Name:  Charl Whitaker

Club:  Kempton

Running history:

I was always into running. Did long distances in school anything from 400 meters to 3000 meters.

I was part of my school Interschool team. Well after school I did run for Kempton Road Runners but only for a year then I stopped.

I did the occasional odd run here and there up to 5km. I played some rugby in this time. 

June 2004, after watching Comrades on TV I made my Come back to Road running. I joined a club in Dobsonville called Ukhozi AC thru a friend at work. This year I went back to Kempton Road Runners. 

I am doing my 3rd Comrades this year after making a come back to Road Running and is also part of my current goal to get home in less than 10 hours 

My Goals are set to HIGH for the future. Next year I am aiming to do Iron-man 2008 so after Comrades Two weeks of rest then the intensive training for IM will start. And for the rest I just want to do great times, 10k under 40 min, 21k under 01:30 and marathons as close to 3 hours as I can get.