Ashley Estwanik has played down her chance of winning the Bermuda Marathon Weekend Half-Marathon on Sunday after being sidelined in recent months, giving birth to her second child.Estwanik, who missed last weekend’s Fairmont to Fairmont race due to a family vacation, will only race the half marathon this year.Ashley, along with husband Chris and their two children, spent two weeks in the Cayman Islands on holiday, missing the first road race of the year.Chris was the four-time defending champion, before being dethroned by training partner Lamont Marshall.Having only had the couple’s second child less that six months ago, Ashley admitted she wouldn’t be pounding the pavement looking for the win, but rather seeing how far she has come in her fitness in recent months.“My preparations have been going pretty well, I’m not in the best shape considering I just had another child five months’ or so ago and it’s been more about getting back into shape rather than fine tuning for the event,” she said.“I’m going to be happy with just going out and seeing where I am in terms of running fitness, I don’t have a time goals so it is more about seeing where I am.Estwanik didn’t compete in any of the events last year after limping out of the Fairmont race with a hamstring injury.She had won the 2009 Women’s Triangle Challenge as well as the local women’s mile, and had planned on running the Half-Marathon and was debating whether to take part in the KPMG Mile event again.With only a few months to prepare for this weekend’s races, Estwanik admitted that Cayman Islands wasn’t the most ideal place to train with the terrain mostly flat, vastly different from the hilly terrain of the local course.“We were in the Cayman Islands for a few weeks and it was hard to train there because it is very flat, and there aren’t many places to run but we got in what we could, a few long runs to get the pace back, so we will see how it plays itself out.”Meanwhile, May 24 champion Deon Breary will take part in this Friday’s Mile but there’s no doubt where her focus will be over the weekend.Fresh off victory in Sunday’s Fairmont race over 7.2 miles, the 41-year-old is at her best over almost twice that distance, the half-marathon (13.2 miles), and that’s what she has been targeting during recent training sessions.“That’s the definitely what I’m looking at,” said the ever-smiling long distance runner. ”But I haven’t set myself any goals. I just want to do my best and hopefully I can run my best time over that distance.”Last May she clocked one hour, 30 minutes and 32 seconds to break the tape after long-time leader Jenny Alen collapsed less than a mile from the finish.“I’ve been training hard. I’ve been doing some track work. I feel I’m in good shape.”While rivals Estwanik and Jenny Alen were absent from Sunday’s race, Breary claimed a top 20 placing in a field of more than 400, clocking 48 minutes, 15 seconds, 35 seconds ahead of Joanne Shillington who could be another local female to watch this weekend.Alen will be one of the favourites in the women’s mile and Breary doesn’t see herself as a serious challenger.“It isn’t my distance,” added Breary, who shed some 90 pounds before taking up running.“I certainly don’t expect to win. For me, this weekend is all about the half-marathon.“Then I’ll get ready for a race in New York which I want to do in March.”