Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 169 June 2024 | Page 10

ROAD RUNNING

Debut with a

Silver

Lining

From reunions in the loo queue at the start , to hallucinating about forgetting to pull her pants back up after another loo stop at 65 kays , then craving pizza at 4am while not able to sleep due to sore legs , and feeling like Gerda Steyn back at work , this is the entertaining story of a most successful Comrades Marathon debut by multiple SA Champion , Olympian , wife and mother , school teacher , and former Modern
Athlete brand ambassador René Kalmer . She came , she used the elite loos , and she conquered ! – BY SEAN FALCONER
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