So, today would have seen seen Frankie, Bobby, Mike, Moira and Andy take to the start line of Comrades 2020 in South Africa. Whether they'd have made it to the finish line is another question entirely... We shall never know of course but they were blessed to be joined by Comrades 2019 finisher Notulu Mwenda Lungu from Zambia for a special 'Race the Comrades Legends' half-marathon around the lovely Lincolnshire Wolds. The chance to grab her for a quick podcast was too good to resist, so we hope you enjoy the listen!

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The #notcomrades Special!

Welcome to episode 3 of the pod, where we welcome another talented guest. This time it’s renowned sports rehabilitation specialist Lottie Bell, who reveals what (most of us) have been doing wrong in our Comrades prep, and what (some of us) definitely need to do to have a chance of making the start-line in South Africa in June. Mr Potato also puts in a brief appearance, although Frankie’s yet to be convinced by the nutritional benefits of this near perfect long-distance running snack. Enjoy the listen and do let us know what you’d like to know about training preparations, as we have an ultra-marathon specialist guesting in our next episode, out around the end of the month. 

“Aye, there's the rub!"

Welcome to episode 2 of Andy Dukes’ long-running podcast, aka Caistor Running Club on the run in South Africa. It's all about the long journey to the start line of the famous Comrades Ultramarathon in South Africa by five members of our running club in Lincolnshire, UK. This episode, a very special Team GB ultra-running guest (clue: ‘no Payne no gain’!) joins Mike, Moira, Frankie, Bobby and Andy to chat about our hopes, dreams, preparations, training plans, nutrition, injuries and our considerable fear/respect/awe of doing The Big One.

No Payne No Gain!

Why oh why oh why did I let them talk me into entering Comrades 2020. For ****'s sake, it's a 90-kilometer ultramarathon in South Africa. I've never run anything like that distance in my life and now I've hit the Big 50, I reckon I've probably left it too late. But I'm not alone in this quest, and fortunately, my other comrades (sigh...) are much more experienced, committed and optimistic runners than I am, so I'm hoping that I'll be carried along by their optimism, enthusiasm and high levels of fitness. That said, with a combined age of over 250, the five of us can hardly be called sprightly, but what we can all do pretty well is talk endlessly about running to anyone who'll listen. So this series of pods will be about our journey over the next months, chatting about what we've let ourselves in for and how we're going to deal with training, nutrition, strategy, avoiding injury, nerves, and much more in the run up to our African adventure. They won't be serious conversations, but if you're planning a similar act of running madness, then enjoy the chats and hopefully you can learn from our mistakes.By the way, we're all members of the fantastic Caistor Running Club in Lincolnshire, UK, and would love to get your feedback on any of the episodes. And if you're not too far away from Lincolnshire and share similar ambitions, then why not join us for one of the shows? Let's get this party started! 

Caistor Running Club on the run in South Africa!

It's all about the long journey to the start line of the famous Comrades Ultramarathon in South Africa by five members of Caistor Running Club in Lincolnshire, UK. Join Mike, Moira, Frankie, Bobby and Andy every month in the run up to June 2020 as we chat about our hopes, dreams, preparations, failures, training plans, nutrition, injuries and our considerable fear/respect/awe of doing The Big One.

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