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Comrades 2022 training

BECAUSE IT’S A DOWN RUN WE GO UP !

7 July 20228 July 2022
by Bruce Fordyce

Perched on a tall wooden scaffold near the summit of Cowie’s Hill on August 28^th, an eagle-eyed camera will be filming the progress of thousands of Comrades marathon runners as they battle their way towards the finish of the race in Durban. It’s a particularly sadistic location for a camera because it will catch the runners at their weakest moments. They will have run over 70 kilometres of hills as they struggle up “Cowies”, including the bone jarring descents of Botha’s Hill, and Field’s Hill, and then they will have toiled through the sweaty humidity of Pinetown. Most will have boasted to loved ones, friends and family that they Read more “BECAUSE IT’S A DOWN RUN WE GO UP !” →

Comrades 2022 training

IT’S TIME – MAY IS THE NEW MARCH

28 April 20228 July 2022
by Bruce Fordyce

Now that the Two Oceans dust has settled, and the postmortems of the great race have been completed it is time to take stock and make plans for the Comrades marathon in August.
When the Comrades marathon association first announced that the race would be run on August 28th there were howls of protest from some quarters. (We all understand that change often makes people uncomfortable. Try changing a runner’s familiar training route if you want to see an adverse reaction to change) But the rationale for the August date was more than adequately explained Read more “IT’S TIME – MAY IS THE NEW MARCH” →

Comrades 2022 training

GET A COACH, START WINNING

10 April 202229 April 2022
by Bruce Fordyce

Coaches Bruce, Iain and Frank with athletes Jeannie (recently won Gauteng 21km championship gold Vet women) and Wayne.

Back in the 1970s when I started running, I had not heard of the concept of a running coach for anyone other than for a handful of elite Olympic athletes. In fact, when I first decided to lace up some running shoe (priced at R4.50 a pair) I think the word “coach” was more familiar to me as a rather posh word for a bus or railway carriage. I’m sure my running companions of that era felt the same. I joke, of course, but the two best known coaches at that time were already from a bygone era. Read more “GET A COACH, START WINNING” →

Comrades 2022 training

MARCH IS THE NEW JANUARY

21 November 202122 November 2021
by Bruce Fordyce

Now that the dust has settled and Comrades runners all over the World are coming to terms with the idea of an August/early spring date for our beloved race let’s look at how some things are going to change, how much about Comrades will never quite be the same again and how some aspects of Comrades will always remain the same.

The most exciting news of course, is that we are going to have a Comrades marathon in which to participate, to enjoy watching, and to savour. After two years in the lockdown wilderness our beloved Comrades is back. I have a feeling that the 2022 Comrades marathon Read more “MARCH IS THE NEW JANUARY” →

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BECAUSE IT’S A DOWN RUN WE GO UP !

IT’S TIME – MAY IS THE NEW MARCH

GET A COACH, START WINNING

MARCH IS THE NEW JANUARY