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“Rest” During Training? What Does That Even Mean?

Members Blog April 1, 2019 1273Views 0Likes Charl Bruwer

Introduction As some of you may know I attempted my first hundred miler during the month of March. While the event had an unfavorable ending due to a fall my training taught me a great deal about how important rest is. During that time I was researching and having discussions with my…

Two Oceans Ultra – A Few Ideas and Reminders

Members Blog March 29, 2019 1547Views 0Likes Charl Bruwer

Having a few pre-race jitters already? Thinking about how am I going to manage 56km within the required time or at my target pace? How can I improve from last years’ time? Have I really trained enough? These are a few questions that will be running through more than just one individual’s…

Your First Trail 100 Miler – Part 2

Members Blog March 28, 2019 712Views 1Like Charl Bruwer

You should now have a good idea as to whether or not you are brave or stupid enough to enter your selected 100 miler. Either way, this is not going to detract from the fact that training is going to take a large part of your time going forward. We mainly focused on…

Your First Trail 100 Miler – Part 1

Members Blog March 21, 2019 1252Views 1Like Charl Bruwer

The goal of this multi-part series is to assist those that are thinking of attempting a trail 100 mile race. Hopefully, this will give some insight into the process of getting to the start line. If you have never attempted a 100 miler trail race, forget everything you think you know about…

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