From Empangeni
16.6.85
Dear Mom and Dad,
We received your letter about your holiday and it sounds as
if you had an enjoyable time. It will be nice to see some of your photos.
I am sending you a page out of the local newspaper about the
comrades marathon. Alan did very well as there was +- 10000 entrants and +-
8000 runners who completed and he came 2827th. The winner, Bruce
Fordyce, has won the race 5 times running and completing it in +- 5 ½ hours
which is a record. After the race , Alan was totally exhausted and lost several
toe nails and has a blister covering most of one foot because he wore shoes
that were slightly too large for him. It took him about two weeks to recover and
even now he still is not running as much as before he started training. It was
quite a boost to get his picture in the newspaper living in a small town,
everybody reads the paper so everytime we see somebody they mention it.
The schools here are breaking up next week for 3 weeks and
Melissa’s school is putting on a concert for the parents called “around the
world”. They will both get spots, so I will let you know how they are doing.
Love
from Lorna
PS Alan asks for a full birth certificate and not an extract.
He needs to renew his passport before August.
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