How an asthmatic became a sub-three hour finisher at the Cape Town Marathon
It was fun. It was fast. And it was wonderful. Of course it has left me walking gingerly as though I’ve got gout.
But I am not complaining. After all which social runner finishes his second marathon under three hours without the scars for the effort?
Yes, you read it right. I completed the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in a sub three hours time. Two hours, 57 minutes and 45 seconds to be exact.
It was of course a long way, some 47 minutes later and a 193 runners after Asefa Negawa had retained his title.
But for a born asthmatic whose previous and only official marathon time before Sunday was 3h43, the 2h57 is a time to be extremely proud of. And that it was achieved at the continent’s first and only IAAF Gold Label Status Race makes the achievement all the more special.
I went to Cape Town with the sole purpose of achieving a sub three hours run. That I believed I could had to do with a lot of factors, chief among them being that as a Christian I believe that the God I serve is able to take me through anything and everything.
And then there was the fact that the Cape Town Marathon course is pretty flat and fast. Add to that my having recently managed to crack the sub 90 minute mark in the had marathon and everything pointed to a magnificent run.
Source: iol.co.za