I didn’t hate it! Although my one and only experience with it was that having left my home before 04h00 in the morning, not only did I get stopped at a road block because I happen to drive through a very popular night spot (you should see their faces when I stepped out in my very colourful running gear! Worth every second of it!), but by the time the start gun went off, I was still driving!
Biggest mistake was to try catch up to the group! It wasn’t fun trying to wade through the half marathoners who were just about ready to start and did not appreciate someone desperately trying to get to the front. All I wanted to do was to get going before being swamped by them!
Otherwise, even though I just about crawled in (learnt a huge lesson about starting too fast…), having passed Vlam early on and being passed by the huge 6 hr Vlam bus 5 km before the end, I enjoyed the route. The view was beautiful (running around the Hartebeespoort Dam), the terrain interesting but not too difficult, and the watering points well positioned. Pity by the time I get to the last few, the milk tarts were long gone!
I would love to do it again – probably have to leave at 03h00 to avoid the traffic! Maybe that’s why I entered but overslept and didn’t make it to the start line this year…….:-P
