Monthly Archives: September 2013
Ryan Sandes on Failing, James Hallett from the South African Sky Running Association & Modern Athlete’s Robin Hide – Trail Talk SA Episode 6
It is hard to believe we are in September and into episode 6 of Trail Talk SA. This week on the show Brad:
- Caught up with Ryan Sandes. Following his recent disappointment at the Leadville 100 miler. Brad spoke to Ryan about overcoming failure and how to move on. They also spoke about the extent of Ryan’s injury and when he hopes to be back racing at one hundred percent again.
- Spoke to James Hallett, the founder and chairman of the South African Sky Running Association about how and why the organisation was founded, as well as the two SASA sanctioned events here in South Africa. Want to know more about sky running, then this is a must listen to interview. As discussed on the show, this is the South African Sky Running Association website and this is the International Sky Running Association website. You can also or .
- Had a short chat with Robin Hide from Modern Athlete to find out what is in the magazine this month from a trail running point of view.
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Share This Post“Is the Comrades Marathon for me?” Webinar
On Tuesday 3 September 2013 Run Talk SA hosted the first in a series of webinars in the build up to the 2014 Comrades Marathon. This one entitled “Is the Comrades Marathon for me?” was hosted by Run Talk SA’s Brad Brown and the Comrades Coach Lindsey Parry. Some of the topics that were covered in the hour long session included:
- Can anyone run the Comrades Marathon?
- How much of a base should I have right now should I want to run the Comrades Marathon?
- How do I go about qualifying to run the Comrades Marathon?
- What is the minimum time commitment needed to run and complete the Comrades Marathon?
- Is hill training really necessary to run the Comrades Marathon?
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Greg Minnaar winning the Downhill at the 2013 UCI World Mountain Bike Championships, Dave Macleod & Ian Hoy of Northern Farm – MTB Talk SA Episode 8
The 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships have concluded in Pietermaritzburg and I don’t know about you, but I feel kind of deflated. It has been such a long build up to the event, the excitement, the anticipation and now it is all over. This week on the show we look back at the last two weeks and in particular to the final afternoon. On Episode 8 of MTB Talk SA this week:
- Dave Macleod describes the action as Greg Minnaar goes fastest on the downhill course (The audio is compliments of SAfm)
- Greg Minnaar speaks to Dave Macleod following his win and describes how much this victory at home means to him.
- Ian Hoy from Northern Farm caught up with us to tell us a little about the history of the farm, about the trails that are available to ride as well as the very cool development programme they run.
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