At km 36, I found an elite almost fainting, she requested for my water which I immediately gave her… only to realize that the next time I would be seeing water was 4 km away 💀
Luckily, at around km 37, a runner on the other side headed towards JKIA, was gracious enough to give me their water. I hope they did not suffer for it.
A few meters later, someone asked me for the same bottle… and I just remember saying to myself, Woi, Tutafika lini… it was really bad!
To the organizers of Nairobi City Marathon, if you are not going to allow our personal supporters into the course, increase water points and give people electrolytes!
I can officially call myself a Marathon Runner 🙌🏾
Today’s run was tougher than I had expected. I started on a high note and everything was going well until kilometer 10 when I noticed that my support system was missing in action.
That meant no electrolytes, something that I wasn’t mentally prepared for!
Having covered 30km in 1:55hr, the sub 3 was so close, but unfortunately, today was not the day! Things got really tough after the 30th kilometer, and despite efforts to hold it together, I had to walk from Kilometer 36 to kilometer 40, from where I gathered myself to the finish line!
Many lessons have been learned today… and this has been a fair debut! From here, the only way is up!