Xaba aims for podium finish
Glenrose Xaba is looking forward to taking on the international competition at the FNB Run Your City Series.
IN form Glenrose Xaba is relishing the opportunity to race international competition in the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN on 13 October.
Xaba has had arguably the best season of her career with personal bests in the 5km, 10km, 15km and the half marathon.
Among those who she will be facing in both the Durban and Johannesburg races is her arch rival, Tadu Nare from Ethiopia. Nare has so far had the better of the 24-year-old South African, but the former winner of the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN (2017) is extremely confident. Hardly surprising after having run 69:46 at the Buenos Aires Half Marathon on 25 August where she finished 5th overall.
“I am looking for a really fast time in Durban and possibly a top three position. The FNB Run Your City Series always brings fast athletes, so I know that I will need to be at my best,” said Xaba.
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Xaba and Nare have met on six occasions and each time the Ethiopian has had the upper hand. But Xaba feels she is hitting peak form at the right time now after her 69:46 in Buenos Aires. That makes Xaba only the third South African woman to break the 70 minute mark for the half marathon behind Elana Meyer (66:44) and Colleen de Reuck (68:38) and the first to do so in 20 years.
After Xaba won the SA Cross Country title on Saturday, 7 September, she can now lay claim to seven national titles over cross country, the road and on the track in three years.
The FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN is on Sunday, 13 October, starting at Blue Lagoon (Athlone Drive) and finishing at the beachfront precinct near The Bike and Bean.
Visit: www.durban10k.com.
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