I know you're going to think I'm crazy for what I'm about to tell you, so I'll just say it straight: I'm signing up for the Sasol Half Marathon. There, I said it! Oh, I guess that me signing up for another half isn't so crazy-sounding. I mean, it's not like I haven't done it before. Well, here's the crazy part: It's this weekend! Yes, this weekend, as in exactly one week after I completed the Ottosdal Draf en Trap Half Marathon...as in Saturday, February 5th!
Several times over the past couple of months, I've spoken a lot about how undisciplined I've become in my marathon training schedule. Now that I'm less than two months away from the Publix Georgia Marathon, it's time to step it up in a whole new way...safely. I need to ensure that my body has time to adjust to the high milage that I'll be asking it to cover soon enough. In order to hold myself more accountable, meet milage milestones, and add a little bit of excitement to training, I've decided to enter weekend races of varying lengths.
The Sasol Half Marathon was an unexpected find. I wasn't exactly looking to run a race this weekend, but what the heck! Why not?! ...And surprisingly, I'm not sore at all from this past weekend, so I think I'm in good shape to run another one (Linesiya, I'm listening to my body and it says "You go girl!")
Instead of continuing to blab, I'll let you in on the race description:
Difficulty Rating: 2.
Route Type: Lap
The marathon is two-laps of the half marathon route. The course is mainly fast and flat with gradual gradients. There is a fairly challenging 900 metre long hill in the last third of the lap. The race is run through the residential, industrial and commercial precincts of Sasolburg.
Sasol Half Marathon
After comparing the route description and the route elevation, I'm trying to figure out how the picture can possibly be call "flat". I guess I'll see when I get there.
Anyway, I'll keep you posted on my progress, as usual.
On another note, keep your fingers and toes crossed that my side of town finally gets running water restored- 8 days and counting without it!
Until next time...one foot in front of the other...keep it movin'!
Yours in (unexpected race) training,
Dani
PS: I'm still looking to update my training playlist. At this point, I only have about 3 hours worth of songs and I somehow suspect that more than 5 hours of music is needed for the big day! Thanks in advance.
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