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How can internationals prepare for the Comrades Marathon?
Welcome to another Ask Coach Parry episode. Today’s question comes from Dave Wood and it is something we have chatted about quite a few times here on the podcast. As we in the southern hemisphere head towards summer, the northern hemisphere heads towards winter. Dave says he lives in the…
Comrades Marathon Training: Why does my heel to hurt?
Today on Ask Coach Parry we have a Comrades Marathon novice question. It comes from David Armstrong, who says he has registered as a first time runner for the Comrades Marathon 2015. He was hesitant at first thinking he would rather take 2 years to prepare for the Comrades Marathon,…
Comrades Marathon training over the festive season
This is another episode of Ask Coach Parry. With the festive season approaching it is easy to go off the rails. Particularly if you don’t have that structure of having to go to work. Obviously we are eating and drinking a lot more than normal. What advice would you give…
Do you struggle with nutrition on long runs?
Welcome to another episode of Ask Coach Parry and today we answer Steve’s question. Steve says his biggest struggle on long runs – longer than a half marathon – is fuelling his body correctly. He wants to know is there a hard and fast rule regarding the amount of calories…
I just cant seem to get a silver at the Comrades Marathon
Today on Ask Coach Parry we have a Comrades Marathon question submitted by Gustav Roos. He says that he has been running sub 3 marathons for 4 years now, with a pb of 2:47. He has however not been able to run a silver at the Comrades Marathon, he wants…
I need help not getting nauseous on the Comrades Marathon race route
Welcome to another edition of Ask Coach Parry. Paul Derbyshire submitted his question today and he gives quite a bit of background. He says during his last 3 Comrades Marathon he became extremely nauseous. It happened at the 40km mark in 2014, the 52km mark in 2013 and the 64km…
Why am I so tired after running my speed sessions
This is Ask Coach Parry, and today we have a short, sweet and simple question in from Alex Flemming. He says he is tired after his speed session, he can’t run properly for the rest of the week. Please can you help? Lindsey Parry: That is a very basic question…
When marathon and Comrades Marathon times don't relate
This is Ask Coach Parry and today we answer Colin’s 2 questions. He says he is a runner with a pb of 38 minutes for 10km’s, and 85 for a half marathon and 3:11 for a marathon. His times don’t relate to his performances at the last 2 Comrades Marathon’s…
If you're ahead of the Comrades Marathon training programme
Today we answer a Comrades Marathon training question submitted to Ask Coach Parry by Rowan Demmer. He says “Hi Coach. 2015 will be my first Comrades Marathon, I have been training since June this year giving myself a year to train. I have been following the Bill Rowan training program…
Slowly building up to the Comrades Marathon to avoid injury.
Welcome to another edition of Ask Coach Parry. Our question today was submitted by Stuart Miles. This is what he said, “I ran Two Oceans in under 6 hours in 2013 but was plagued with hamstring injuries during the training and injured myself (foot tendon) shortly after, and could not…
Sub 10 hour Comrades Marathon - What must Andre do?
This is Ask Coach Parry and today we hear from Andre Gouws. He says he desperately wants to run the Comrades Marathon in 2015 in a sub 10 hours. He ran 2013 on about 400km’s and finished in 11h55. In 2014 he did about 800km’s and finished in 10h46. His…
Comrades Marathon training programme jargon
Welcome to Ask Coach Parry today and we have a Comrades Marathon training programme jargon question today from Werner Weber. He says, “I'm doing the Comrades Marathon Bill Rowan programme and just want to understand exactly what "15min E; 10x3min, 3min rec; Easy 20min" means. I'm fine with the 15…
Improving my chances to qualify for the Comrades Marathon
The next question on Ask Coach Parry today comes in from Marie. Marie says that she entered the Comrades Marathon 2014, but could not compete due to the fact that she did not qualify. She wants to know how she improve her time to be able to qualify for the…
Comrades Marathon: run/walk strategy for a silver
Today on Ask Coach Parry we chat about the Comrades Marathon Silver medal run/walk strategy. Over the last 3 days we spoke about run/walk strategies for the Comrades Marathon Vic Clapham, Bronze and Bill Rowan medals. Most people are think that if you are going for a silver Comrades Marathon…
Comrades Marathon: run/walk strategy for a Bill Rowan
Welcome to another episode of Ask Coach Parry. Over the last 2 days we have looked at run/walk strategies for the 2 medals most people get at the Comrades Marathon; the Vic Clapham and the Bronze medals. Today we will look at the Comrades Marathon Bill Rowan medal – a…
Comrades Marathon: Run/walk strategy for a Bronze medal
On Ask Coach Parry today we follow on from yesterday’s episode. Today we will deal with how to adopt the run/walk strategy for the bronze medal finish at the Comrades Marathon. What is the best way to go about this is you are looking to go under 11 hours at…
Comrades Marathon: Run/walk strategy for a Vic Clapham
This is Ask Coach Parry and in this episode we are going to start with the first of a series of episodes dealing with a run/walk strategy for the Comrades Marathon. We will break it down as we did in previous episodes of how fast you need to run for…
Using Comrades Marathon training for Two Oceans
Welcome to another edition of Ask Coach Parry. Today we have an anonymous question from someone who wants to run Two Oceans Ultra next year 2015. She says she is a 33 year old female, she’s been running on and off for the last 5 years. She is 1.65m tall…
Training in Hilly Areas For Comrades Marathon
This is Ask Coach Parry and today we have another Comrades Marathon question. We’ve been asked the question about hill training quite often, particularly from people who live in areas that are very, very flat, and they were asking how to go about doing hill training for a race like…
Running Comrades Marathon As A Novice
Welcome to another episode of Ask Coach Parry. Today’s question is from someone who’s considering running the Comrades Marathon next year for the first time. Glen popped his question through on our website. Glen’s saying he’s a novice runner. He’s been running casually for the past few years, distances between…