Well, The Rapture didn't take us--or anybody else for that matter-- so we had to show up and give this thing a try. We finished a few hours ago. The race was 87 Kilometers and one of us was a little under Ten hours and the other a little over. We count this as a success. We'll post more details later. For now, suffice it to say the guy who told me that the hills at Boston are like the flat part of this race wasn't kidding. There are five big hills that have their own names (and would be called mountains if they were in the Mid-West), and at least a hundred others that don't even have names that would legendary if they were on a course in the States. The combination of steep and long up-hills followed by steep and long downhills eventually caused just about every part of my body to hurt at one time or another. At one point even my butt hurt, which I realize almost certainly falls into the category of Too Much Information. I offer it here only in the name of Serious Sports Science.
The people in South Africa have been wonderful and the crowds were great. This race is their Super Bowl and everybody is into it. We've got a few more days here and we plan to see as much as we can (sore butt and all).
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