Shoo .. I just survived … just … Comrades!

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Were you sitting on the edge of your seat the whole of yesterday(Sunday), screaming at the screen as if the runners could hear you like I was? No? Was that just me? Oh dear .. ok 🙂

Caroline Wöstmann – a race of 2 halves

Some inspiration this morning, for my friends making their way to Comrades this coming weekend.

I saw this clip on my timeline this morning, some sound advice from last year’s ladies Comrades Winner Caroline Wöstmann on the down run this coming weekend!

Running Comrades for the first? Thelma shares a few insights …

Thelma Theron

Firstly a bit of history to set the scene for my readers; I first met Thelma Theron a few years ago, ok a long, long while back. She had come to Swaziland on business and

Sandile needs your tweets…

Please use your tweet for a great cause.

Sandile has been challenged to run 1.6km next Sunday at the Comrades Ultra Marathon by Nedbank. What’s so special about 1.6km when everyone else is running almost 90km? 

Here is what’s so special about this particular stretch of 1.6km:

• Sandile had his legs amputated and will be using artificial limbs
• The 1.6km that he will run will be made up of all the tweets of encouragement individuals like you and I send

How can you support:

• Go over to Twitter
• Login
• And send Sandile a message of encourage using these hashtags 
• #GoSandile #NedbankGreenMile
• Include @PhambiliSandile

Watch a small clip from Sandile here.

Thank you 🙂

EKL

Kallie’s tips with 9 days before Comrades

9 Days to go …

It’s just over  a week before a few of my friends and many more other runners venture out onto the streets of Pietermaritzburg to run the Comrades.

Discovery app and their illogical point’s allocation …

Apple Watch

Almost a month back I blogged about the Discovery’s revision of their Vitality Active Rewards Programme. Didn’t you read it? Shame on  you 🙂 pop on over here so that you can catch up.

A month since the changes were implemented I thought I’d

What I learnt from Sunday’s run ..

Following my 10km run at the Adrienne Hersch this past weekend, I have sat back, lay down and would have stood on my head if it helped me understand what happened during the run. 

Race Review : Adrienne Hersch Challenge

 

Post Race

These are my thoughts on the race..

Is it possible that one can forget to run a distance? After today’s run, I’m convinced it is!

I’m definitely trying to understand what happened. Last week I ran a good 21.1km and really enjoyed every step, exception being the last uphill km into the stadium. Going over my race today, another probable reason my race fell apart could be because I went off too fast in the first half and burnt out too soon? I don’t believe I allowed my legs to warmup before increasing my pace. One thing is for sure, I need to stick to my strategy from the MiWay Wally Marathon and implement it across all my races regardless of distance, and train more 🙂

Keep active this weekend …

It’s the weekend!

You surely must agree that this past week flashed past?! It certainly feels that way for me. 

Kristian Fesel … my humble hero!!

Kristian Fesel

Last year October I ran a series called Feature Friday. On the 9th October 2015 I featured this man, Kristian Fesel. For me he is a real life hero.