Race Update: Gun Run Half Marathon
One of the most popular half marathons in Cape Town is the Gun Run. As it’s organised by my club, Atlantic Athletic Club, I was particularly keen to run in this race. (I promised to marshall next year) While I have been generally happy with my progress in races this year, I have only completed in one half marathon, in a relatively slow 1:45, far too slow when considering I must be able to run a 3:20 odd marathon.
Race day arrived, and I had planned to hopefully crack 1:35, and get as close as possible to 1:30. Although my training this month has been not as good as I hoped I seem to be able to achieve my goals with relative ease. What worries me, is that I won’t be able to get away with it for comrades, and I really need to be serious about my training plans.
Anyway, back to the race. After a very slow start, as it was intensely congested, I went through 1km in 5:41, far too slow I thought. It eased up pretty quickly, and by the time we went through the waterfront I was settling into a pace of between 4:15-4:20 min/km. Held that right through to 10km, with a time of 45:33, ok I thought. Just after that, I passed a friend, who told me to hurry up as I was running too slowly. The message only kicked in at 18km, when I did my final 3km in 11:55. My total time? 1:32:08. In the words of Ali G, “I is happy.”
Update: The results are finally available! Get them here.
