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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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Nearly time to start tapering

4/22/2014

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With Comrades in mind, the run on the Easter week-end was our last real long run – we are now going to start tapering in distance with the Magnolia run (45 or 30 km) the last official longish run.

Make sure you are all sleeping enough and maintain your immunity. Visualize the race at every opportunity you have. In two weeks’ time we will start with speed training to ensure that you all peak 1 June! Please support the training sessions organized by our club. 

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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