A scholar with a long list of accolades and a runner with a list of accolades to match. roger Robinson joins me to share his life story and what a story it is. From being a professor at 35 to running a 2:28 marathon as a 50 year old. 

Listen to Rogers lessons on literature, language and literacy. How English has evolved and what his thoughts are on the role technology has played. 

Roger shares his running history. How he has managed to continue to achieve such great results and how motivation comes from within. 

Roger has released a new book and has written previous books too.

We made it. There was times we didnt think we would be sitting 2 weeks out the next Comrades down run. The full crew are here to wrap it all up before they head to race day. 

Wayne gives us an insight look to an elite camp. 300km weeks with 8 ultras in 3 weeks. How to the elite runners differ from the social runner it might surprise you. 

Jackie is ready for world 100km. The rest of the crew wrap up their final touches. 

We break the race into segments to finish and give you the listener an idea of how we want to feel or goals for particular sections.

For those heading to Durban we will do a meet up at some stage so stay tuned to the socials.

The second to last Episode before race day. Jackie fills us in on how her build towards world 100km is going after ticking off peak week, Darren welcomed hills into his training while ticking off his big long run, He gives us a recap on Gold Coast Marathon and Sandy fills us in on how her July went in prep for the big day. 

Darren takes on questions on behalf of all novices to start adding thoughts in place for race day. 

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If you are looking for the episode we spoke about from Barry Holland follow this link - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-8-making-a-comrades-marathon-legend-with/id1622191041?i=1000569799032

Episode 42 might be the biggest to date. The whole panel had a race to report back on. Sandy and Irwin race Barossa marathon, Jackie smashed her marathon in terrible conditions, Wayne went back to back with victories and Darren perfectly executed his half marathon in preparation for Gold Coast marathon. Novice advice sprinkled throughout the whole episode. Comrades season is well and truly on with 9 weeks until race day. Do the race calculators work? Irwin thinks not for international runners but Jackie debunks that thought.

Zoe Buckman is a duel Olympian, world champs and Commonwealth games representative. On this episode she shares her journey but also takes us behind the curtain or the realities of being a professional athlete. A great listen for parents with younger children and also a great listen for adolescents who love their sport.

Many might not recognise the name Carlos Furnari but you will recognise the brands. You could say he is one of many who puts together what we see from the brands itself and the athletes who represent them. 

From Radcliffe to Kipchoge. From Tinman to Strava. Carlos has worked with them all. 

How did a guy of an Italian dad and country upbringing do all of this? Well listen in.

Episode 41 of The Road to Comrades. As Bruce Fordyce called it May is the new March. Sandy, Darren, Irwin and Jackie go through the month that was. Some good overall approaches to running and races are discussed. We finish the episode with the Help a novice segment.

Episode 40 with the full crew. Darren takes us through Canberra Marathon and his PB. Sandy nails her half marathon and the rest of the team are just building the weeks. We also introduce a new segment to help the novices.

Wayne and Irwin catch up to answer some listener questions which have come in. We hope these help as the preparation for comrades 2022 really starts to get going.

When you hear the name you think inspiring. 1992 Olympian gets lost among the accolades Tommy has achieved. He now holds the world record for 60-65 yr olds along with him and his son being the youngest father son marathon times combined. On this episode Tommy shares his journey, learning ad advice for runners.