ROAD RUNNING
Oh So Close !
So what do you do when you ’ ve shattered the Comrades Marathon women ’ s record , won the Two Oceans Marathon in near-record time looking fresh as a daisy , and posted the fastest marathon time by a South African woman in years ? You go after the SA Marathon record , of course … and you don ’ t let a global pandemic get in the way . That ’ s what Gerda Steyn did in the recent London Marathon , and if it weren ’ t for the cold , wet conditions , she may just have achieved her goal , but she says that record is still very much in her sights .
– BY SEAN FALCONER
12 ISSUE 134 OCTOBER 2020 / www . modernathlete . co . za