Much better than Red Hill, which tells me my muscles are stronger, and my training is working. Didn’t quite get the time I wanted of 4:10, and still much slower than my PB last year (3:51), but I didn’t have to walk between water stations. Oh yeah and I did nearly vomit at the end – not due to physical exertion of course, but due to an over extended stomach. The mixture of water, Coca-Cola, Powerade, and Gu would have been fine had I not drunk a chocolate milk…

Running notes
Route: Start in Simonstown, run across the peninsula like an idiot climb loads of hills and run back
Height climbed:
Time started: 06:00
Total time: 4:13:22
Total distance: 42.2km
Average pace: 6:02 min/km
Temperature: 28˚ ish with a pure evil 50kmph gale force South Easter mostly in the face
Runner’s condition: Fine