Other than doing the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour every year for as long as I can remember, I can now also include the Two Oceans Half Marathon on my list of stupid things I do to my body every year.
It was Mikes idea to run it this year and we did a bit of training for it but nothing too hectic. In fact I lie, our training was bad, we ran 20km’s a week. Two 10km runs every week. Not ideal. Anyway, a week before the Two Oceans Half Marathon we ran the route. It was the first time I had ever run 21km’s and it was actually not too bad. By “not too bad” I mean my heart did not stop. There were brief moments where it would skip a beat, but I never let Mike know because he would have thought I was weak. I’m a man. A strong man. A man who invented the wheel and built the Great Wall of China out of brawn.
But we did alright and completed it in 1hr56min which I think is quite respectable considering our training “schedule”
Here is a quick look at a scene from this years run. Mikes girlfriend Carey took this one, of us, debauched, lying on the steps at UCT after 21km’s of fun:
Utterly spent
I had almost forgotten the bleeding toes(And one guy at the finish whose nipples were bleeding. Ouch) and the sheer exhaustion when I opened my mail box this week to find a letter addressed to me from the organisers of the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon. I was expecting it to be a cash bonus for the pain inflicted on my body earlier this year, but alas it was not.
Instead it was an entry form for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon in 2008. So I took a look over it, and I actually had quite a bit of fun this year running 21km’s, so I’m sending in my entry for the 2008 run.
It takes place on the 22nd of March 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa. Click HERE to enter.
Whose with me? Mike I know you are!
Sean Lloyd
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