News from the South African water sector 2003

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WATER NEWS The Institute for Water Research entered a team for this year’s “Great Train Race” – an annual relay event where teams of 10 runners carry batons over a distance of 72 km from Port Elizabeth to the picturesque village of Loerie. The teams compete against each other and the narrow-gauge steam-driven Apple Express Train. T eams from all over the country, and all levels of athleticism, came to run against the train. Each stage is between 5.7 to 8.5 km, with some undulating country and seriously steep hills to challenge the legs. The IWR team was entered in the social category, and included a number of brave souls who had never run further than 100m before. However, they all managed to complete their stages and hand on the baton, so that the final runner, Sekhonyana Lerotholi, reached the finish line at Loerie Station a full hour before the cut-off time (but some hours after the train, which was only beaten by the winning team). IWR Research Officers Nikite Muller and Lil Haigh drove the seconding vehicle and provided sandwiches and drinks to revive the runners.

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