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Relocating inland has affected my Comrades Marathon training
This is another episode of Ask Coach Parry. The question for today was submitted by Mike Ungerer. He says he relocated from Cape Town to Gauteng in October 2014. Since then he has lost complete interest in running. In his first week in Gauteng he continued with your bronze Comrades…
How many Km’s from January to Comrades Marathon race day?
Welcome to the very first edition of the Ask Coach Parry podcast for 2015. In this episode we answer a Comrades Marathon question from Terence Cross. He says he is following your programmes suggesting run/walk intervals and times, etc. He finds it hard to keep cumulative track of doing enough…
Training for the Comrades Marathon post pregnancy.
Welcome to another Ask Coach Parry episode. Today we have a question submitted by Phindile. She says in 2009 and 2010 she ran the Comrades Marathon and got Vic Clapham medals in both years.in July 2011 she gave birth to a baby boy. In 2012 she attempted the Comrades Marathon…
Applying strategies on Comrades Marathon race day
Welcome to another Ask Coach Parry. Comrades Marathon coach Lindsey Parry answers a question from Stuart Andrews today. It is a follow on question from the series we did a while ago regarding the run/walk strategy in getting a Comrades Marathon Vic Clapham, Bronze, Bill Rowan or Silver medal. We…
How do I strengthen my ankles for trail running?
This is Ask Coach Parry and today we have a question from Uzwile Mthimkulu. He says he always gets injured in his ankles, especially when he trains on the hills and in the mountains and during trail running events. He wants to know if there is any advice for that?…
Comrades Marathon and Oceans - which programme to follow
Welcome to another Ask Coach Parry episode. Today we answer Yazeed Emeran’s question. He says he ran is first marathon at the Winelands marathon and qualified for Two Oceans ultra – which will also be his first one he is running, he has entered that already. He would like to…
Preparing for Comrades Marathon race day conditions
On the next episode of Ask Coach Parry we have another question in from the UK again. Just a couple of days ago we were talking about running in the heat and humidity. This one comes from Carel Muller. He says he struggled with the heat at the last 2…
The truth about running speeds for Comrades Marathon silver
This is Ask Coach Parry and today our question is short and sweet. I think it is a follow on from the Comrades Marathon medal series we did a short while back for Vic Clapham, Bronze, Bill Rowan and Silver medals. It comes from Awie and he wants to know…
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…