FILE. Gerda Steyn, the overwhelming favourite for the women’s Comrades Marathon title, is approaching the race with the mindset of giving her all as if it were her last chance, aiming for a fourth consecutive victory and a fifth overall. Picture: Armand Hough / Independent Newspapers
If Gerda Steyn needed to strike a little extra fear into the hearts of her challengers, she may have done exactly that after revealing she is approaching this year’s Comrades Marathon as though it could be her last.
Health permitting, it almost certainly won’t be. But that mindset of giving absolutely everything she has could prove to be one of Steyn’s greatest weapons on race day.
The Smiling Assassin is the overwhelming favourite for the women’s title as she hunts a fourth consecutive Comrades victory and a fifth overall.
Ahead of Sunday’s up run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, Steyn revealed the mentality that has driven her preparation for this year’s race.
