Sport	Race
Event	Varsity Kudus
Date	06 January 2013
Where	Johannesburg, South Africa
Distance	15 Km
Finishing Time	01:19:16
Race Number	n/a
Result	319/2326
Top %	14%
Pace	5:17 m/km
Speed	11.35 km/h
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My experience at the event:

Nothing better than starting the 2013 season with a tough race. With the next few months packed with possibilities (triathlons, trail runs, the usual road races and the football season),  I need to hit a good performance point early and at least carry it until May/June.

The Varsity Kudus race is always one of my favorite. The start (at Wits University) is 20 minutes away, and the course is quite selective.

With some hard training post-christmas in my legs, I decided to push (thanks to a long downhill at the start) until the 6/7th km, where my body got hit by the previous training load. I felt heavy, and I suffered on the many up and downs steep hills for the second part of the race. This is why I was surprised to finish in my best time for this race, beating my previous record by almost 5 minutes! The 1.19 is still far from my best of the distance (albeit on a flat surface) but it was a positive result.

As usual, all the details of the race are on runkeeper: http://runkeeper.com/user/olafek/activity/139951337

Some pictures:



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