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A Texan’s Journey to Comrades 2017

[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”] Hello, and greetings from Durban, KZN South Africa.  This Texan’s journey to Comrades 2017 is an epic quest for a back-to-back medal in the world’s oldest and largest ultramarathon. It all began in March 2015 when my dad mentioned he’d like to chase a 30 …

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Comrades Update: Guest Post from Fellow Comrades Novice Steve Shopoff

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Did you read last Wednesday’s post about training for Comrades with my dad?  I left out the detail that my dad has chosen to run Comrades for a charity, the Wildlands Conservation Trust.  As of this printing, my dad is the leading fundraiser for the whole race!  As such the …

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Comrades Update: Taper Crazies

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I’m twelve days out from my Comrades qualifier, the Dallas Marathon. The taper always makes me crazy.  That means I’m trying to find ways to spend all of my running time since I’m not running much. I’m also trying not to drive my family crazy with my thoughts, about 80% …

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Strong Finish

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Last fall, our family’s weekly fitness plans included a lot of long runs for my husband.  He was training for the 3M Austin Half Marathon.  His training went extremely well, and he was hopeful for a good race day. For anyone who has watched or participated in a distance event, …

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