A much suffered new personal best by 21 at the Venice Moonlight Half Marathon in a finishing time of 1:1903.. I had to stop 3 times during the race due to a very bad stitch at 11k - 12k & 13.5k. The gastritis and flu sickness took hold of my body and I was about to call it quits on the last time I stopped to try n fix my stitch. I felt like drying up from inside second after second.. Managed to regain my strengths after I took my last gel at around 16k and ran the last 5k in 1815 or whereabouts.. Bummed to have not been able to be 100% healthy on the start line, bummed on the fact I did not run sub 1:19.. however I know that I am in much better shape than I raced last night.. Looking forward for the bright future ahead and to continue with this positive training regime. Final position 27th overall out of 3,050 athletes (7 north or east elite African athletes in the race) 10th position for age group category. I will take that placing and stats any day especially running unwell :) Thanks to all for your support. Its time to enjoy the holiday and Venice :) x Darren x
Posted on: Sun, 25 May 2014 08:06:29 +0000
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