So the long training run for Comrades I’ve been taking this Two Oceans thing quite seriously: tapered, carbo-unloaded (eaten less because I am running less); goodness this morning I jogged just over 1 km down to the gym, gym-cycled 20 min, jogged the 1 click...
That Comrades Marathon Medal Even before my old shoe-box was full of medals for doing runs between 10 to 160 km, they had kind of lost their value. Not the running, the medals. At best I could see myself old, one had holding a rattling teacup, the other hand in the...
Here come the old, not-too-wrinkled vigour boys, well this one anyway; and for ~5 km this morning, anyway too. The first 5 are always easy. It’s just the other 55 to worry about for Saturday’s Two Oceans. Actually the first 20 km and hopefully probably the...
Tapering, carbo-loading practice Got the taper and carbo-loading, such as it is, going for Two Oceans on Saturday. Not so much to perform there, but just practicing for the taper and carbo-loading before Comrades which is still a couple months away. One thing...
Why do ultras? The ultra-ethos: Get yourself strong, start something you might not be able to do. When the going gets tough, go on; when it gets tougher dig deeper; go on until you finish it. Not because you have to, were told or paid to, not because there is a...
