FILE. Gerda Steyn, aiming for her fifth Comrades Marathon title, showed with a training run on Wednesday that her easy pace would be good enough to secure silver medal at the historic event. Picture: Henk Kruger / Independent Media
By now, every Comrades Marathon will be seriously dialling back the mileage and intensity of the big day, and women’s race favourite Gerda Steyn is no exception.
The difference is, Steyn’s ‘easy run’ pace is good enough to win a silver medal at the ultra marathon.
On Wednesday, Steyn completed a 16.12km run at a 4:31 per km pace. The title for her run was 'EZ 16km'.
At Comrades, runners who run under 7:30 earn a silver medal and the pace required is roughly 5:11 minutes per km athletes need to maintain or better.
