Comrades Marathon Blog

7:25. There, I said it. It’s just 5:10 min/km, or 8:19 min/mile.

Sometimes, I feel embarrassed to publicly declare my goals. For some reason, it’s apparently really difficult to get a silver on your first attempt, for someone with my ability. So to those who say say I won’t be able to run it, I say, “watch this space.”

I’ve never been more motivated for a race before, and I believe it’s possible for me to run a silver on my first run. Motivation is vitally important, because once I get past 60km, the race starts getting tough. The question will be, can I maintain 5 min/km, how tempting will it be to just slow down to 6 min/km and let that silver slip away? It all depends on how much I want that silver, and how much I’m prepared to hurt.

I want that silver.