Comrades Mileage: How Much Should You Have Done?
A lot of people are second guessing their training and the amount of training they’ve done in their Comrades Marathon preparation. Today’s question on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast comes from Doug Hardr...
19 Touko 20142min
Plantar Fasciitis – Long Term & Short Term Remedies
Today’s question on the Ask Coach Parry podcast is injury related and was submitted by Tony. Tony has a bad case of plantar fasciitis. He asked what the immediate remedies are and what are the long te...
16 Touko 20142min
How to deal with hot conditions at the Comrades Marathon
Today’s question on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast comes from Steve Taylor and deals with strategies to cope with running the Comrades Marathon in the heat. Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry...
15 Touko 20142min
Are long training runs necessary to complete the Comrades Marathon?
Today’s question on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast comes from Brendan Dunn and it is about long training runs for Comrades. Besides the mental edge that they give you, are runs of between 40-55km's nece...
14 Touko 20142min
What percentage heart rate should you average at Comrades?
Today on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast we talk about running the Comrades Marathon with a heart rate monitor and what percentage of you max hr you should run at. Read More · Training Programs · www.Coac...
13 Touko 20143min
What can I eat to avoid cramping while running?
Hi coach, I suffer terribly with cramp, I have done all my life but obviously a lot more now that I'm training for my first Comrades Marathon. What can I do or eat to avoid cramping while running? Or...
9 Touko 20144min
When is the best time to take vitamin supplements on race day?
We all take a lot of multivitamins, omega’s and other nutritional supplements (including extra proteins and magnesium) every day. My question is this: on race day, should you take them before or after...
8 Touko 20142min
The Second Half of the Comrades Marathon Down Run
This is part three of the three part series about the Comrades route and race day (You can access Part One here and Part Two here) On day one we spoke about the start of the 2014 Comrades Marathon and...
7 Touko 20145min
