Tanvir Kazmi – Running Without Limits
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Comrades marathon 2009 results: Muzhingi wins
The race is still on for the thousands, as the winners are already through with theirs. More than 12,000 runners from 47 countries participated in the Comrades this year, a rise in participation count of 17% over the previous year. Complete results: results.comrades.comTrack Your runner: Comrades track your runner serviceLive finish line video: Comrades video…
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Comrades marathon 2009: A Preview
Just 5 days to go for the 84th edition of this ultramarathon, which will be run on a Sunday (unlike past traditions), May 24th. This years run is an 89KM ‘down’ run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. The cutoff time for the race will be 12:00 hours, which means that the race starts at 5:30 am…
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Comrades 2010: Training plan and Strategy
I am dividing my training plan for Comrades 2010 into three parts or phases. Phase 1: Base building phase This will be the first 3 months of my training, May to July, and will mostly be oriented towards bringing regularity to my running, ensuring that I am running 5-6 days a week, that too in…
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Getting ready for Comrades: Ultramarathon books
Now that I have a clearly identified goal of Comrades 2010 in front of me, I surely need to get myself up-to-date on how to best prepare for that. Training plans, injury prevention, foot care, salts, energy gels, these are just some of the things which I want to know more about, and since I…
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First day experience with Garmin Forerunner 305
After having spent the last 3 years with my Polar RS200sd Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Red)with footpod and HRM (currently USD 195), it was time to move on. I never turned into a person who gave a damn about how his heart beat, though I do give a big damn of how my heart ‘thinks’,…
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