Comrades Marathon Blog

I’ve been playing with graphs again, and above is the result. The red bars represent my times at 1km marker during the 15km, and the blue line is the altitude. I think it shows pretty clearly how my pace increased, as I started to run downhill, finishing the last km in 3:30! My average pace was 4:25 min/km with an average heart rate of 169, or 87% of my maximum. Eesh, that’s working quite hard. However, this compares favourably to the Gun Run 21km where my average heart rate was 167, at a pace of 4:21 min/km, and that was a flat route. I think it’s safe to say my fitness is improving, but the acid test will be the time trial this Wednesday, where I hope to reach under 18 minutes for 5km!