“I am not sure if running a 10km on Sunday will be a wise thing to do at this stage, but I really need to start racing again. I think the longer I wait, the more difficult it will become. Anyway, I am not planning to race seriously. I just want to be there to experience the joy of running again and to watch everybody else running and enjoying themselves. I really miss it.
“Luckily Sunday’s race is nothing serious for me. It will only be 10 kilometres and I don’t have any aspirations. It will be great just to finish,” said the Tuks/HPC athlete who went out for her first run this last Monday. During the past few weeks she kept fit by doing some swimming and cycling.
If everything goes according to plan Van Zyl’s first serious race will be in November when she plans to race the Soweto 10km.
“It is still about four weeks away and hopefully I will be fit enough by then to be able to race properly. I am hoping to finish in the top five in Soweto but we will have to wait and see if that is possible.”
