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Just over a week to go to the Two Oceans and with Comrades approaching pretty quickly we chat about rally driving, shoes and the run walk strategy on this weeks show.

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The line up this week is as follows:

Bruce Fordyce (9 times winner of the Comrades Marathon) – we chat the run/walk strategy, cross training and injuries with the king of Comrades

Gugu Zulu (South African rally driver & TV personality) – Gugu shares with us how important staying fit is in motorsport and we find out what he has planned athletically in the months ahead.

Lindsey Parry (Sports Scientist at the High Performance Centre at the University of Pretoria) – We chat about shoes. How many kilometres should you get out of a pair of running shoes? What running shoes should you be running in and we also discuss the minimalist/barefoot movement.

Race Calender

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This is the fifth running podcast and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Don’t to subscribe to this podcast so that you don’t miss any episodes. To subscribe via iTunes click here or to subscribe via the RSS feed click here
The running order of this week’s show is as follows:
- Lindsey Parry (HPC – University of Pretoria) on Speed Work
- Bruce Fordyce (9 Times Comrades Winner) on when is the best time to do your long run before Comrades and how long is long enough
- Nick Bester (Comrades Winner) on what to do if you have an injury
- This week’s race calendar

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I am happy to report things have settled down a bit after last week’s chaos, training is going well and I have managed to put together an interesting episode of my running podcast this week. Granted I am a bit biased but hopefully you’ll feel the same after listening to it. Don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast so that you don’t miss any episodes. To subscribe via iTunes click here or to subscribe via the RSS feed click here Also if you would like to be in touch you can email podcast@bradbrown.co.za

In this week’s show (Episode 4) I speak to:

Nicole Da Silva – 5FM DJ who is running her second Two Oceans Half Marathon this year

Johan Van Staden – Comrades Marathon race director about substitutions at the 2012 Comrades Marathon

Lindsey Parry – High Performance Centre University of Pretoria talks black toenails

Bruce Fordyce – 9 times winner of the Comrades Marathon talks about the Parkrun concept and also gives advice on getting started in running.

Weekend Race Calender 17 & 18 March 2012

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It has been a manic week with everything that possibly could go wrong going wrong, from meningitis to motorcycle accidents! But as the say in the entertainment business, the show must go on.

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This is episode 3’s breakdown:

We chat to Koula (TV Presenter & DJ on 94.7 Highveld Stereo) about her running career

We chat to Lindsey Parry (High Performance Centre – University of Pretoria) about heart rate monitors and resting heart rates

We look at this week’s events calendar

And we chat to Seruscka Naidoo (Communications Manager Nike South Africa) about Run Jozi