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My embarrassing moment…

I almost got rammed by a wildebeest at the Prestige Trail Race.

Halfway racing the 5km, a completely spooked bull raced out of the trees one or two metres in front of where I was cruising at a fast pace. I screamed like a little girl and apparently danced by the twig-like trees hoping he wouldn’t head into me.

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