>>139526I would run it with a team first, even if its just one other person. Not knocking on you, and I know several people who have run solo without paddling a team first, but its rough and sometimes the other person is the only thing that keeps you sane.
As to training there is only one thing you need to do, PADDLE. Practice the dirty thirty (first 30 miles of the race) as much as you can, the lower sections are big, open flat water but the first part is technical. I would start training in August at the latest and paddle through the winter if you can.
The trick is getting your mind right, most people don't fail the Safari because they are physically incapable, but because they loose their shit mentally. One of the regular racers is a former Green Beret and he says the race is harder than any school or anything he did in the military, and that its not about fitness, its mental.
