Lakeside Lunch - start/end of marathon
Ready for course recon
One of these animals is not like the other
Wildebeest, rhino, waterbuck
Nice buck
Rhino plentiful
Close-up ostrich
A look down "the hill"
Nice looking cheetahs
Another great cheetah shot
Friday, June 19th
The day before the marathon. This is a nervous day for me. Nervous if I'm doing a city marathon in the US - extraordinarily so in a foreign country with many unknowns.
We start the day with breakfast at the lodge and then immediately get transferred to the host hotel (where the marathon would start/finish). The host hotel was Lakeside Lodge - located about 2 miles from Ravineside. We got separated into marathon and half marathon participants and went out on a 3-1/2 hr full recon drive of the actual course. We drove the entire 26.2 miles. WOW! We quickly learned this marathon would be extremely challenging. At altitude (5500 ft) - the course was hilly, sandy, rocky and had a 1-2 mile "hill" in the middle. It took all I had not to get car sick riding over the treacherous terrain.
After completing the course via safari jeep, we had a late lunch at Lakeside. It was around 2:30pm when we transferred back to Ravineside We chilled in our room in the afternoon trying to keep our feet up and get some rest. We also took this time to prep our gear for the marathon - packing an extra bag for the finish
Dinner was at 7pm - then back to the room for a semi-sleepless night. Tomorrow we would try to conquer the challenge that brought us here.
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