FEATURE
KISSING THE ROADS
Goodbye
MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY START RUNNING, LACE UP THEIR SHOES AND BEGIN BY HITTING THE PATHS, PAVEMENTS OR ROADS…THEY MIGHT EVEN HOP ON THE ODD TREADMILL HERE AND THERE. AND MOST OF THE TIME (WELL, UP UNTIL THE LAST FEW YEARS ANYWAY), RACES WERE DONE ON ROADS, OR AT THE VERY LEAST ON FLAT SURFACES. THAT’S HOW ISOBEL TAIT BEGAN RUNNING, UNTIL SHE CONSIDERED TAKING HER SPORT TO THE TRAILS TO GET AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF EVERYDAY LIFE. IT GOT HER THINKING AND WONDERING WHY OTHERS GRAVITATED TOWARDS THE TRAILS, AND WHAT TOOK THEM AWAY FROM BEING A ‘ROADIE’.
WORDS: ISOBEL TAIT IMAGES: SUPER SPORTS IMAGES, PHOTOS4SALE, GARRY WYNARDS
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