Taper Time: How to Train Smart Before Your Big Race
Autumn in South Africa is a time of big events. Whether we are running, cycling, swimming or combining all three, this time of the year...
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Mastering the Run-Through: A Key to Enhanced Performance and Injury Prevention
What exactly is a ‘run-through’? The name is derived from a component of a track athletes warm up where they do short, mild intervals to...
Maximising Performance Through Drafting in Triathlon
Triathletes and cyclists will be very familiar with the term, ‘drafting’. It is a well known fact that sitting directly in the slipstream of another...
Improving Your Downhill Running Technique: Tips and Training Ideas
For most runners, downhills are where we recover and prepare ourselves for the next uphill. It is where we relax and allow our heart rates...
Debunking the Lactic Acid Myth: Understanding DOMS and the Real Keys to Recovery
I recently saw a session upload on Strava, where a runner mentioned that were flushing out the lactic acid in an easy session, after having...
Super Shoes Unveiled: Revolutionising Running or Overhyped Expense?
What’s up with ‘Super Shoes’? Do they make the difference their manufacturers say they will? If so, is that only for the elite level runner...
Maximising Aerodynamics for Faster Triathlon Performance
There is not a professional triathlete competing today that has not spent time in a wind tunnel or at least with some sort of aerodynamics...
The Power of Hip Mobility for Runners
One of the most common problems plaguing modern runners are injuries to the calf or achilles tendon. Calf strains are fairly easy to treat with...
Countdown to the Soweto Marathon: Your 8-Week Journey to Ultra Marathons Begins
For many the Soweto Marathon on the 5th of November will be their first step towards a Two Oceans or Comrades Marathon. It is one...
Life After Comrades: Maintaining Momentum and Building for the Future
The Comrades marathon is done for the year and the aches and pains are hopefully a forgotten memory, overshadowed by the vibe and excitement of...