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Road to Comrades 2025 Ep4
The panel are back for the April episode. Wayne kicks it off going through his Two Oceans debrief. Unfortunately things didn't go to plan for him and he now build towards Comrades. Jade has had an ultra month and Larin continues to build and build.
We discuss the taper and more.

Road to Comrades 2025 Ep3
Comrades announced a new start process and the panel kick things off with a discussion and their opinions.
Jade recaps Tokyo, Larin visited Death Valley and Wayne is 20 days out from Two Oceans.
Enjoy listeners and thanks for your support

Lauren Shelley - What is right for you
Lauren Shelley has an amazing running resume. She has represented Australia in the marathon and half marathon. On this episode we chat about The experiences, the training methods she followed and much more.
Lauren is also a qualified physio so we discuss the importance or recovery and looking after yourself.

Road to Comrades 2025 Ep2
The panel are back for episode 2 of Road to Comrades 2025. Larin debriefs his recent marathon. Jade is preparing to run Tokyo marathon next weekend and Wayne if ramping things up towards Two Oceans in 6 weeks.

Richard Russell - It doesn't last forever
On this episode you will learn that when it comes to endurance sport there is little that Richard Russell has not completed. Easily 100 marathons, Dusi Canoe, 15 Avon Descents, 28 Comrades Marathons and 10 Two Oceans to just touch on a few.
We discuss all the above and also his choice to pursue a career in geology which has taking him across the globe. He talks about being chased by elephants and also his time in the army which he says shaped his life.
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Sarah Klein - What I do not who I am
Sarah Klein has represented Australia at World Championship and Commonwealth Games level on multiple occasions. On this episode we chat about her running journey and also her life as a teacher. We speak about ambition and how it has a mixed reception. Are athletes role models and much more.

Lyn Foreman - Pack your bag with other things
Lyn Foreman has a legacy with athletics that spans many years. She along with her family specifically late husband Wally have played an important role in the rich history of West Australian Sport. Lyn as an athlete achieved great things. She qualified for an olmpics only for injury to end the dream. Lyn turned her hand to coaching and what a rewarding decision it was to continue. Enjoy the chat with Lyn

Ben Green - Being aware of everything but attached to nothing
Ben Green is a level 4 world athletics accredited coach and has first class honors in Sports Science. During this chat we hear about his introduction to running and move into the coaching world. We discuss the challenges of finding his place at a young age, what it’s like coaching recreation and sub elite runners and just a general discussion on the running landscape at the moment.

Rerelease -Shaun Meiklejohn

Road to Comrades 2024 - Post Race
Thank you to all the listeners along this series in 2024. We appreciate all the messages and feedback throughout the year.
See you in 2025

Brian Lyon - Don't cook it up early
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Road to Comrades 2024 - Pre Race
We talk about some race day plans. We also touch on some of the common things that can be done my the general runner to see improvement and the things they are doing to prevent improvement.
As always head over to follow on instagram, facebook and Strava.

Percy Dunn - Liquorice allsorts man

Road to Comrades 2024 Ep4

Road to Comrades 2024 Ep3
Marnie speak about how she has really started to incorporate hills into her training and her body has reacted well.
Wayne has had another great month and reacted well coming off the 100km. He speaks about his plans to head to camp next month which was a positive experience last year.
Irwin in in the Taper a week out from two oceans.
The panel then also discuss some nutrition - general, long run and also race specific nutrition.

Johan Botha - in the backyard

Don Wallace - It’s not for the faint hearted
Have a listen to Don retelling some of his experiences in running, his methods for training and also takes us into the world of a course measurer.

Road to Comrades 2024 Ep2
The panel speak about hill running, what type of elevation people should look at doing and the long run.

Road to Comrades 2024 Ep1

Marnie Ponton - Don't wish it away
We chat about her journey in running, what type of athlete she is, her interest in knowing why she is doing something and the future. You can find out more about Marnie on Instagram or also on her strava.

Raf Baugh - Respect the discipline
Raf shares some of the important lessons he has learnt along the way, what has formed his beliefs and what pillars he has built his business and also coaching ethos around.
We touch on it taking time and enjoying that journey. Being comfortable only being concerned about what she are aiming to do and escaping the thoughts of others.

Andrew Leigh - The joy of trying something that you don’t know you can finish

Piet Wiersma - Authentic

Nick Bester - The mind will make the body follow
In this chat we speak about his endurance ability, his mental toughness and where it stemmed from. We talk about the change he made to his diet and advice for current day athletes

Road to Comrades 2023 - The recap

Road to Comrades Ep 5 (pre race)

Barry Holland - Plan your race and race your plan

Nell Rojas - Be your genuine self

Allirra Jennings - A candle doesnt lose its flame by lighting another candle

Road to Comrades Ep 4

Road to Comrades 2023 - Episode 3
We tackle a few listener questions about shoes, goals and changing surfaces through the week.
If you have any questions please shoot them through via the social channels. If you enjoy what you are hearing - share it with your running mates, friends or colleagues you like to annoy about running. A review wherever you listen would be great to as it gets in the ears of other like minded people looking for something to enjoy.
Thanks for the support
Irwin, Caitriona, Murray and Wayne

Road to Comrades 2023 - Episode 2

Liz McColgan - Celebrate the joy

Reece Edwards - No Jargon
Reece is a qualified physiotherapist and shares his learners he has taken from running into his professional life.

Road to Comrades 2023 Ep1

Grenville Wood - Pure

Caitriona Jennings - balanced determination
It was great to go back into her history prior to running and then how she continued to rise in the sport. She represented Ireland at the 2012 Olympics and what many would say might be the pinnacle was actually closer to the beginning. We speak about the highs and lows and how the benefits of hindsight might've changed the way she might've approached things.
We speak about balancing a career in accounting and law works when trying to chase your running goals.
We then finish the chat about what might be to come in 2023.
To listen to our chat from 2019 have a search in the back catalogue. We were also joined by Wayne Spies in that episode.

Brendan Pang - Happy with where I am
Brendan discovered running recently and loves his daily run as an escape from his busy day. He's a high achiever who will be chasing his running goas to match his professional goals.
Find him on instagram and also his website for more information.

Mark Plaatjes - Grateful
Mark was one of the greatest in his era and amazingly due to the apartheid regime wasn't allowed to show the world. During the episode Mark talks about life during apartheid, being a straight A student but not being allowed to go to University and being cheers for on the weekend but on Monday its back to reality.
Mark speaks about his time at College, life in Boulder back in the times when training with Deek and Steve Jones.
He takes us through the 1993 World champs race and how it played out on the day.
Mark is now a Physical Therapist and owns a running store call In Motion which is based in Boulder.

Ash Watson - it means more than what you realise

Road to Comrades Ep 45 - Race Recap
For those wondering about the man in the arena quote search Theodore Roosevelt.

Roger Robinson - Running has an elemental simplicity
Listen to Rogers lessons on literature, language and literacy. How English has evolved and what his thoughts are on the role technology has played.
Roger shares his running history. How he has managed to continue to achieve such great results and how motivation comes from within.
Roger has released a new book and has written previous books too.

Road to Comrades Ep 44 - Pre Race
Wayne gives us an insight look to an elite camp. 300km weeks with 8 ultras in 3 weeks. How to the elite runners differ from the social runner it might surprise you.
Jackie is ready for world 100km. The rest of the crew wrap up their final touches.
We break the race into segments to finish and give you the listener an idea of how we want to feel or goals for particular sections.
For those heading to Durban we will do a meet up at some stage so stay tuned to the socials.

Road to Comrades Episode 43
Darren takes on questions on behalf of all novices to start adding thoughts in place for race day.
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If you are looking for the episode we spoke about from Barry Holland follow this link - podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-8-making-a-comrades-marathon-legend-with/id1622191041?i=1000569799032

Road to Comrades Ep 42

Zoe Buckman - It’s part of the experience

Carlos Furnari - Was...Is...Going to be
From Radcliffe to Kipchoge. From Tinman to Strava. Carlos has worked with them all.
How did a guy of an Italian dad and country upbringing do all of this? Well listen in.

Road to Comrades Ep 41

Longest Road to Comrades Ep 40
