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Ensure you’re following the right Comrades Marathon training programme
On this episode of the Ask Coach Parry we chat about choosing the right Comrades Marathon training programme for you. Today’s question was submitted by Barbara Florence. She attended the first of our 2015 Comrades Marathon webinars that we started this week and she really enjoyed it. Barbara is sitting…
Constant injury niggles are hampering my Comrades Marathon training
We have a follow up question on this episode of the Ask Coach Parry Podcast. Debbie is training for her first Comrades Marathon and submitted this question a couple of weeks ago. She has chatted to you before about a calf injury and a sore knee following that calf injury…
What is causing your knee pain when you run and how serious is it?
Today on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast we answer a question relating to knee pain. Nonkululo Mcuntula is hoping to run the Comrades Marathon in 2015 and had the following to say: ‘Hi coach. I have an extreme pain in my right knee when I start running downhill in a…
Is it possible to finish the Comrades Marathon by walking it?
Is it possible to walk the Comrades Marathon? In a nutshell, that is what today’s episode of the Ask Coach Parry podcast is all about.The question was by Belinda and she attempted the Comrades Marathon a couple of years ago. Unfortunately she ended up missing a cut off.Subsequent to that…
Comrades Marathon training: Taking an end of year break
David Penzhorn ran the Comrades Marathon in 2014 and is planning on going back in 2015. He submitted his question on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast website and he had the following to say: I completed the Comrades Marathon this year. I then took 2 weeks off and then started…
10 Hour Comrades Marathon: Which training programme should you follow?
The gap between the Comrades Marathon Bill Rowan medal and the Comrades Marathon Bronze medal finish times is two hours. There are a quite a few runners that fall in the middle of those two Comrades Marathon training programmes and if you’re aiming for a 10 hour Comrades Marathon finish…
Using your heart rate to make your run training sessions more specifc
Mthunzi submitted his question for the Ask Coach Parry Podcast today, and it is somewhat related to the chat we have had regarding training to heart rate and building your fitness base using your heart rate monnitor. His question goes as follows: “My training routine is as follows: I go…
Rearranging your Comrades Marathon training to fit in a marathon
Today’s question was submitted by from Gregg Dardagan. It is quite a complicated one and reads as follows: In all of Lindsey’s Comrades Marathon training programmes he has assumed dates for marathons. I know that he always says that the Comrades programme is interchangeable, so we should just change the…
Do you follow the LCHF diet that Prof Tim Noakes talks about?
Today on the Ask Coach Parry podcast we chat nutrition, particularly the LCHF diet that Prof Tim Noakes talks about. Today we answer a question from Val Opperman. She wants to know if you believe in and follow the diet LCHF diet? She wants to know what your views are…
Entering the Comrades Marathon as a South African or foreign runner
Brad Segers, who is an expat South African living in Perth Australia, submitted his question today on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast. Brad is planning on running the 2015 Comrades Marathon and this is what he had to say: Hi I live in Perth Australia and love listening to your…
Following a broken leg, when can Riaz run the Comrades Marathon again?
Riaz sent the question for today the Ask Coach Parry Podcast and it reads ‘hi guys. thanks for a wonderful show. I completed the 2014 Comrades Marathon. Subsequently to finishing the Comrades Marathon I was involved in a motor bike accident where I have broken my tibia. Most people I…
How to get that beach body – Running or pushing weights?
Today on the Ask Coach Parry podcast we talk about getting the balance right between cardio and weights in order to lose weight. Do you need to drop one and focus on the other to get the best results? Today’s question was submitted by Nathan and this is what he…
Is running the Comrades Marathon, AfricanX and Two Oceans too much?
Similar to a question we had a few weeks ago about doing the Great Wall of China Marathon and the Comrades Marathon, we got the following question in from Dave Riches today. Dave wanted to know as a first time Comrades Marathon runner 2015, would one be able to include…
Be faithful to the Comrades Marathon and she will reward you
Stu Clifton is aiming for a Bill Rowan (Sub 9 hour) Comrades Marathon and sent us his question today. He wants to know how fast he should run Two Oceans in 2015 if his main aim is a Bill Rowan the Comrades Marathon. He says he has already qualified at…
Can I start running right now and still finish the Comrades Marathon?
We answer another Comrades Marathon novice question today. Megan submitted a question through our website and this is what she asked: I listened to one of your podcasts (Couch potato to the Comrades Marathon in 12 months) from last year and found it so motivating and helpful. I’m not quite…
Comrades Marathon training: What if you can’t train on a Saturday?
We chat about time constraints when training for the Comrades Marathon on this edition of the Ask Coach Parry podcast. Lennard van Wyk has recently changed jobs, and now has to work on Saturdays. He has always done almost every single race every Saturday. He wants to know how not…
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 targeting shorter, faster races before the end of the year? The question…
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 have to do but rather by when you have to do it. Can you go into some of the…
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 Page but they referred him to us. He says he had to pull out of running the…
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 has done is 13½ km’s at 7.22 per kay. He said in…