Deciding on your race schedule before the Comrades Marathon
On this edition of the Ask Coach Parry Podcast we chat about the time of your longer races in the build up to the 2015 Comrades Marathon. Should you be running really long now or should you be targeti...
12 Syys 20143min
The important change to the Comrades Marathon qualifying criteria
Comrades Marathon qualifying comes into question today on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast. With the Comrades Marathon Association having changed the qualifying criteria slightly – not so much by what you ...
11 Syys 20142min
Running Nutrition: Preventing insulin spikes at the Comrades Marathon
We have a running nutrition related question on today’s Ask Coach Parry Podcast. It was submitted by Daan van Niekerk. He says he has actually posted this question on the Comrades Marathon Facebook Pa...
10 Syys 20145min
For the Comrades Marathon novice – The best advice you’ll get
Our question today comes from Siphiwe Mazibuko. He’s a beginner runner and will be a Comrades Marathon novice in 2015 and he would like to get some advice. He is 30 years old and the longest run he ha...
9 Syys 20144min
Comrades Marathon training programmes: How to run the hill repeats
We chat about how to do the hill repeats in the Comrades Marathon training programmes. Louise Routenbach submitted her question via our website. It is quite interesting too, it has to do with your Com...
8 Syys 20142min
Cross training and the Comrades Marathon: Will it help Terry?
Terry submitted a cross training question and how it relates to training for the Comrades Marathon. Terry says “I am many months into recovering from a proximal hamstring tendinopathy, which has preve...
5 Syys 20142min
Running a sub 3 hour marathon after a serious injury
This question comes in from Conrad. He said after running the Washie 100 miler this year, he had a ruptured Baker’s cyst. He was advised to take 6 weeks off and then start training again. His training...
4 Syys 20142min
When is the best time to run your Comrades Marathon qualifier?
Today we have a Comrades Marathon qualifier related question from one of our international runners. It is from Carl Ebhrul. He said “In the training for the Comrades Marathon, the qualifying races are...
3 Syys 20142min
