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Comrades Route Bus Tour

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.20.1″] In our planning for Comrades, my dad and I learned that the Comrades Marathon Association hosted a bus tour of the Comrades route aimed primarily at international novice runners.  My dad was keen to take the tour to familiarize himself with the terrain; …

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Comrades Update: Post-race Redux

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Here for my 2016 Comrades story?  Make sure you first read the Getting to the Starting Line and Race Report posts! Crossing the finish line of Comrades, I was elated and exhausted. I spied my husband, and I leaned in for a super sweaty hug.  He gamely complied, and I …

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Comrades RACE REPORT

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Read the preamble post Getting to the Comrades Starting Line to get the full understanding of the traditions and emotions leading up to the start of the race itself.  Then come back here for the Comrades Race Report. Comrades.  Time to do what we came …

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Comrades Update: Getting to the Starting Line

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] I had two goals going in to Comrades: 1) Finish. 2) Feel not completely terrible doing so. I’m here to tell you, I achieved 1 1/2 of those goals. If we start the story from when I awoke on race day, that’s really when I went …

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Karen’s Ten Commandments of Comrades

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]   When one spends as much time training for an event as is required for running Comrades, one has a lot of time to think.  And plan….and think some more. In all of this time, I have devised Ten Commandments that I shall follow on Comrades race day, May 29th. …

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Long Run Lament

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.17.6″] Sometimes in life, things don’t go to plan. The plan was to host a 35-mile long run on Sunday, with fellow Comrades coming to Austin from Dallas, Houston, and other Hill Country cities for a group effort.  As a bonus, I had …

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Comrades Update: Thinking in Kilometers

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Question 1: How many kilometers are in a mile? Question 2: How many miles are in a kilometer? Question 3: How far can you run and still do the distance conversions in your head accurately? One of the things I’ve been working on in my training for Comrades is developing my metric …

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Comrades Marathon Women from Around the Globe

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Why do you run? It’s a question I get all the time, and I have several answers:  the love of getting into a groove, the quiet comfort of being by myself on long runs, and the satisfaction that comes from unexpected friendships. One of the …

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Comrades Update: Cowtown 50K Race Report

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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]   Running two 50K races in four weeks seemed like a good idea when I was plotting out my Comrades training plan last autumn.  I survived the first 50K in Waco at the Miracle Match Ultramarathon at end of January.  My training throughout February went well, but I started to …

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