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Toughest 21.1km in a while..

Day started off by me having to wake up at 4am to go do a 21km run in stellenbosch (Winelands Half-Marathon).. I'm sure you don't really care about the details (if you are anything like me).. So let me just put it like this.

I started off thinking I was fresh (I had been suffering from some serious calf muscle cramps the entire week due to crazy kung fu training last week sat). At about the 10km mark I suddenly realised I wasn't as fresh as I thought!.. Calves started cramping, but a sub 1:43 time was still on the cards..

Then comes the Kilometers 11,12,13.. Worst km's of my life Messed up all my hard work I had put in for the first 10km's, and then had to push really hard the last 8 just to break 1:45.. Unfortunately with serious calf pain and the blisters that look liked flesh that seemed more at home on a Zombie from "The Walking Dead" (epic TV show) I just couldn't crack sub 1:45 .

I did still manage a 1:45:50 though
The run itself was quite standard, it had its mix of some very boring sections, but it also had some epic breathtaking Stellenbosch winelands sections (which also happen to be km's 11,12,13)
The run :

P.s. You will notice that it is 21.2km's.. My brother argues that Garmin is incorrect, but somehow I highly doubt that..

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