There are lots of interesting accounts of the origins of the Comrades in books and on the web, worth exploring. The basic facts are the same. But one idea is not given enough prominence. The idea behind,in, a hard but achievable run, was to recreate enough of the...
A good reason to run, strong motivation, is a great help in getting through the training and then through the run on the day. My motivation this year came from the doom that hangs over my running. That I’m getting older is a part of it. The set-backs that made it a...
Well it would never be one or the other. Couldn’t be really. The two, working together, got me through Comrades 2011. Perspiration Without inspiration working hard for nearly 12 hours wouldn’t be possible. No point to that sort of effort without a splash of...
Ah … paragraph I see now (July 2011) that the Comrades organiser’s will allow substitutions. Great. Anyway here’s what I had been thinking: Wouldn’t it be nice to run with 18 000 other runners? With more if they turned up? I’d love it. The...
Part of perfect ultra-running is being able to run with, let’s say, ultra-efficiency for hours on end. The best I got to was maybe 6 hours on tar with hills; maybe 10 hours on a paved, flat 100-miler; and, around 14 hours on mountain trails as long as I didn’t twist...
