Congratulations to all my hubber friends for completing a very hot and tough Comrades up run. Kudos to all of you for achieving your goals!! My race started okish. I realised that the G group runners are quite different to the D group. (my previous up run group) I struggled to get momentum as people are walking 4 kms into the race. The first 27 km are pure torture. So glad running into Andrew Steer!! Nice to finally meeting a fellow Hubber. Well it is hell up to half way. At half way I ate a sandwich and drank my Super M. I felt a bit nauseous, but nothing serious. I then felt a sharp pain under my little toe. I took off my shoe and it was just blood... First time ever I had blisters, very painful. This is where the fun started.... My running mate started throwing up... We walked quite a bit and he got sick every time he drank something. From halfway to 60 km took forever, stopping often. At 24km to go he chased me away and I told him I will go if he gets into the bus. He was very pale and I realised we are not going to make it continuing like this. The 12 hour busses passed us and I started freaking out. He said he will stop, I felt sad as we have training together for 3 years. My challenge was 24 km in 3 hours (which included Pollys) . Which seems doable if you are not completely buggered. And then my watch died... I ran the last 17 km with little walking, except for Pollys. I am sure I ran negative splits. I had to dig deep, like never before. This was serious. I ran past a lot of my club mates, just waving... I didn't want to lose too much time. I have never been so happy to see the finish line. I was very emotional. I am sure it will be terrible photos ???? My running mate didn't stop and finished with 3 minutes to spare... Crying my eyes out. Two of my friends didn't make the Pollys cut off. I was very sad. It was an emotional day yesterday. So lessons learned : You are capable of so much when the going gets tough. If you are not 100% then you should really not be running Comrades. I am happy with my time, even if it is my worst time at Comrades. I received a medal and that is all that counted. I had a terrible training year, and now I can just get stronger. See you all at the Comrades 2018 down Run!! PS. Venue was crap, took me 20 minutes after finishing to find our club tent. Not enough water at water points are completely unacceptable. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
