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Van Suid-Afrika tot Amerika \u2013 daar is maar min roetes wat die Suid-Afrikaanse langasem Sidney Cleophas nie sal aanpak nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Di\u00e9 Pni\u00ebl-boorling het vanjaar die bekende Bostonmaraton in die VSA aangepak. Cleophas het reeds verskeie marathons en ultramarathons afgel\u00ea, met sy gunsteling die Twee Oseane-wedloop. \u201cEk het op ho\u00ebrskool begin hardloop en in die 1970\u2019s aan die 800 m- en 1 500 m-wedlope begin deelneem. N\u00e1 skool het ek as \u2019n tegnikus by Telkom gewerk waar ek \u2019n kollega gehad wat my aan die Pinelands-atletiekklub bekendgestel het,\u201d verduidelik hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die 68-jarige atleet is steeds lid van di\u00e9 klub. Die Boston-marathon, wat jaarliks op die derde Maandag van April plaasvind, was nog altyd op Cleophas se marathon-lys en om verlede maand deel te neem was \u2019n droom wat bewaarheid is. \u201cDie marathon was regtig next level. Daar is nie \u2019n gelykstaande wedloop in Suid-Afrika nie \u2013 alles van die manier hoe dit georganiseer is tot die skare langs die
roete was regtig \u2019n besonderse ervaring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDie oggend vroeg klim jy op \u2019n bus \u2013 die geel busse wat jy altyd op die televisie sien \u2013 om na die beginpunt van die wedloop te gaan. Hier is ons in groepe verdeel, met die eerste atlete \u2013 die top-atlete \u2013 wat om 09:00 weggespring het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleophas het om 11:00 weggespring en in die great grand master-afdeling deelgeneem. \u201cEk is baie tevrede met my tyd \u2013 drie ure en 50 minute. Dit was verskriklik koud op die dag, hoewel dit reeds lente daar was. Ek het drie lae klere aangehad toe ek by die beginpunt was. Hoewel dit nie meer gesneeu het nie, was dit koud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDaar was egter geen punt langs die roete waar daar nie skare was nie en daar was ook baie toeriste in die skare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEen verskil van plaaslike wedlope is dat jy niks koeldrank kry nie. Daar was water en sap, maar nie \u2019n glasie Coke, soos jy altyd hier kry nie. En dit is altyd so lekker om die bietjie suiker n\u00e1 \u2019n wedloop in te
kry,\u201d meen hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hy s\u00ea ten spyte van jare se ervaring word wedlope nie makliker nie, want elke jaar word jy as atleet ouer. Noudat hy sy Amerikaanse droom bewaarheid het, wil hy nog graag die Londonse marathon of ander oorsese wedlope aanpak. \u201cIndien ek die geld gehad het, sou ek hulle almal gedoen het,\u201d s\u00ea hy skertsend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sidney Cleophas nadat hy die Bostonmaraton in die VSA aangepak het. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Suid-Afrika tot Amerika \u2013 daar is maar min roetes wat die Suid-Afrikaanse langasem Sidney Cleophas nie sal aanpak nie. Di\u00e9 Pni\u00ebl-boorling het vanjaar die bekende Bostonmaraton in die VSA 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