Runner's World Magazine

I was enraged by the recent IPL Cricket/Comrades debacle. It seems to me that in the haste to make millions, ethics were tossed aside.

“I had no chance of winning anything, let alone prize money.”

What is turning our students away from Comrades? Is ultra running no longer considered cool? Have students grown lazy or are other sports luring students away from road running? Tell us what you think.

If I page through my old training logbooks I am amazed to see how often we ran time trials in the past. In fact along with the weekend club long run, the time trial formed the backbone of every decent training week. In the eighties time trials were so popular many runners ran two or three a week.
What has happened to the traditional time trial?

“Younger readers might be amazed to learn that there was a time when it was far more prestigious than the Two Oceans for instance.”

“Given the choice of what is now jokingly known as “The Same Ocean Twice Marathon” or the traditional route, almost every runner I know would like the traditional.”

I’m not sure if I’m alone but I really love the good news that the next two Comrades marathons are being held in May. May has traditionally been the Comrades month and as far as I am concerned it has never been satisfactory holding the race in mid June.