 Comrades training - February 2012The highlight of February's training is running a 32km race. This is in preparation for our qualifying marathon, which will be run in March. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - January 2012 Coming off the December holiday period with a steady 40 km per week average, the weekly mileage gradually builds up to 50 km per week by the end of January. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - December 2011 Having come off a "high activity" period in November which culminated with running a 32 km race, we now go into 'holiday mode' for the month of December Read full blog |
| Comrades training - November 2011 November is the sixth month in the training year. This is the last month where there are two distinct training programmes, one for the novice and a separate one for the more experienced runner. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - October 2011 During September you were averaging between around 20 km a week, this month there is just that slight increase to around 20 - 25 km weekly. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - September 2011 Having completed your first official 10 km race, you are now 'on the road'. Whereas in August you were averaging between 15 km and 20 km, this month we would like to see you averaging around 20 km on a consistent basis. Read full blog |
 LJ's Diary from DaeguFollow top SA athlete LJ van Zyl as he keeps us up to date with the goings on at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Read full blog |
 Worlds have come a long way since 1983Usain Bolt and Yelena Isinbayeva are the legitimate heirs of Carl Lewis and Sergey Bubka, who launched their careers at the inaugural world athletics championships in 1983. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - August 2011 It is at this time of the year, when you have made a firm commitment to running the 2012 Comrades Marathon, that it would be nice to see all the running that's required of you before the actual race. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - July 2011 The novice will continue to slowly adapt to running on the road. Make sure to run at a steady pace that is comfortable to maintain for the duration of the run. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - June 2011 With the running of the 2011 Comrades Marathon just having taken place a few days ago, I'm sure many a novice has been inspired to run the ultra-marathon next year Read full blog |
| Comrades training - May 2011 The main goal of the month of May leading up to Comrades is to get to that start line injury free! To best achieve this, we will taper our training in May, by running around 10-15% less each week. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - April 2011 April sees both the weekly mileage and the monthly mileage reach their peak - this is the "high mileage" season. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - March 2011 Let's go straight to the highlights for March 2011. Goals: 1. to get that Comradesqualification under your belt; 2. to maintain a comfortable 55-65km per week building up to the Ultra marathon in April. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - February 2011 February sees us running a 32 km race in preparation for our qualifying marathon, which will ideally be run in March. Lets look at the highlights of the training for the month. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - January 2011 January 2011 has finally arrived. January is the 8th month of the Comrades training year, and is the time that the training starts in earnest. Read full blog |
| Rudisha steals Bolt's thunder with records A young Kenyan provided athletics' biggest breakthrough in a year when injuries and American Tyson Gay bested Usain Bolt. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - December 2010 December, while officially the last month of the 2010, is really only the 7th month of the Comrades training year. This means that you are now at the halfway point in your training. Read full blog |
| Comrades Training - November 2010 November is the last month where the distances for the novice runner differ from the Comrades veteran.From December the two programmes will merge and the training will be identical for all runners. Read full blog |
| Comrades training - October 2010 Having now completed at least two 10 km races, it's time to 'up' your game, and run a 15 km race. An ideal race this year is the Rainbow 15 km race on Sunday 3rd October from the Barnard Stadium. Read full blog |
LJ's Diary from DaeguFollow top SA athlete LJ van Zyl as he keeps us up to date with the goings on at the World... |
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Comrades training - February 2012The highlight of February's training is running a 32km race. This is in preparation for our... |
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Worlds have come a long way since 1983Usain Bolt and Yelena Isinbayeva are the legitimate heirs of Carl Lewis and Sergey Bubka, who... |
