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A flat run ... but a hot one!
Like the bike course, the run is a three-loop affair.
If it is as hot as the weather man is calling for on Sunday, the run here at Ironman South Africa is going to quickly become a race of survival!
How hot are they suggesting it might be? One report has the temperature hitting 38 to 40 degrees Celsius, which converts to a balmy 100 degrees Fahrenheit!
The run begins with an out-and-back section along the beach, following the same road as the bike course begins on. All of the roads along the course are closed, which means that the runners will take one side of the two-lane road, while the cyclists will use the other.
After running back past the transition/ finish line, the runners will continue along Marine Drive, and then make a right turn on University Avenue. The course loops back to Marine Drive, where the runners will head back to the finish line.
The course is pretty flat … the challenge could very well be the heat!
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