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lyslexic
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 Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:36 am Post subject: PnP Marathon & Half 14 Feb 2010 |
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Name of race: Pick n Pay Marathon
• Date: Sunday 14 February 2010
• Time: 06h00
• Cost of Entry: R70,00 for Marathon R50,00 for 21KM Challenge. Entry forms will be available and accepted at leading running shops and races.
• Entries Close: 10 February 2010
• Online Entries: www.pnpmarathon.co.za
• Venue: Saheti School, Senderwood, Johannesburg
• Finish: Saheti School, Senderwood, Johannesburg
• Presenting Club: Jeppe Quondam Athletic Club
• Distance: 42Km Marathon and 21Km Challenge. 5km
• Main Sponsor: Pick n Pay
• Drink Sponsor: ABI
• Water Points: 7 points
• Medical Assistance: ER 24
• Cut off time: 5 hours for the Marathon, 3 hours for the 21Km
Pre entries close tomorrow.
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DuaneD
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:44 am Post subject: |
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which one will you be running? - the big one or the baby?
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lyslexic
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| DuaneD wrote: | which one will you be running? - the big one or the baby?
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The baby one. 
I don't wanna do the big one and disrespect the distance. |
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mashabat
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| Is the 8km still on? What time does it start? |
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yolandim
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: |
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We'll be there for the 21 only. Doing the 32km in Fochville the day before!
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irish
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:02 am Post subject: |
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i'll be there for 21km
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RTH
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Come on everyone! I don't want to have just my own company on the 42! 
I decided to do this very slowly (sub 5) to qualify for Two Oceans.
I only recently found out how few qualifying races remain for Oceans.
Since my training programme is geared at a fast Comrades qualifier at the Akasia marathon, and Akasia is not regarded as a TO qualifier, I had to make another plan.
I hope that the PnP is not gonna jeopardize my Akasia goal. 
Can anybody tell me what to expect on the route? Is it tough? Last year I heard it is tough. 
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lyslexic
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:36 am Post subject: |
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| RTH wrote: | | Can anybody tell me what to expect on the route? Is it tough? Last year I heard it is tough. |
Did the 21 last year. Don't remember any hills & the 42 is a double lapper. |
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RTH
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:37 am Post subject: |
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| lyslexic wrote: | | RTH wrote: | | Can anybody tell me what to expect on the route? Is it tough? Last year I heard it is tough. |
Did the 21 last year. Don't remember any hills & the 42 is a double lapper. |
Thanks! That's what I wanted to hear! 
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PaulGreene
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| RTH wrote: |
Can anybody tell me what to expect on the route? Is it tough? Last year I heard it is tough. |
For me (and I've always raced it), it's always been a tough run although the route is not particularly hard route. Crowded and usually hot. Gentle hills start getting to you in the second lap. I rate it 3.5/5 difficulty.
In comparison, I rate Johnson Crane as a 1/5 in difficulty. |
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Tukkies
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Me – 42km.
A relatively flat route with a few gentle hills. The only incline/hill that feels like a monster … the final +-600m at the end. Running up that hill when u are tired ... not so "lekker".
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RTH
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Tukkies wrote: | Me – 42km.
A relatively flat route with a few gentle hills. The only incline/hill that feels like a monster … the final +-600m at the end. Running up that hill when u are tired ... not so "lekker". |
So in theory there shouldn't be any risks in doing a slow 42 with the purpose of doing a faster Comrades qualifier the 6th of March at Akasia?
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Tukkies
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| RTH wrote: |
So in theory there shouldn't be any risks in doing a slow 42 with the purpose of doing a faster Comrades qualifier the 6th of March at Akasia? |
I never ran the Akasia marathon and this year it's a "NO" (weekend after Deloittes marathon)... u can run a fast PnP. Run the 1st lap slower than the second. Before the final 600m hill ... it's a long decline/downhill.
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RTH
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Tukkies wrote: | | RTH wrote: |
So in theory there shouldn't be any risks in doing a slow 42 with the purpose of doing a faster Comrades qualifier the 6th of March at Akasia? |
I never ran the Akasia marathon and this year it's a "NO" (weekend after Deloittes marathon)... u can run a fast PnP. Run the 1st lap slower than the second. Before the final 600m hill ... it's a long decline/downhill. |
Unfortunately I am not on that level yet to achieve my goal next week.
The training programme that I've been following aims at Akasia in March, that gives me 3 weeks of quality training.
And fortunately I won't be doing Deloitte.....that is a killer! 
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pseudo porra
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| will be doing a slow 21.1km after the bronkies 32 the previous day, hopefully with a few friends around.. |
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MrPrice runner
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:01 am Post subject: |
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I will be there 
Doing the 21,1km and then running extra afterwards to try get 32k for the day. Or... enter the Marathon and run to 32k and try find a lift!!!
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kenjohn
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Will not be at Pick 'n Pay this year.
Going on a Quad Bike game drive and Valentine's picnic with the wife instead. Just to prove that I don't have to run every race on the calendar! 
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pseudo porra
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| kenjohn wrote: | Will not be at Pick 'n Pay this year.
Going on a Quad Bike game drive and Valentine's picnic with the wife instead. Just to prove that I don't have to run every race on the calendar! |
And can you in all honesty confirm that at no stage during your romantic interlude you will even think about the race?? |
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lyslexic
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| pseudo porra wrote: | | kenjohn wrote: | Will not be at Pick 'n Pay this year.
Going on a Quad Bike game drive and Valentine's picnic with the wife instead. Just to prove that I don't have to run every race on the calendar! |
And can you in all honesty confirm that at no stage during your romantic interlude you will even think about the race?? |
He'll make sure his quad gets stuck in the mud so he can run back to the start  |
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kenjohn
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| lyslexic wrote: | | pseudo porra wrote: | | kenjohn wrote: | Will not be at Pick 'n Pay this year.
Going on a Quad Bike game drive and Valentine's picnic with the wife instead. Just to prove that I don't have to run every race on the calendar! |
And can you in all honesty confirm that at no stage during your romantic interlude you will even think about the race?? |
He'll make sure his quad gets stuck in the mud so he can run back to the start |
Don't you guys have jobs? Two reactions to my post within about 60 seconds of posting it.
I will be doing a 10km training run in the early morning, so the running will get done! And I've never had a romantic interlude on a moving Quad Bike before. That'll be a first. 
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