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Can Seawater Really Hydrate?
20 February 2024 — When I was given the Totum Sport Performance Bundle to try out, I must admit, I was in a bit of a quandary. After decades of using every supplement, tonic and elixir available, all with “wonder ingredients” (usually with unpronounceable names) that pro …… read more
Matthew Healy Ultra runs himself onto the podium
20 February 2024 — After a 4 week high altitude training camp in Dullstroom in January, Matt made the long haul to New Zealand for his first race of the year at Tarawera Ultra-Trail By UTMB Designed to capture the stunning and diverse landscapes of the Rotorua region and …… read more
Trail (Mis)Adventures: A New Old Favourite
20 February 2024 — If you’ve been reading my column for a while, you may have heard me speak before about running in Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape, and more specifically, the mountains of the Amatola Rainforest, but Stutterheim boasts another hidden gem, the Gubu Dam, …… read more
Long Live, King Stephen!
20 February 2024 — The news that Stephen Mokoka has joined the Hollywood Athletics Club will, quite appropriately, see one of the all-time greats of SA running – running royalty, if you like – donning the regal colour of purple in his local races in 2024. – By Sean Falco …… read more
SA’s Dream Milers
20 February 2024 — With 2024 being the 70th anniversary year of the world’s first sub-four-minute, as well the 60th anniversary year of South Africa’s first sub-four, as well as the 70th anniversary of the women’s first sub-five-minute mile, let’s take a closer historica …… read more
Training: Put a Spring in your Step
15 February 2024 — You may have heard coaches and other runners say, “to get faster, you need to run faster,” but we often misinterpret what this means, and end up running too fast, too often. – By Ray Orchison … read more
Magic on the Mountain!
14 February 2024 — My motto for 2024 is Make Magic Happen, and what better way to do that than by being in the mountains, where you get to make and find magic. I’m a mountain person, not so much a sea person, so this works best for me, as I once again realised when I tac …… read more
49 and Counting
13 February 2024 — It takes a special type of athlete to line up year after year for the Comrades Marathon and finish this ultra-marathon challenge 40 times or more, and that’s why just 18 runners have done so in the 102 years since the Comrades was first run. Leading th …… read more
The Running Mann: Rocking Mthatha’s Rolling Hills
13 February 2024 — Thanks to some clever planning and use of Vitality benefits, I was recently able to head to the Eastern Cape for the Cheetahs Marathon. While it may have been a small race, it proved a most enjoyable and educational trip, and I would happily go back to …… read more
Running When You’re Old (and Big)
6 February 2024 — I may not be the same shape and size as many of the other runners in the races that I enter, but I’m still there, putting one foot in front of the other… and in spite of sometimes forgetting my age, and picking up a few injures along the way, I’m still …… read more