“Sometimes people come to me and say they want to move up the distance and win the Comrades Marathon but for me I have an ambition to move down the distance and I am excited to be here and run this race.
“I took a bit of time after Comrades Marathon and my aim is to try to avoid injury this season and stay fresh. I am training for a marathon and I am halfway there in my build-up with two months of training in Kenya.
“Next week I will go back to Kenya and do two more months and I am excited to run a race like this which promises to be fast and against some of the best in South Africa. Since August I have been at it again, I have had some really good weeks of training with lots of focus on speed.”
This race will be run on a flat surface and organisers are aiming for national records of 27:35 for men that was set by Precious Mashele in 2023 and 31:12 for women set by Glenrose Xaba in July this year.
But Wiersma did not want to reveal his 10km personal best going into the race which is believed to be in the 30s.
“I won’t tell you,” he said with a laugh.