Thats a bloody lie???? Its longer than long and its the steepest hill Ive seen in my life. That said I am from the Free State. The start was a litte hectic in the drizzle. Dodging E groupers and black bags wasnt fun. I felt great, Oceans was only part of my Comrades training so I never intended to go hard. Pace up until Ou Kaapse weg was about 5:45/5:50. Then the fun started. Luckily I could convince myself to do a run walk strategy up there, and it took me a good 40 mins to get to the top. The downhill was quite painful but atleast I made up time with a quick few kms. After that I just kept things steady. Had a really painful left ITB from 50 onwards, Im sure its from all the camber running. Finished in 5h42.
