Notes
It is difficult to judge whether the Soweto Marathon is more difficult than the Deloitte Marathon. At least with the Deloitte Marathon you have 2 laps and you know what to expect in the second half. The Soweto Marathon is a circuit race and produces a very difficult last 10km! My first three 10km's were all in the 42 min range. The last 10km was in 50min and I had to put allot of effort in to it!
I am glad that I did not have any blood sugar problems in this race that I have been experiencing in the last quarter of the last few races. Taking the Gu at the prescribed intervals seem to have done the trick.
This is my 3rd race in 3h06m (all in this year). I felt strong in this race and think that if I do a Marathon with an easier profile I can easily break the 3 hour mark.