
Should I push myself in my Comrades Marathon qualifier
This is Ask Coach Parry and today we have quite a detailed question with a lot of info in. It comes from Peter. He says he is relatively new to running and he is doing his Comrades Marathon qualifier ...
10 Feb 20153min

Training for your marathon when you're injury prone
Today’s question on Ask Coach Parry is another injury related question submitted by Tracey. She says she is planning to run the Pietermaritzburg Marathon. Training is going well but she is prone to i...
9 Feb 20151min

Comrades Marathon training affected by piriformis injury
Welcome back to Ask Coach Parry. The question today is injury related and comes from Anzonia. She says that she developed a piriformis muscle injury. She started to train but had to stop because runni...
6 Feb 20152min

What can I eat on Comrades Marathon race day?
Today’s question on Ask Coach Parry was submitted by Hein Gerike. He says he is a first time Comrades Marathon runner in 2015 and would like some advice on snacks and eats on race day. He is not a bi...
5 Feb 20153min

My Comrades Marathon qualifying race in New Zealand
Today we answer a question from Cecelia Kazsk. She says she completed the Comrades Marathon last year comfortably in a time of 11.33. She probably could have done better but had an issue with missing ...
4 Feb 20153min

The pace for marathon training runs for the Comrades Marathon
Today on Ask Coach Parry we talk more Comrades Marathon. The question was submitted by Jock Ferguson and it says: " Hi coach Parry. I have achieved a qualification time of 3.24 and I am following the...
3 Feb 20151min

Do you know how to get rid of a belly?
This is Ask Coach Parry and today we answer the question from Clive Johnson. He has a fabulous question. He says “Do you know how to get rid of a belly?” He is a regular runner, has run Two Oceans as...
2 Feb 20152min

Comrades Marathon water stations and nutrition
Welcome back to Ask Coach Parry, today we talk Comrades Marathon. We are combining 2 very similar questions from Johan Nel, and also from Peter de Wit who is coming out from Australia to run the Comra...
30 Jan 20153min



















