Run Talk SA

There are always some incredible Comrades Marathon stories that emerge after the race every year. One of the Comrades Marathon stories of 2014 has got to be the 10 Ten challenge. A couple of weeks ago here on Run Talk SA Brad Brown spoke to Hazel Moller, who’s idea it was, about how it all started and what she hoped to achieve.Comrades Marathon Stories – The 10 Ten ChallengeThis week on Run Talk SA Brad caught up with the only one of the trio who was able to complete all ten of the 90km runs in the ten days, Hilton Murray. Hilton shares a few amazing Comrades Marathon stories with us this week as well as his nutrition plan that got him through this  phenomenal challenge. READ MORE Read more

It’s been a couple of days since the 2014 Comrades Marathon and now that the proverbial dust has settled. If you ran on Sunday your legs are probably more painful today than they were yesterday.It was a pretty disappointing weekend for me. I came down with a sore throat on Saturday and then woke up on Sunday morning as sick as a dog. As difficult a decision as it was to make, I decided that I would not run feeling like that. It was just too dangerous. I run to stay healthy, not to run the Comrades Marathon. If I had run on Sunday it would have been to the detriment of my health. It was just too risky. The race will be there next year, I need to make sure I am too.I thought it would be appropriate to catch up with Comrades Marathon race director Rowyn James on this week on Run Talk SA to chat about the 89th running of this iconic race. Read More Read more

On this edition of Run Talk SA Hazel Moller tells Brad about the Ten10 Challenge. She plans on running the equivalent of 10 Comrades Marathons in 10 days. Read more

May. Already. We hope that we are not the only ones struggling to come to terms with how fast this year is moving. Just over three weeks away from the 2014 Comrades Marathon and even better news is that three weeks after that is the winter solstice and then the downhill slide to summer starts! […] Read more

We get a ton of questions in our email inbox, on our Twitter stream and on our Facebook page regarding the use of pain medication and anti inflammatories during marathons and ultra-marathons like the Comrades Marathon. This week on Run Talk SA, we chat to the Comrades Marathon Coach Lindsey Parry who has some strong […] Read more

As we head into the Easter Weekend here is the next edition of Run Talk SA. On episode 42 of this weekly South African running podcast we chat to: Physiotherapist Hanette Lemke who is busy conducting a study on how runners recover. As discussed in the podcast if you want to help Hanette you can […] Read more

Another week has gone by as we inch closer to our one year birthday. Run Talk SA this week is slightly different. We enjoy chatting to our medical experts and our elite athletes but to be honest, we love chatting to ordinary, everyday runners just like you. This week on Run Talk SA we catch […] Read more

It’s hard to believe we are only 12 episodes away from having been doing this for a year. On this week’s Run Talk SA we: Catch up with Paul Mcrystal from Benoni Northerns about his tenth Comrades this year and also about some of the great stuff that Benoni Northerns are doing. We also find […] Read more

The world half marathon championships take place this weekend in Denmark and on this week’s Run Talk SA we chat to one of the athletes that will be representing South Africa. On episode 39: Rene Kalmer chats to us about racing the best in the world in Copenhagen at the weekend. She also talks about […] Read more

This week on Run Talk SA we have really been out and about! On episode 38 of this weekly running podcast Brad Brown: Caught up with Corne Botha, the chairperson of the CSIR Running club, following the second Modern Athlete Run Talk SA Sprint Series in Pretoria. The pair also spoke about the sprint series […] Read more