morning for an “adventure” - I’m looking forward to trying out the new routes for the first time - and the weather forecast is GREAT.🥳

# # AN IMPORTANT NOTICE # # Please DO NOT use the original riverside route as it crosses Gibaland property and they have, once again, interfered with our trails and also try to charge Giba Gorge MTB Park trail users a fee. Our new routes avoid their property altogether, so NOBODY can interfere with our members or try to extort money from us.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday morning.🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃‍♀️🦮🥳

Giba Gorge MTB Park hosted another successful Night Run this evening - and, with Michael Hay away on holiday, Senzo Shozi made the necessary arrangements and marked out the route for the event. 👍

It was the first event that my babe Rose and I attended for a while, and it felt great to be back and to see so many familiar faces.🥳📸

As usual, the majority of the participants were members of The IRON Movement Winston Park, and, as usual, they brought their wonderful team spirit along to perk-up the event.🎉🙏

Weather conditions were near perfect, definitely not as cold as expected. Everyone gathered at afterwards, and Senzo completed the lucky draw while they enjoyed refreshments and pizzas before heading home.

We hope everyone enjoys the photo album. My babe Rose and I managed to snap a few decent photos tonight - it was huge smiles all round. 📸😄

Stay fit, stay healthy and, above all, stay active.🙏

Giba Gorge MTB Park Night Run 🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️ - 01Jul2026 · Wednesday, Jul 1 📸 Shared album · Tap to view!

Good Sunday evening, MyGibaRunners.🙏 Welcome to the photo album of today’s 132nd MyGibaRun event.📸🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃‍♀️🦮

Unfortunately we only had 11 eager souls to enjoy a welcome return to our original trail routes - without any obstacles 😇🥳.

I guess that the very popular road event that was held in Durban this morning might have played a part in our depleted numbers.🤔

Anyway, this didn’t detract for the fun that we had in absolutely beautiful, perfect weather conditions - and, with so few “subjects”, my babe Rose and I enjoyed taking photos and videos that I’ve had loads of fun editing and are included in the album. I can’t avoid mentioning that there’s a cool musical video of our legend, Crawford Reid, showing us some rather interesting dance moves - on the trail😱😜🥳🕺🤣. There’s also a short section with Michelle Wearing Albers showing us a few of HER dance moves towards the end of the album.🥳💃🤣

We hope you will enjoy the smaller-than-usual album, and hopefully, we will see a few more MyGibaRunners on the trails next Sunday - our first event in July.🙏

BTW - Please remember that Giba Gorge MTB Park will be hosting it’s monthly Night Run/Cycle event on Wednesday evening, 1st July - If you want to try your luck at this wonderful event, please bring along a decent headlamp/torch, as the event starts at 18:00 and it’s gets pretty dark out there.😇 My babe Rose and I are planning to be there to capture some of the action 📸👍. The route is constantly changed and tested by the event organiser, Michael Hay - so you only get to know the route at his pre-run briefing, a few minutes before the start.😜 Go on, be adventurous.🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🚵‍♂️🚵‍♀️ 🥳

Please also check back towards the end of the week for my next update for MyGibaRun #133 that’s scheduled for Sunday 5th July.👍

MyGibaRun #132 🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🦮 - 28Jun2026 · Sunday, Jun 28 📸 Shared album · Tap to view!

# # IMPORTANT UPDATE # # In the interests of everyone who frequent Giba Gorge MTB Park and the entire eco trail area, our hosts have come to an amicable arrangement with the other party involved and we’re pleased in inform you that OUR NORMAL TRAILS WILL BE OPEN AGAIN FOR TOMORROW’s MyGibaRun EVENT. 🥳

Hopefully this will encourage more of our usual participants to join us again tomorrow morning. 😇🙏

Hey MyGibaRunners - once again, Happy Father’s Day to all of the dads out there - and especially to those wonderful dads who attended our small, but very pleasant, MyGibaRun event at Giba Gorge MTB Park this morning. 🙏🥳

Richard Bezuidenhout, Crawford Reid and Andre de la Rey were the obvious choice to grace the cover of today’s photo album.👍

Thanks also to the personal efforts of our host, Jo Harburn, whom you will see a few candid photos of 📸🤗, for arranging a “quick-fix” to our recent trail-blockage dilemma, with a temporary change to our route and posting two marshals at strategic points to ensure that all Giba trail users stayed on the correct trails. Huge appreciation from all of us to you and your trail team, Jo.🙏🤗

With only 9 official participants, my babe Rose and I also took quite a number of photos of the other enthusiastic trail users - mountain bikers.🚵‍♂️🚵‍♀️.📸 We share our trails with these friendly cyclists, and giving them some exposure in our albums, that are always shared to the Giba Gorge MTB Park page, is always a pleasure. Hopefully some of the antics performed by a few of the youngsters will be appreciated by them- a couple of good snaps taken by Rose.📸🥳

I also had a wonderful encounter and chat with a Giba regular, a very health-conscious young Johno (Johnathan Hollard), who offered me some interesting titbits of information that could help my recovery from my recent health problems, with more to follow.🙏 I’m ready to try even some horrible tasting stuff, if it makes coping to BP meds any easier. 😇😜.

BTW - our temporary trail changes will remain until Senzo returns from Holiday - then we can all get excited about something new 😜🥳🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🦮.

We hope everyone enjoys today’s photo album, and, hopefully, we will see more participants next Sunday. Until next time, stay fit, stay healthy and, above all, stay positive. 🙏

BTW - please look out for my next update later this week.👍

MyGibaRun #131 - Fathers Day - 21Jun2026 🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏃‍♀️🦮 · Sunday, Jun 21 📸 Shared album · Tap to view!