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2021 A VERY IMPORTANT COMRADES YEAR
Leave a commentNovember 20, 2020 by DAVE JACK
As we move ever closer to getting rid of the year many of us will remember as the year that …
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COMRADES MEDAL PARADE
Leave a commentAugust 3, 2020 by DAVE JACK
The history of the medals awarded in Comrades is an interesting one. Until 1972, only 6 gold medals were awarded …
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COMRADES IS ONLY 7 LITTLE RUNS
Leave a commentAugust 3, 2020 by DAVE JACK
Many top runners believe that the way to tackle Comrades is to break it up into smaller and more reasonable …
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10 TIPS FOR THE 9-12 HOUR RUNNER
2August 1, 2020 by DAVE JACK
It’s not just the distance on the road that you need in training. You also need to know the route. …
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CLIVE CRAWLEY – COMRADES RACE #1
Leave a commentJune 9, 2020 by DAVE JACK
Fairly early during the morning of the 8th of June 2020 my phone rang and it was Comrades Chairperson, Cheryl …
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BEATEN BY A WAR AND A PANDEMIC
1May 15, 2020 by DAVE JACK
Only two things have beaten Comrades since it started in 1921. A war and a pandemic. World War ll saw …
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TEAM ASHWORTH COACHING
Leave a commentJanuary 17, 2020 by DAVE JACK
When entries opened for Comrades 2020 there was a crazy rush like we’ve never seen before and a complete sell-out …
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VERY SPECIAL COMRADES FEATS
Leave a commentNovember 4, 2019 by DAVE JACK
If you can run and finish the Comrades Marathon within the time limit it’s always been regarded as a feat …
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LSD – COME BACK ALL IS FORGIVEN
2October 24, 2019 by DAVE JACK
In recent years, whilst the top runners have stuck with the concept of Long Slow Distance (LSD) – and slow …
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The Marathon
The blogs I have written feature various people I have met and things I have done and seen in the relationship of over 60 years I have had with the Ultimate Human Race. Initially I left all of these in the order I originally wrote them but after that I arranged them into various categories that might be of interest to the reader and these categories are listed in the menu. In the photo collage above I show a few of the activities I have enjoyed in my world of road running over the years.
