Ndakaini 2 - Shall I be twice lucky?
Second time
I shall be going for my second attempt at the toughest marathon on earth very soon. My run last year was curtailed by the many surprises that I encountered on the route. I hope that am now more psyched for the run than last time. Whether this comes to pass remains to be seen when I hit that dusty road on Saturday, September 13, 2014.
Before, then I have been trying to get myself on the ready. Sample this...
I just read on the organizers website that the registration fee for the event is KShs.1,000/= (USD12.00) unlike the previous fee of half that amount. There is no explanation for the 100% increase, but I do not expect any. At this rate, am afraid that the transport fee shall be double the amount charged last year, when it was pegged at same rate as registration fee.
I have been kind-of practicing for this run, trying my best to do the three runs per week. Of the four week passed, since I started the 15-week countdown to Nairobi Marathon on July 21, 2014, I have managed to run 8 of the 12 scheduled runs. That is a 66% success rate, but I need to up the game, if am to beat Ndakaini in 2014.
More dollars
Talking of increased registration fees, I have just read an invitation to Nairobi International Marathon 2014 aka Stanchart Nairobi Marathon. And… surprise, surprise… they have also doubled their registration fee from KShs.1,000/= to KShs.2,000/= (USD24.00) for all categories of runs. I know that increase from USD6 to USD12 makes you go, “Ah!”, but from USD12 to USD24... that makes you go “Hapana!”.
Finally, I had to publicize the Ndakaini event on the marathoners page on FB, on the group “Runners with strong spirit”. I have been out of the SMS for long and found quite a few surprises (including abbreviated language such as SMS which means Social Media Site – that’s my creation). The types of updates that I see! Let me just leave this to ‘see’ and not write about it.
Barack Wamkaya Wanjawa, Nairobi Kenya, August 18, 2014
Second time
I shall be going for my second attempt at the toughest marathon on earth very soon. My run last year was curtailed by the many surprises that I encountered on the route. I hope that am now more psyched for the run than last time. Whether this comes to pass remains to be seen when I hit that dusty road on Saturday, September 13, 2014.
Before, then I have been trying to get myself on the ready. Sample this...
I just read on the organizers website that the registration fee for the event is KShs.1,000/= (USD12.00) unlike the previous fee of half that amount. There is no explanation for the 100% increase, but I do not expect any. At this rate, am afraid that the transport fee shall be double the amount charged last year, when it was pegged at same rate as registration fee.
I have been kind-of practicing for this run, trying my best to do the three runs per week. Of the four week passed, since I started the 15-week countdown to Nairobi Marathon on July 21, 2014, I have managed to run 8 of the 12 scheduled runs. That is a 66% success rate, but I need to up the game, if am to beat Ndakaini in 2014.
More dollars
Talking of increased registration fees, I have just read an invitation to Nairobi International Marathon 2014 aka Stanchart Nairobi Marathon. And… surprise, surprise… they have also doubled their registration fee from KShs.1,000/= to KShs.2,000/= (USD24.00) for all categories of runs. I know that increase from USD6 to USD12 makes you go, “Ah!”, but from USD12 to USD24... that makes you go “Hapana!”.
Finally, I had to publicize the Ndakaini event on the marathoners page on FB, on the group “Runners with strong spirit”. I have been out of the SMS for long and found quite a few surprises (including abbreviated language such as SMS which means Social Media Site – that’s my creation). The types of updates that I see! Let me just leave this to ‘see’ and not write about it.
Barack Wamkaya Wanjawa, Nairobi Kenya, August 18, 2014
