ErenR

Getting the hang of posting....thanks guys I started in H batch and intentionally cruised up to toll gate. So much so, that I saw the last 50 runners just behind me in the last 12 hour bus. At half way, my wife called me saying that it was time to shake a leg or I would come in 3 mins too late for a finish. Was feeling good still with no cramps or major pain....little did I know I had blisters festering that I would only see when I took my shoes off. It's huge and I limped to the airport at 7am this morn. Amazing race and cAnt wait for my back to back run. Was so grounding seeing people sporadically puke, collapse and having monologues with themselves trying to dig deep. Inspiring to see the people coming in just before 12 hours dig so deep. I now understand Lindsey Parry's one podcast when he says the person that starts the comrades race and the same person that finishes are two different people. Amazing vibe.... In the last 20 when I did my fastest split up Polly's that somehow keep thinking that somehow if Comrades runners start a political party, our country would be better for it

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Hi guys and girls, I'm Eren. Having been following this awesome thread for a few months already. Congrats to all the comrades finishers and some that didn't, who could like me, have been following this thread but have not responded. My bad for not posting sooner Initially stumbled across this post, when trying to select a good watch for comrades that would last 12 hrs with gps on. Eventually made a choice on Garmin FR 935, but sadly not available in SA yet. I had to do comrades using my Applewatch stop watch. Was tough not having access to the metrics I'm used to in training. I finished in 11:46 yesterday for my first comrades yesterday. Started training on the final day of comrades registration and put in around 800km on the legs since then. I don't think I would have done this had I not found this thread. I read every single post, some more than once. This got me through yesterday's suicide mission. Thanks again....and sorry for being one of those covert readers Eren