After months of consistent requests Larin and Jade are back to have an extension to the road to Comrades 2025 series.
We will catch up every month to see how they are tracking
Larin raced Sydney Marathon and knocked a huge chunk off his marathon time. Jade is preparing for Valencia Marathon in December
Rory Steyn certainly has a story to share. Make that more than 1 story.
He protected the most recognised person to walk the earth. protected the All Blacks during a world cup. Has completed 12 Comrades, Iron Man and other endurance events.
He is now on the Comrades Board heading towards 2027
The panel are back for the final time in 2025 to debrief their 2025 Comrades. Wayne, Larin and Jade take us through their day and how their final times came to being.
We answer some listener questions and Jade & Larin answer some novice specific questions.
We hope you enjoyed the journey to Comrades 2025.
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This is a re-release of the episode with Todd Ingraham who recently lost his battle with MND. There are plenty of takeaways throughout this episode even if you have listened previously as I found.
Re-release of the interview with the 3 Nedbank elite runners.
Edward and Tete and Previous winners and all 3 are part of the much spoken about "Happy Bunch"
How time has flown. January and episode 1 just feels like yesterday. The full panel is back to recap their final month of training heading into Comrades 2025. They also take on some questions from each other towards the race goals.
The back of the episode is also a fortunate experience as we head into the Nedbank elite camp to speak to the 'happy bunch' Edward, Tete and Johannes.
Enjoy the ep and all the best to those heading to Comrades 2025.
Steph McCall shares her running journey to date on this episode. Steph started running as a child when her dad could no longer keep up she joined a club and her love continued to grow.
We discuss her pure love for the sport and community. He enjoyment for marathon training and recently dipping in to the ultra world. Steph also hosts a podcast called 5 miles easy which we discuss.
On this episode I was fortunate enough to speak to Holly Ranson. You could classify Holly as an ultra runner but as you will learn in this episode Holly has had some amazing life experiences from a career point of view along with her running exploits.
From Journalism, dietetics and firefighting Holly had developed a great approach to life.
Enjoy the chat with Holly.
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Jennifer Kellett shares her amazing journey in running. She has set age standards across events around the running world and is not slowing down anytime soon. Jennifer is going for her second round of the majors with the ambition is winning her new age category. She is also aiming to win the over 70s age category at this year’s Comrades Marathon.
Enjoy the episode with Jennifer
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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.
