Bosman looks ready for Two Oceans
Charné Bosman’s training seems to be on track for this year’s Two Oceans ultra marathon.
Charné Bosman (Nedbank), runner-up in last year’s Comrades, has decided to run only one marathon as part of her preparation leading up to the Two Oceans Ultra-race.
She competed in the Johnson Crane marathon in Benoni last Sunday, which she won in a solid time of 2:48:52.
“My aim was always to run a time of about 2 hours 48 minutes. The plan was to start out at about 4 minutes per kilometre and then try to finish strongly,” said Bosman who is also sponsored by the hpc.
Bosman’s training seems to be on track because she finished third (37:15) in the George Claassen 10km race two weeks ago.
“At the moment, I focus mainly on speed-work and on getting stronger by running short steep climbs. At this stage, I also do a lot of long slow distance runs. I have been working with Candice Attree (biokineticist) in the gym and I can honestly say I have benefitted from it,” she said.
Coach at the hpc, Lindsey Parry said the reason he wanted Bosman to run only one marathon was that she was a high profile athlete.
“Because everybody recognises her, an athlete like Charné can easily be caught up in all the excitement and hype of a race and end up racing harder than she should.
“I have no doubt Charné is capable of running a time faster than 2 hours and 48 minutes, but I do not want her to do so. A 2:48 race is hard but it would not ‘kill her’. It is important that it should not be necessary for her to take time off from training after having run a marathon. I am planning for Charné to do quite a few 42 to 45 kilometre runs during training sessions.”
Perry said he is quite excited about the way Bosman’s training has been going.
“Since last year’s Comrades, everything has gone according to plan. She has not missed a day’s training and more importantly, she is injury-free,” he said.
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