Tag: Ultra
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Comrades 2010: Official announcement
Below is the official announcement of the 2010 Comrades marathon (an 89 KM ultra, and the world’s biggest ultramarathon, between Peitermaritzburg and Durban in South Africa) from the latest Comrades newsletter. I am already looking forward to pressing the buttons for registration on my PC on Nov 1st, actually the day on which I will…
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Comrades marathon 2009: Finisher stats
The most interesting stat from Comrades marathon, 2009 (picked up from Comrades forums). This displays the medals people received versus the actual seeding/group with which they started the race. The box in green below looks most attractive to me for the best chance to do a bronze. That is the D seeding (sub 4 hour…
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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…