RUNNING | Remember Louis Nel
E-mails we received from RUNNING friends arecopied below:
Goeie dag Zonia,
Baie simpatie. Dit is baie erg. Dink aan jou en familie.
Louis was ‘n baie besonderse mens. Hy het regtig voluit geleef!!! Sal hom baie mis.
Weet nie wat om te sê, maar net baie jammer om te hoor oor jou Pa. Goed om te dink julle het laas week kans gehad om lekker saam te draf en te kuier. Ons sal hom baie mis. Vir ‘n verandering word dit beter in engels uitgespreek: We celebrate his life and mourn his passing
Elsa (van die sondag groep)
Alan Holm - Alpha Centurion running club says:	April 27, 2011 at 1:08 pm	Tribute to Louis Nel
I can’t imagine how you (and especially poor Lammie) must feel, after so many years of running together.Our club was obviously stunned at tonight’s Time Trial. I live a couple of blocks away from Danie Krugel, so, I take him home after the time trials, and he was devastated and still in tears. You will know that Louis generously gave Danie (and many other people – including Simon, also from our club) employment and dignity.
I personally was also a beneficiary of his generosity, hosting his company’s Web site for many years, before he sold it. It’s such a pity that he didn’t manage to first get to that mountain in Peru – but he had at least had the satisfaction of Everest, Kilimanjaro and many other challenges – including running challenges – and had seen a lot of the World, particularly through his passion for Bonsai.
Like yourself, I have always admired Louis’ running talent at his age. I can remember once pitching up to support a Saturday morning club run, many years ago, as part of my Committee duties, and he was the only one who turned up! But he was (as usual) completely unphased and kindly decided to join a club run that he knew a neighbouring club was having at about the same time, with no fuss or a word of complaint about the others who failed to pitch. I have always had a HUGE amount of respect and admiration for Louis and his quiet, peaceful demeanour and his generosity and approach to life. He was to me the epitome of a GENTLEMAN and we’ll all miss him terribly.
Alan Holm – Alpha Centurion running club
Gerhard Koornhof says:	May 6, 2011 at 6:47 pm	Liewe Zonia Wat ‘n voorreg wat jy gehad het om so ‘n uitsonderlike, besonderse, lewenslustige, avontuurlike en gelowige pa te kon gehad het! Hy was so trots op jou en julle gesin! Sy Mamelodi wedloop saam met jou kon ek sien was vir hom baie spesiaal, veral die goeie tyd wat jy gehardloop het!
Sy skielike en ontydige afsterwe het ‘n groot leemte in die lewens gelaat van diegene wat hom geken het, ook by diegene van ons wat gereeld saam met hom op Sondag oggende gedraf het. Elke Sondag oggend se vriendelike vra hoe dit met hom gaan is begroet met “moet net keer of dit gaan beter” voordat ons ‘n 14 km drafroete aangepak het. Hy het nooit gekla nie en slegs oor positiewe dinge gepraat en het ook net in positiewe nuus belanggestel. Ek het hom ook nooit sien water drink op die roete nie en waar die groep gestop het het hy solank aangestap totdat ons hom weer moes inhaal!
Louis was vir my een van daardie unieke mense wat voluit gelewe het en elke oomblik as ‘n geleentheid gesien het. Ons gaan hom baie mis, maar hy sal in ons gedagtes bly voort lewe!
Baie sterkte aan jou en aan al jou geliefdes in julle tyd van hartseer.
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