Thanks Scott... Having already qualified at the Cape Town Marathon in September, I was treating this as a long training run to get some quality distance in the legs after a few quiet months since then. Getting out to Stellenbosch for the 05h30 start meant a very early wake up call, but it was well worth it for a very well organized race with plenty of undulating hills from about 15km onwards. My goal was to average about 6 mins/km, saving my legs on the uphills and not getting too carried away down the other side, so all went according to plan and a thoroughly enjoyable day out in Stellenbosch. I like to use races as some of my longer training runs, so I plan on doing 1 or 2 more this year but mostly resting up before ramping up the mileage again in January.
