My wish to run another marathon before TNF in October was granted with the organization of the 1st River Jungle Marathon happening on Aug 15th, basically just 3 weeks away. Training has been poor, no surprises there, which is why such long training runs (this is branded as a social run of 42-43K in distance) are important at least to me, to keep the motivation up.

The key features of this marathon are:

1. It’s limited to just 50 runners
2. Finishers get finisher’s t-shirts and certificates
3. Refreshments along the way
4. Untypical route. We’ll be running close to the countryside.
5. Long hard climb in the middle of the route.
6. Pace groups and support cars – safety in numbers
7. Non-competitive
8. Supported by Camelbak and Excel

Because we’ll be running along the village roads, we’re encouraged to bring along our hydration systems. Not only will we reduce wastage and throwaways, it provides me the chance to put on the Nathan again.

For more info or to register, just head on to the official website.