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Episode 10 of my running podcast sees me chat to Lindsey Parry about the Comrades Down run. In Particular the route, what you can expect and what you should do on race day to have a successful run in 2012. I also touch base with Simon Buckden who is in the middle of running 100 marathons in 100 weeks. He has had a few curve balls thrown his way of late including being diagnosed with cancer. We also chat a bit more about the Parkrun concept and his involvement with a parkrun in his community.

You can find Simon on Twitter here http://www.twitter.com/100mara100weeks and his website is http://www.raceto100.co.uk

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It is Ironman week for me and this week’s podcast is slightly different to the ones we have done in the past. I have changed the technology slightly for the first two interviews I have done this week as far as how I record the show to improve the audio quality. It will also allow me to interview folks abroad so look out for some international guests in the weeks and months to come.

On this weeks show I:

-          Chat to Tanya Kovarsky who is a freelance writer, editor, blogger and 9 times Comrades Marathon finisher about a concept called Run Soweto 10km as well as get some great advice on tackling the Comrades down run. (As mentioned in the show her blog can be found at http://www.keepcalmandrun.com and on twitter you can find her @TanyaKovarsky on Twitter and the hash tag is #runsoweto10km)

-          Chat to Raoul De Jongh about Ironman as well as decreasing your carbon footprint as an athlete. (The sites we mentioned were http://www.urban-ninja.co.za and http://www.pureplanetracing.com )

-          Catch up with Rene Kalmer ahead of this weekends London Marathon and chat to her about the London 2012 Olympics.

-          Run through the races happening around the country this weekend

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Episode 8 of this running podcast sees me catch up with TV & Radio personality Liezel van der Westhuizen. Besides being an Ironman and a Dusi Canoe marathon finisher Liezel is super fit and super busy. I find out how she fits running into her schedule. Lindsey Parry from the High Performance Centre at the University of Pretoria speaks to us this week about using a run/walk strategy when tackling races like the Two Oceans and Comrades. I also preview this week’s road races.

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It is a big week for ultra runners in South Africa. The Old Mutual Two Oceans happens on Saturday in Cape Town and for those of you in Johannesburg the Randburg Harriers Easter 100 provides some great training for Comrades this weekend. We chat about both of those events in this weeks show. We also chat to Comrades winner Nick Bester about cross training and he gives some great advice on how to get running as a novice. Lindsey Parry from the HPC at the University of Pretoria chats about hydration. The question is what should you be drinking, how much of it should you be drinking and how often should you be drinking it on a long run? Lindsey answers all those questions and more on this week’s episode.