The Comrades champion, Charné Bosman (Nedbank Running Club), had just reason to smile after winning the Irene 48km ultra-race.
A year ago after she had finished the same race she was in despair as her foot was quite swollen and sore. Unbeknownst to her she had broken a toe and it was debatable whether she would recover in time to race the Comrades. Luckily she did and the rest is they say history.
Bosman who trains at the High Performance Centre did not really expect to win on Sunday. The Irene Ultra-race was just another good hard training run in which her focus was to emulate to perfection the way she planned to race Comrades.
“I did not taper down at all for the race. I started off with tired legs which were good as the second half of Comrades is usually a battle of mind over body. The temperature soared midway through the race which sapped once energy but again it did not bother me as it can get quite hot during the Comrades. It is important to get used to racing in such heat.”
Bosman won in 3:26:04. She has no plans to race again before Comrades. As last year she will do her final preparation for the “big day” at Graskop.
- Author Wilhelm de Swardt
Source:
http://www.up.ac.za/en/high-performance-centre/news/post_2449216-bosman-wins-irene-48km-ultra-race
