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The Role of the Sweeper: Guiding and Supporting Runners in Club Time Trials So you’ve been asked to perform sweeper duties at your club’s time-trial. What does that actually entail beyond hanging out at the back and enjoying a slow run ? Sweeping is not just a duty; it’s a responsibility that ensures no runner […]

Dear Sirs, As promised, I have provided, for your perusal a trio of excerpts from my new book, “Greatest Moments in Road Running”. Please feel free to check them for accuracy but I believe my recall to be quite competent and I have no desire to utilize any modern technologies for my research as I […]

Forgive me, for I am a running sinner. I know the right path, yet I choose to stray. And its the little sins, the easy things, that are my downfall. There are some things I can forgive myself for, perhaps I don’t have the worlds most highly developed tolerance for pain and discomfort. Perhaps I’m […]

I’m going to lay out exactly why it is stupid and wrong to ban headphones in a race. But first, let me issue a disclaimer. I don’t actually wear them myself. There’s no special reason, I just prefer to be able to take in my surroundings, and I guess I find them a little physically […]

It happens to all of us. We’re forced, through injury, or circumstance to take a few days off running. The days turn into weeks, months, or even longer. Without even knowing why, you start dreading returning to the road or the trail. You start finding excuses not to leave the house. Inactivity can easily become […]

Hey, self-appointed Complaint Police. Here’s an idea. Why don’t you just stop complaining about complaints? After every race, it seems, there are a few (or more than a few) people who take to Facebook, Twitter etc to voice their complaints about some aspect of the race. It doesn’t really matter what they’re complaining about. It […]

It seems like I made every mistake you can make in my first marathon. Here’s a list of 10 stupid things I did. I ran the The Cape Town Marathon this weekend. It was held in sunny, windless conditions and I suffered. I suffered a lot and for a long time. I finished ok though, […]

In the second part of our exclusive Q&A interview Camille shares her inspirations and ambitions, some of the lessons she has learned, and also reflects on the best and worst advice she has received. What was the hardest part about running the Route 66 Marathon dressed as spider man ? Hahaa, the chafing and having […]

In the first part of our exclusive Q&A interview Camille shares some early running memories, outlines her training sessions and extolls the virtues of heartrate training and Plenty of calories. What is your earliest running memory ? We lived out in the country when I was younger, surrounded by wheat fields and an abundance of […]

An Ode to My Legs In Advance of A Marathon Oh, Legs, I’ve known you all my life. You’ve been there through the toil and strife. It seems to me that you must sense the task ahead, that makes me tense. I’m sure you’ve guessed the reason why I’ve pushed so hard and I’ll not […]