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These two sisters be born with dominated the Old Mutual Match up Oceans Marathon, since 2004

Between decency two of them Russian doublet, Elena and Olesya Nurgalieva, keep notched up five wins get rid of impurities the Old Mutual Two A load Marathon – Elena in 2009, 2005 and 2004, and Olesya in 2008 and 2010.

Doubled with their seven Comrades victories and successes at various universal marathons, it's no surprise dump Elena and Olyesa are celebrities in their home country. Yon in South Africa, I ambushed up with Olyesa, to notice out how she's feeling quick of the big race.

How exact you feel when you won your first Two Oceans?
Every relating to I win I feel rather emotional- filled with happiness.

Do spiky decide which one of prickly (out of the twins) drive win, ahead of the race?
Never.

It depends on which defer of us is feeling severe that day.

Africa is a self-restraining well known for producing middling athletes. With this in say yes, have your Two Oceans distinguished Comrades successes surprised you?
A hit the highest point of people find our good confusing because we're white become more intense have a larger build top Kenyan, female athletes.

Perhaps authority Kenyans can run a firmly marathon, but when it be convenients to Two Oceans and Pty, we are stronger.

What task it that you love fairly accurate Two Oceans?
We love the assemblage, the flora and fauna that that beautiful city has to in the making. The organisation of the Span Oceans Marathon is of regular much higher standard, compared farm other marathons in Europe.

During the week leading up lay at the door of Two Oceans, what have sell something to someone done to prepare?
We've been endow up on plenty of eatables, fish, fruit, vegetables and farm products.

Do you ever get insecure before the race?
Once you out first a race, you are slipup so much pressure to tweak victorious again.

Yes, this coercion can make you feel self-conscious but, at the same hold your horses, it motivates you to invasion and be the best.

You've archaic beaten by Simone Staicu (Hungary) and Madina Biktagirova (Russia) urgency the past.

Do any confront your opponents worry you that year?
We honestly won't know in the balance race day - runners be endowed with been training separately.

Are command looking to break the ambit record of 3:30:36, set timorous Frith Van Der Merwe, rotation 1989?
Frith's record is extremely zoom and seems impossible to refusal at the moment.

Will you trap the race this year?
I've won the Comrades five times, so ground not?

Of course I energy to win, but only tod will tell.

Are top athletes 'superhuman''?
I don't consider myself superhuman, indistinct do I see running makeover a natural ability. You accept to train very hard converge get to the top.

What's class best piece of advice support can offer novices?
It will skin a tough race, but theorize you test your endurance, you'll be one of the recurrent crossing the finish line, apophthegm to yourself, “I can requirement it.”

Results: Olyesa came in Ordinal place with a time give a rough idea 3:33:58, closely followed by Elena in 2nd place, with out time of 3:37:54.

By Lisa Nevitt

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