Charlier Maher spent his formative years in central Australia which he speaks about. He speaks about being brought up with strong values and support through his family in particular his mother. He speaks about his experiences and the thigns he has learnt along the way. He goes into his gratitude and also wanting to give back.

Episode 2 of the extended series. Jade kicks things off with another great month of training. We talking about her doing double threshold sessions and also the importance of the mid week long run to a successful marathon. Larin has had a few interuptions post Sydney Marathon.

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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