Nothing quite like deciding to do a half marathon on the spur of the moment. For some or other bizarre reason, I had this mental block against doing another one. I did the half Two Oceans earlier this year, but have not done one since. So, during a cocktails party on Thursday evening after chatting to a fellow Hout Bay Harrier, I decided that I needed to get over myself!The race started at 06:00 at the Western Province Cricket Club. Enroute we had to take a detour as a tree had fallen down across the road. Fortunately we made it on time. What a beautiful race in and around Rondebosch, Newlands, Claremont - there were spots next to rivers that I had never seen before (hence Landmarks!) - the hill up to Rhodes Memorial was quite tough, but what goes up must come down, and the downhill was bliss.
It REALLY helped to run with someone. Initially I felt very guilty for being super slow, but then also got over myself and was very grateful to get any advise and motivation along the way.
Time was 02:28:something -super super stoked with my time! Sub 2:30 AND 10 minutes faster than Two Oceans time!
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