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🏃‍♀️ Marathon & UltraMara runner
🥤 @tailwindnutritionsa Trailblazer
👩🏽‍🍼 Millennial Mom
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🏆 Performance Athlete 2025

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One of my favourite things about being part of the running community is getting to show up for other people the same way they’ve shown up for me. ❤️

Yesterday, we headed out to support the inaugural Nelson Mandela Marathon, where runners took on the 5km, 10km, half marathon and full marathon distances.

And man, what a beautiful reminder of why I love this community so much.

I’ve been on the other side of those cheers. I know what it feels like when your legs are tired, your body is begging you to slow down and suddenly you hear someone shouting your name.

Sometimes that’s all you need to keep going.

And yesterday, I got to be one of the people doing the shouting. 😂

Watching people come out to support not only their friends and family, but complete strangers too, was something special.

Because that’s the thing about running. You might be chasing your own goal, fighting your own battles and pushing through your own pain, but there’s an entire community willing to help you get to that finish line.

I’ve always believed that if you want a village, you have to be a villager.

And yesterday was a beautiful example of that.

Doing hard things is tough, but you never have to do them alone.

To everyone who ran, supported, volunteered or cheered, well done!

If you look closely, you can see the power of community. 🥹❤️

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Run with @mustlovehills_runcrew x @oakley 🏃‍♀️🕶️

Trot around the burbs, chats with the best crew, nana bread and coffee from @bootleggercoffeecompany. What more do you want on a Saturday morn? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh and thanks @oakley for spoiling me with a pair 🥹😭❤️

Watch out for more activation runs like these on @mustlovehills_runcrew socials 💃

#runningcommunity #runningincapetown

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Aah… 2020 🥹

How did we make it happen in those Covid-19 times?

It’s the gsport community that held it all together 🫶

7 October is coming…

The start of a new era 💃🤩❤️

#NewProject #20YearsOfgsport

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What are we actually doing to combat Gender Based Violence in South Africa?

I don’t have all the answers, but I do have a platform, and I can use it to support the people trying to make a difference. 💜

We joined @mustlovehills_runcrew for their karaoke bus at the @nantesathleticclub 10K to raise money for @womenforchangesa

“Joy isn’t going to fix any of this and we know that, but taking over the streets with a speaker in a pram and a crowd of us wearing black and purple singing is its own kind of statement, and it’s a few hours where the women in this community get to enjoy themselves, feel seen and be playful - a privilege so often denied.”

It might not fix everything, but doing something will always be better than doing nothing.

If people want their contribution to go directly towards a Cape Town organisation providing shelter and services to women and children experiencing abuse, consider donating directly to @thesaartjiebaartmancentre 💜

Donation links is in my bio. Every little bit helps. 💜

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Awesome afternoon celebrating these special ladies @samwdrix @gailo_dreyer

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To the women in my life, pictured and not pictured, thank you❤️

Thank you for blessing me with your presence, your love, your strength, your passion, your resilience, your beauty, but most of all, your heart.

Thank you for simply being YOU.

And to the men out there, let’s take care of our women. Protect them. Respect them. Appreciate them. Listen to them. Love them. Celebrate their strength, but also give them the space to be vulnerable, to rest, to feel and simply be.

The women in our lives give so much of themselves, often without asking for anything in return.

Let’s make sure they know just how valued, appreciated and loved they are.

To all the incredible women in my life, I see you. I appreciate you. I celebrate you. And I am grateful for you❤️

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Gun Run Day 2 - Half Marathon - Part 2

Congratulations to everyone who ran the 21.1km Race Today🙌🏼

“When you believe in your abilities, you can run any distance, including the distance you once believed was impossible.”

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*Quad Convos: Marisa enters the hot seat… and suddenly words are hard to find.* 😂

If you know Marisa, you know she’s usually got plenty of personality, plenty of energy and definitely plenty to say.

But apparently trying to explain yourself while your quads are being worked on is a different story. 😅

Between the facial expressions, unfinished explanations and a little bit of drama, this one had everything we’ve come to expect from the Quad Convos hot seat.

Sorry Marisa… the questions don’t stop just because the quads are talking. 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

#QuadConvos #RunnerProblems #SportsMassage #CapeTownRunners #movewithhotm

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We’ve come a long way… 😂💜

Halle has officially decided that ONLY Angie is allowed to wash her hair.

Not the hairstylists.
Not even Mom.
ANGIE. 😭😂

Zero hair qualifications.

One extremely loyal client.

The confidence this has given me is honestly becoming dangerous. 😂

CEO, owner & apparently Halle’s personal hair washer. 💅🏼

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Run(her) recap 💜

Last week, we came together for the Run(her) Women in Running Panel Discussion - an honest conversation around building safer, stronger and more inclusive running communities.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and to the women who shared their experiences, perspectives and ideas so openly. 🫶🏽

A big thank you to our hosts @rabbit.runcult and @runnerssouthafrica and to our partners @kula.energy @bru.worldwide @gilnokie @oakley @phytoceutics_za for supporting the evening.

Creating safer running communities isn't women's work alone - it's a shared responsibility.

Here’s to continuing the conversation and turning it into action.

#Run(her) #WomensMonth #WomenWhoRun #RunningCommunity #RunTogether

🎥 @faid_sahabodien

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@thesevacollective.co, as we celebrate National Women’s Day 2026 in South Africa, we are mindful that across boardrooms, screens, homes and teams, women are quietly carrying an enormous load. They meet deadlines, lead with excellence, support teams, and often absorb the emotional and cultural weight of the workplace, silently.

And yet, these women rarely pause. Rarely ask. Rarely get what they truly need to lead sustainably.

I am incredibly proud of the work we have done to support and champion diversity and women in business. It remains our mission to amplify the voices of women and to encourage people to use their consumer power to support businesses with phenomenal female leaders & entrepreneurs at the helm.

Invest in women and accelerate progress!

#dignity #self-worth #personalmastery #emotionalresilience

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Cape Town winter acting an awful lot like summer 😮‍💨

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