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AJ submitted a question for us to answer on the Ask Coach Parry podcast, and she wants to know about treadmill vs road running. This is her question: “I run a fair bit on the treadmill and often struggle to get ‘going’. Can you tell me which is better for you treadmill vs road running and why, and also why does treadmill running seem so much harder? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

The next question comes today from Mark in Cape Town, and he says he had been battling with Achilles Tendinitis for the last few weeks and wants to know what causes it, what can be done to prevent it and how does one treat it? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

On this episode of Ask Coach Parry we have a question from Peter who is trying to improve his 10km time. He wants to know how to run faster over 10kms? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Today’s question relates to running after pregnancy. Shona had her baby 8 weeks ago and has been walking and is starting to run again. She is however battling with sore knees. She didn't gain too much weight during the pregnancy. Could her sore knees be that the tendons are still soft? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

We’ve spoke about running injuries quite a bit here on the Ask Coach Parry podcast recently and another of the common running injuries is a muscle tear. Today Brad Brown asks Lindsey Parry what causes a muscle tear, how to prevent one and how to treat a muscle tear? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

It is another Comrades Marathon question today and it comes from Elton Shapiro in the United States. Elton suffered from leg cramps at this year’s Comrades Marathon and missed his target time. Elton followed Lindsey Parry’s Bronze medal Comrades training programme and ran 2 marathons in the build-up to the 2014 Comrades Marathon, both around four and a half hours. He also ran a one ultra and did almost 1100km between 1 January and Comrades Marathon race day. On Comrades Marathon race day he followed Don Oliver’s Comrades Marathon pacing chart and was having a great run until about the 40km mark. According to the Comrades Marathon pacing chart he was using he was aiming to go through halfway in 5 hours. He eventually went through halfway in 5:22. Elton said he ate and drank well but suffered from intermittent leg cramps for the 40km mark which forced him to slow down and walk a lot. Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Today’s Ask Coach Parry Podcast deals with the running warm up and cool down. The question was submitted by Belinda and she wants to know what the benefits of doing a warm up and cool down are? Should you warm up and cool down and what should you be doing on either side of your run? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Today’s question on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast is from Robyn and deals with running after knee surgery. Robyn says she has problematic knees. She has had scopes and debridements. She has also had retinacular releases on both knees. She really wants to run and is hoping you can tell her how she can go about running after knee surgery. Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Today’s question for Lindsey Parry comes from Klaus Geyer and it deals with having to cope with jet lag as an international runner coming to run the Comrades Marathon. 2014 was Klaus’ second Comrades Marathon after an 11:48 in 2012. For Comrades 2014 Klaus felt well prepared with 900km of training since January, with some decent hill training and a lot of training in the heat (as he currently lives in Central America). Due to business reasons this time he arrived very late on Friday evening coming from America. He had a 15 hours non-stop transatlantic flight in his legs and a night (Thu-Fri) without sleep. He arrived in South Africa with an 8 hour time difference. He slept reasonably from Friday to Saturday, but Comrades Marathon race night (Saturday) he barely slept at all. He had a terrible race. Almost from the start he couldn’t take in any liquids or any food. But more importantly, he had to battle with a horrible desire to sleep. His eyes were constantly closing, and he felt as he could sleep immediat

The question today comes from Vincent Nortier, he’s a Ironman triathlete and he’s making the switch – he wants to run the Comrades Marathon next year. Vince wants to know how would an Ironman marathon (3:42 in 2013 & 3:49 in 2014) would translate to firstly to a qualifying time, and then secondly pace wise, how would it translate just on an out and out marathon for Comrades. He also wanted to know what a realistic time and pace would be in relation to an up run strategy. Would a negative split strategy be applicable if at all possible? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Today’s question for Lindsey Parry comes from Johnene Ralph in Kimberley. Johnene ran a 9:22 Comrades Marathon this year and two days after Comrades received an entry to the Rhodes Run that takes place on 12 July 2014. He has been on the waiting list for two years for the Rhodes Run and he has accepted the invitation. His question is as follows: What should I do between now and the Rhodes Run training wise. I usually take a 4 week rest after comrades, but of course this won’t or can’t be the case now. Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Wimpie Pienaar’s pain is obviously subsiding; he was a Comrades Marathon novice in 2014. Having now completed his first Comrades down run, he wants to know how vastly different is the Comrades Marathon up run training compared to the Comrades Marathon down run? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

On the Ask Coach Parry Podcast today we deal with another of the most common running injuries Patella Femoral Knee Pain or runners knee. What is runners knee, what are the symptoms that you may have runners knee and most importantly, how do you treat runners knee? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

A lot of people watch the TV on Comrades Marathon race day and think wow I wish I could do that. Some people obviously do make that decision to run Comrades the year after. I know this is a difficult question to answer because it is a long stretch of time between now and Comrades, but what does someone need to do if they’ve made the decision that they are going to run the 2015 Comrades Marathon? ReadMore · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

This question relates to how soon you should start training again after the Comrades Marathon. Last week we touched on how long you shouldn’t run for after Comrades and today’s question comes off Twitter. Is swimming allowed in that three week recovery period you speak about? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

It is just over a week since the 2014 Comrades Marathon and a few people are still battling to come to terms with their disappointing Comrades results. Whether it be a missed time goal or the dreaded did not finish, Comrades results are always a topic that draws a lot of debate and introspection.  Many people every year don’t finish.For some people who have done many Comrades Marathons this was their first DNF while for others it was their first race and they never made to the end. What is the best way to deal with that disappointing Comrades results? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Today’s question on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast is about another common running injury and deals with how to heal shin splints or anterior tibial stress syndrome as it is called. What are shin splints, how do you get them and what is the best way to avoid them? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Today’s question comes from Done van Eck. Done wanted to know what formula you use to work out your race pace for example if you take your 5km run time and multiply it by 2.1 you should get your 10km time. How can take your 5km run time and convert that to your half marathon, 32km or your marathon time? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Post 2014 Comrades Marathon and on today’s Ask Coach Parry Podcast Lindsey Parry answers a question about running after Comrades. How soon after the Comrades Marathon should you run again? Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com

Today’s question on the Ask Coach Parry Podcast has to do with the best Comrades spectator spot along the Comrades route. Warren Smith is a Comrades Marathon novice and would like to know where the best Comrades spectator spot would be for his wife and two kids to watch a bit of the race on race day. Read More · Training Programs · www.CoachParry.com