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With just 5 weeks left to the Comrades Marathon 2025, it’s time to stop guessing and start locking in your realistic race day goal. In this week’s episode of the Coach Parry Comrades Marathon Podcast, Brad and Lindsey dive deep into how to calculate your target finish time, avoid common pitfalls like goal creep, and make the most of the final weeks of training.

💥 Whether you’re chasing a silver medal, aiming for a sub-12-hour finish, or simply want to arrive at race day prepared, this episode is packed with practical advice to guide your strategy in the crucial lead-up.

✅ What to do if you feel undertrained
✅ How to calculate your finish time using your marathon or 5K results
✅ When to start tapering
✅ The dangers of overtraining in May
✅ Why “undercooked” beats “overcooked” every time
✅ And how to avoid blowing up 60K into the race