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Pearly2Point Running Challenge 2022 - Done And Dusted!

Pearly2Point Running Challenge 2022 - Done And Dusted!

Pearly2Point Running Challenge

Pearly2Point Running Challenge 2022 - Done And Dusted!

Pearly2Point Running Challenge organiser Leon Kriel is happy to report that the event took place as planned, and the weather was optimal. After setting up a base camp at Die Dam, four participants started off in Kleinbaai on the first Pearly2Point Running Challenge. The three-day event to the southernmost tip of Africa in LÁgulhas was a fundraiser for Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT).

 
Participants In The 2022 Pearly2Point Running Challenge

• Jaco van der Westhuizen
• Craig Joubert
• George Podaras
• Leon Kriel

 
Pearly2Point Running Challenge - Day One

On the first day, Jaco had to pull out after an old injury resurfaced rendering him unable to continue. 

 
Pearly2Point Running Challenge - Day Two

On day two the remaining three runners (Craig, George and Leon) continued onwards from Pearly Beach, with the first stop at Buffeljags to refuel. Halfway between Buffeljags and Die Dam, a horrible stretch of thick sand upped the game and runners had to dig deep to make it to camp. 

 
Pearly2Point Running Challenge - Day Three

Day three started off looking like it could drizzle but the weather soon cleared up to perfect conditions. This stretch of the challenges was the longest, 35km and the furthest Leon had ever run in his life. Everything went well up to Brandfontein which was the day’s refuelling but after stopping for a quick drink and a sit-down, it took Leon a while to get his legs going again. The stretch from Suiderstrand felt much longer than he hoped but when he saw the lighthouse popping its head over the trees in the distance, he knew they had made it!

 
Successful Fundraiser For Dyer Island Conservation Trust

All in all, the Pearly2Point Running Challenge managed to raise R8,775.53 for the Dyer Island Conservation Trust. Leon, his co-runners and DICT thank everyone who helped made the event possible. 

Find out more about Dyer Island Conservation Trust and the awesome work they do, here.

Pearly2Point Running Challenge 2022 - Done And Dusted!

Pearly2Point Running Challenge

Join Leon Kriel and friends on an epic 85km three-day run from the 23rd to the 25th of September 2022 along one of the Overberg’s most scenic stretches of coastline, starting in Kleinbaai and ending at the southernmost tip of Africa in L’Agulhas. The three-day fundraising event, dubbed Pearly2Po...

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