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Only 2 weeks to go!

5/20/2014

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You’ve trained hard and sacrificed a lot, and now the Comrades is only two weeks away! During the next two weeks your Comrades dream can be made or lost - no matter how hard you have trained, what you do from now until race day will help determine what happens to you come 1 June 2014.

  • Cut your toenails and do not go for any pedicures, especially if you have never been for these before. Leave this till after race day.
  • Enjoy our club’s Comrades function on the 24th of May
  • No matter who you chat to or how nervous you feel, always say to everyone you are ready for the big day and feel good
  • DO NOT listen to how much more hard training and how many hundreds of kilometres more your club buddies or friends have done in their preparation for Comrades
  • Keep on visualising the race - from getting up and lining up, through running to crossing the finish line
  • Go to bed early, keep up your healthy eating habits and go for your vitamin B injection
  • If you take supplements on the run, buy them now and put them aside with all your other race day goodies
  • Prepare two check lists, the first for everything you need to pack and take with to Durban, and the second for everything you need to remember on race morning.
  • Stay away from family, friends or colleagues who are sick or have colds/flu
  • If you get sick now, consider not going to the Comrades - next year there will be another Comrades!
  • Support the training sessions organised by the club and dress warmly after training


Happy running!
Coach Rossouw
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Comrades only 3 weeks away

5/13/2014

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You’ve trained hard and sacrificed a lot, and now the Comrades is only three weeks away! During the next 
couple of weeks your Comrades dream can be made or lost - no matter how hard you have trained, what you do from now until race day will help determine what happens to you come 1 June 2014. 

  • Study the route: no need to know it inside out, but know where the hard parts are and where you can ease up. 
  • Decide now at which points you want to be within what time, and decide where you are going to take in your nutrition or special muty. 
  • Keep up your faster, shorter weekday runs. 
  • Make sure you get enough sleep. 
  • Stay away from family, friends or colleagues who are sick or have colds/flu. 
  • If you get sick now, consider not going to the Comrades - next year there will be another Comrades!
  • Support the training sessions organised by the club and dress warmly after training. 
 
Happy running!
Coach Rossouw
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    Dr Jacques Rossouw is author and co-author of more than 50 scientific and popular publications and has presented papers at several national and international scientific congresses. He holds a DSc in Biochemistry, a Hons BSc in Pharmacology and an MBA.

    Dr Rossouw, a Sports Scientist and Biochemical Pharmacologist, he specialises in nutritional supplements and product formulation, competes as a Master athlete and provides educational resources for consumer and healthcare professionals.

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