Tag: hydration
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Quiet time
July is the a quiet running time for an ultimate Comrades runner. So I if I get out to run now it’s mostly for the joy of running, to maintain the aerobic capacity I built and to get my legs muscles to recover, deeply properly and bouncingly. I am also working on a solution to…
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10, actually 12 things to know about Comrades Hydration
Things to know about Comrades hydration Even if you just want to survive to the end, your survival is more likely the better hydrated you are. It’s the same for any ultra, and it’s even the same for everyday living. There’s a lot of science out there that could help you get it right.…
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Comrades 2012- Base training
I’ve been thinking lots about running and drinking – the hydration kind not really the beer kind. Hydration on a long run like Comrades – which for most goes on for well over 7 hours is, as we all know, very important. So my thoughts on that soon. The effort of the these weeks is…
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Running ages-10
The 10 year-old in me enjoys my running antics. His cheers are loud. He finds my name in the results; not worrying I don’t make the headlines. He loves the peeling naartjie smell, how his mouth sucks at its taste-burst after a run. The taste is as fresh as that of the ones he used…