(Comrades Pacing) Avoid the Reckless Running Minute with Rudyard’s Advice!
Last week we discussed the setting of realistic goals for Comrades, based on your short distance speed and the distance of training covered. (you can Continue Reading
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COMRADES – NOTHING NEW AND NOTHING TO BE FEARED BY DISTANCE OR VENUE.
It’s been said ‘The more things change – the more they stay the same’ Comrades runners are reaching the final week of peak training, and Continue Reading
Critical Cut Offs Challenge Comrades ‘Soldiers’
The 3000 who Challenge Critical Cut-off’s – How Foot Soldiers Conquer Comrades: The admiration, and adulation afforded the winner and gold medal men and ladies Continue Reading
Check Comrades Capacity with Birchwood Half or YOUR nearest flat short race!
This is a key time for all Comrades runners: we are close to a month into the endurance phase of Comrades training and it is Continue Reading
Pace Between the Two Oceans – Half and 56k Ultra
The TWO OCEANS MARATHON is just hours away and although shorter, presents runners with a tougher challenge than Comrades Marathon for a couple of reasons: Continue Reading
Shorter yet faster – Monitoring and Predicting Performance Progression
There are many reasons for taking up running as a sport. For some the simple action of getting out there is sufficient, but for many Continue Reading
SECURE YOUR 2017 SOWETO MARATHON PACING FREE HERE…
GET YOUR PACING FOR SOWETO MARATHON – 2017 Sunday’s soweto marathon and half marathon / 10km are not easy courses, so below is a table Continue Reading
Caster Bags Big Bronze in 1500
Caster Semenya bagged the 1500m bronze medal in a gutsy drama filled tactical race, that took on a most unexpected style. Most pundits had predicted Continue Reading
TIM NOAKES – THE QUIET MAVERICK -by Daryl Ilbury (Review)
It has been my honour and privilege to have met Tim Noakes in 1982. That was the day he first put me on a treadmill, Continue Reading
The Thinking Runner — Are Rules Necessary? (or officials for that matter)
How long would a rugby player last in a game if he didn’t know the rules? Not more than ten minutes I would guess, and Continue Reading