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Uhm, a 16km run the day after Christmas is madness! With that said, it's actually brilliant to run off the Christmas indulgence. The route has changed due to the fires earlier in the year. It was a looped race of 8kms each. Some of it was the reverse of the Pollsmoor race. I think Bella would really enjoy the green belt area. Race started at 06:30, had no takers of the IY runners to join us. Met up with Graham, Derick, Karen and Heinrich at the race.
There was a bit of a bottle neck onto the green belt soon after the start. Oh my goodness, I was tempted to stop after the first 8kms, so difficult to continue especially seeing the end so close. To keep things interesting, Graham and I kept pushing to catch up with people just in front of us.
I was totally pooped by the end. Walked A LOT! Had really hoped for time of 01:41 - unfortunately, quite soon into the race, I realised that this would not be realistic etc. Needed the loo unfortunately no loos along the way. There were tables with shooters along the way, and also saw a guy dressed in a brown gorilla suite - a lot of fun!
Time: 01:57:something. All participants received a great little hand towel.
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