Lactic-Haze

Ran the 21km Lion of Africa Half Marathon on Saturday as part of my IM 2010 prep. Another hilly course through Constantia that really ate the legs and didn’t let up until about the last 3km. I did manage to run with a legend, mr. Chet Sainsbury. Reading up it seems he organised the Two Oceans for 27 years! In talking to him during the run it turns out he has done 28 Two Oceans marathons in his time. He was running with another mate of his (I can’t remember the name) who has done 30 Two Oceans marathons. Much respect.

The interesting thing was watching them run and pace themselves, especially towards the end. Guys would come running past and on the slightest uphill we would catch them again. I just kept following the legend, and finished the 21.95km in 1h58mins. The 310XT made sure I was doing the correct pacing the whole way and I can’t imagine running without it now.