David “Mr. Active” Katz catches up with adventure race photographer Terence Vrugtman on the last episode of Run Talk SA for 2015. Through his company Adventure Life SA, Terence takes some amazing pictures in some of the most spectacular trail running races in South Africa. Read more

The beach can be very appealing to run on for any runner, especially those who don’t live on the coast. There are however some things you should know and look out for when running on the beach. This festive season, former lifeguard and self proclaimed beach bum, Brett Challenor is here to help. His wife, Jenna, may be queen on the road, but he is king of the sand! Read more

Ian Craig returns on this episode of Run Talk SA, as David “Mr. Active” Katz hits him with the hard questions around eating and drinking over the Festive Season. Overindulgence is often the case, but how does this affect your bodies ability to recover? With most of us resuming dedicated training programmes as soon as we are back home, how will your festive eating impact your running? Read more

We chat to Tom Cottrell today on Run Talk SA. The Nedbank Runners’ Guide has been an institution on the running scene for many years; but now it is offering even more having continued to embrace the digital age. The book has advanced to a website and an App, offering you interactive information. Read more

Hanging around in Gauteng this festive season? Then there is a great opportunity to end 2015, and then start 2016 with a race! Mr. Active, David Katz chats to Daan du Toit on this episode of Run Talk SA. Daan is not only the former president of Gauteng North Athletics, but he also puts on some great races, including these two based around the Pretoria Botanical Gardens. Read more

On this episode of Run Talk SA, David Katz, Mr. Active, catches up with Johannesburg based Grant Grobbelaar. Grant has been running for quite awhile, and they chat the ins and outs of the Jo’burg running scene, amongst other things. Read more

Coming up on this episode of Run Talk SA, David “Mr. Active” Katz chats to biokineticist, Claudia Dos Santos. So what exactly does a bio do? And more importantly how are they going to help you? Find out what brilliant work they can do to make you stronger. Read more

This week on Run Talk SA, David “Mr. Active” Katz catches up with Doug Ryder, team principle of Team MTN-Qhubeka. A former cyclist himself, Doug now runs more than he rides. Hear why one of the men that has helped put African cycling on the map; personally loves to run over ride. Read more

Johannesburg if you have not tried the Dischem Half Marathon in early January, it’s time to do so. On this episode of Run Talk SA, David “Mr. Active” Katz catches up with race director, Grant Panter; about this well organised, well run, challenging, fun, and energetic start to the running year in Jozi. Read more

David Katz, Mr. Active caught up with Dave Dixon at the Old Mutual Golden Gate Challenge on this episode of RTSA. Dave has been on the running scene for many years; having previously run a tight ship at the Comrades Marathon, he is now imparting his knowledge and experience on the extremely well run Wild Series events. Read more

In South Africa we are blessed by an extremely strong, helpful and friendly club running scene. If you are a part of a club, you know all about this. If you are not, and have been hesitant of joining for various reasons, listen to this episode of Run Talk SA. Derick Marcisz joins David “Mr. Active” Katz on the podcast, as they look at what makes club’s so special; and why there is a place for everyone at a running club. Read more

Ever wondered what it takes to be an elite marathon and ultra runner? What are the key lessons we can learn from them to add to our racing? On this episode of Run Talk SA, David "Mr. Active" Katz catches up with Craig Fry. Craig works with some of the countries and continents best athletes. Hear how the Pros do it. Read more

We catch up with running shoe guru Jax Snyman on this episode of Run Talk SA. David “Mr. Active” Katz chats to him about the latest innovation and trends in running shoes; while also looking at the differences between road and trail shoes. We also hear about the new Sweat Shop store opening in Broadacres in Johannesburg. Read more

This week on Run Talk SA, David “Mr. Active” Katz chats to 55 year old Merle Rakusin. Merle discovered running in her mid-twenties and has loved endurance activities every since. Faced with beating colon cancer a few years back; Merle’s energy, strong will and fitness allowed her to persevere. Not only that, it encouraged her to achieve a new endurance goal. Read more

On this episode of Run Talk SA, David “Mr. Active” Katz reflects on the 2015 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, with race director, Janet Welham. Not only is the CT marathon set in one of the most spectacular places on earth, but it offers a fast, friendly route. Read more

Coming up on this week's edition of Run Talk SA, we go behind the scenes. Television presents a great opportunity for people at home to experience races, while giving runners a chance to showcase their skills and joy for running. So on this episode Television Producer Gert Ungerer not only tells you what goes into a production; but what a crew looks for when showcasing runners in a production. Hear how you can appeal to a TV audience. Read more

One area that we often don’t place enough attention on when out running is on our eyes. We take precautions to protect our skin from the Sun’s harsh UV rays; but eye protection from the Sun can sometimes be an after thought. Michael de Jongh joins David “Mr. Active” Katz on this weeks edition of Run Talk SA. The former tennis pro, has become an expert in the field; you would do well to heed his valuable advice. Read more

This week on Run Talk SA, David “Mr. Active” Katz talks sports massage with Johannesburg based masseur Teddy Sen. Teddy has some of the best hands in the business, and having run himself, really know what’s needed to help runners. A reset of the muscles is super important and can help reduce injuries. Hear how it can help you keep running and achieve your goals. Read more

There are various forms of cross-training runners can do, one of the best, and probably not one of the most common, is Yoga. Yoga offers you everything you need in a cross-train, and more as a runner. David “Mr. Active” Katz caught up with Johannesburg based Yogi Melanie Castleman at Yoga Warrior in Rosebank to find out why Yoga is the ideal running cross-train. You don’t want to miss this. Read more

Have you seen or thought of seeing a Chiropractor? On this episode of Run Talk SA, David "Mr. Active" Katz, goes to see Wayne Borowsky from Synergy Holistix. Wayne and his team have helped not only many athletes, but many runners. But what is chiropractics all about, and how can it help your running? Read more

This week on Run Talk SA, Mr. Active catches up with Luvuyo Bangazi. Weighing 120kgs at one stage, this P.E. boy used an event on his doorstep to help him lose more than 40kg! Hear how IronMan and a predisposition for running in particular, helped motivate him to shed the weight. Now he is also helping give back to disadvantaged communities. Read more

Coming up on this edition of Run Talk SA, David “Mr. Active” Katz catches up with Mark Castel, one of the organisers of the Hollard JURA. Born out of the JUMA mountain bike race, this running adventure version is set to take Jo’burg by storm on the 5th of September. It’s an adventure not to be missed. Read more

Coming up on this episode of Run Talk SA, David "Mr. Active" Katz catches up with Dawid Visser of ASICS. They have recently come on board at a Sanlam Cape Town Marathon partner. On this podcast, they talk CT Marathon, marathon tapering and tips on how to get the best mileage out of your shoes. Read more

On this episode of Run Talk SA, David Katz, Mr. Active welcomes back functional sports nutritionist Ian Craig. Runner's tend to draw more from their bodies. So Mr. Active begs the question to Ian, how important are vitamin supplements for runners? Read more

Welcome to this week’s edition of Run Talk SA with myself, David Katz, Mr Active and I’ve got a really interesting guest on today and it’s not necessarily running specific, but the whole part of running and running these crazy ultras we do in SA, it’s all in your head, it’s all about motivation and just to give you a little bit of a background into our guest this week. If you look at the background into his book, it says this is the story of how a skinny kid from Kenilworth in Cape Town managed to travel halfway around the world without sponsorship and then outwit, outsmart and outperform the world’s best paid professional athletes on a day that changed his life and the sport of big wave surfing forever. If you haven’t cottoned on yet, it is Chris Bertish who we’re speaking to today. Read more...

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Run Talk SA podcast, I’m David Katz, Mr Active. I’m very delighted to welcome someone onto the podcast today who is a former South African record holder in the 400m. His personal best time 44:59, he was the first South African to break the 45 second barrier in the 400m. He also held the National Championship four consecutive times between 1996 and 1999 in the 400m. It’s none other than Arnaud Malherbe. You still know the name, we used to see him running back in the 90s at all these World Championships but we now hear his voice on commentary. Arnaud, let’s get straight to it, I bumped into you last at the Comrades Marathon this year. I really want to look at athletes and a bit into sprinting, but Comrades, what a Comrades it was in 2015. To have a South African double and one two in the women’s race, there was some phenomenal running by our athletes. Read more

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Run Talk SA podcast, I’m David Katz, Mr Active and I wanted to try something new, having only recently taken over the podcast from Brad Brown. Every month, at the start of the month, to look at a particular race that month, a race of interest. One of the bigger races in the country and we really are blessed to have so many races. Yes, Comrades is done, Two Oceans is done for this year, but there’s so much coming up in the second half of the year. Including the race on the 11th of this month, the Momentum Cape Times Knysna Forest Marathon. Read more

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Run Talk SA podcast, I’m David Katz, Mr Active joining you once again. A very interesting topic today; I’m going to get straight to the point. I’m joined by Dr Jon Patricios, one of the most foremost spots physicians in the country. He’s a sports medicine consultant to none other than Kaizer Chiefs, SA Rugby, Cricket SA, MTN-Qhubeka, of course about to become the first African team to race in the Tour de France, and he also works as a concussion specialist for World Rugby. Dr Patricios, thanks for joining us, concussion, not a common problem for runners? Read more

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Run Talk SA podcast, I’m David Katz, Mr Active and winter really bit in South Africa, especially up on the Highveld in the beginning of June. It had to come at some point and it has arrived. So we looked a couple of weeks ago at what you can be doing in winter in terms of training. What you should be looking out for to avoid getting sick. A very important aspect when exercising and just in general when it comes to winter is diet. What you’re putting into your system, what you’re lacking, what you need to add. This week we’ve got Ian Craig joining us, he’s a functional sports nutritionist and we’re going to really dissect what to look at when it comes to diet. Ian, thanks very much for joining us. Read more

Welcome to this week’s edition of Run Talk SA, I’m David Katz, Mr Active. I can’t believe that it’s already just over a week since the 90th edition of the Comrades Marathon. I’m sure there are a lot of sore runners still out there. One aspect to look at after any race, let alone Comrades, is recovery and after training sessions and how important that recovery aspect is. One way that you can look at aiding your recovery, not only while you’re training, but also after the fact is with the use of compression gear. It really is an industry that has exploded over the last few years in South Africa and we’re joined today by Adriaan Diederichs from Babcock Health. They’re the distributors of Sigvaris, a Swiss based compression gear company here in South Africa. Adriaan, thanks for joining, just first of all, how did you get into the compression gear market? Read More

Welcome to this edition of Run Talk SA, I’m David Katz, Mr Active. It is post Comrades, all the excitement of the 90th Comrades Marathon is done and dusted. Its recovery time now and we are going into winter, the three coldest months that we have here in South Africa. So the big thing and the first thing I want to hit our guest today with is post Comrades, what should people be doing? You’ve been doing so much mileage, so much training to get to the race, you’re thinking of doing it next year in 2016, what is the next step? Do you need a big, strong recovery, how much time do you need off? With me today is Zac van Heerden from Exercise Solutions. Zac is an exercise scientist, he’s worked with the Portuguese football team, he’s worked with Bafana Bafana, he’s worked with Mamelodi Sundowns on their league championship winning season. He has plenty of experience and the main experience and Zac’s forte is sports science. Zac, just tell us, Comrades. Really, we know, it’s a heck load of training, a lot of time on your legs. A lot of people say, two months, some people say two weeks, what is the ideal recovery after Comrades? Read more

Welcome to this edition of Run Talk SA with myself David Katz, Mr Active and we are less than a week to go now until the Comrades Marathon and a lot of excitement in the air. I went out for a run in Johannesburg this morning, it’s starting to get finally a little bit cold. So a lot of the Comrades runners up here are going to be thankful that race week has arrived. There are plenty of runners around the country heading down to Comrades or up to Comrades this weekend, including none other than the legendary Barry Holland. Barry Holland has done no fewer than 42 Comrades, he’s done them consecutively and this year he’s going for 43. Barry, that is some sort of feat. talkfeed.co.za

Welcome to this week’s edition of Run Talk SA, I’m David Katz, Mr Active, taking over the podcast from Brad Brown. Many thanks to Brad, he’s done fantastic work on Run Talk SA over the last two years, but we will continue to mould this into a fantastic running podcast. All your questions you can get them into us, all your advice, anything you want people to know or you want to know. You’re welcome to send through to us on Run Talk SA. This week we’re just over a week away from Comrades Marathon, the 2015 edition, of course it is an Up run. We talked about this last week with Brad, I did attempt the Comrades up run two years ago. Wasn’t in great form on race day and made it 71km feeling horrible for the last 20km. Great experience, unfortunately didn’t finish. I will be back, but someone who will be back this year and someone I’ve done a lot of running with since I re-immigrated to Jo’burg, moved away when I was about 3 years old, came back here in 2006. I’ve done a lot of running since 2006 with just a couple of men, one of them, Matthew van Wyngaardt, wasn’t running very far at that stage but he’s about to attempt his fifth Comrades in a row.

After two years and some amazing content, Brad Brown hands over the reigns of the Run Talk SA podcast to David "Mr. Active" Katz. Here is the introduction.

One of the biggest stories we have covered here on Run Talk SA was that of the Comrades Marathon cheats. If you missed the story or would like a refresher then make sure you check out this post where Mark Dowdeswell told us about his statistical findings. We then had a look at the numbers from the following year's Comrades Marathon and made another startling discovery thanks to the help of another runners, Cuan Walker. On this edition of Run Talk SA Brad Brown caught up with Comrades Marathon race director Rowyn James to find out what action has been taken against these cheats. You will be pleased to know that action has been taken and you can find out more about it on this episode of Run Talk SA. Also be sure to look out for the next episode of Run Talk SA for an exciting announcement.

What does it take to run a marathon in under 3 hours? For many of us just finishing a marathon is an incredible achievement, running a sub 3 hour marathon is a super human achievement. South African TV and sporting personality Arnold Geerdts has run 63 sub 3 hour marathons. That is not a typo. Sixty three sub three hour marathons, stretching over 4 decades. Less than 40 people have run sub 3 hour marathons in 5 decades and Arnie is on a mission to become the first South African to achieve that incredible feat. That means running a marathon in under 3 hours in the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s and 2010’s. He came perilously close to doing it at the Boston Marathon this year as well as the Cape Town Marathon. He is however training for another onslaught early in 2015. Read more

9 Time winner of the Comrades Marathon Bruce Fordyce describes Bob de la Motte as follows: “Bob de la Motte truly believed he would win the Comrades Marathon. While other contenders hoped to win, Bob knew he would. When he didn’t, he came back the following year twice as determined. In 1986 he broke the Comrades Marathon record and still did not win. He was the most ferociously determined athlete I ever met” This week on Run Talk SA we catch up with Bob de la Motte, who is in South Africa to promote his new book “The Run Away Comrade”. Bob shares with Brad a few of his wonderful memories of racing the Comrades Marathon in the Bruce Fordyce era. He also speaks about some of the legends of the South African road running scene including the like of Hosea Tjale, Josiah Thugwane and Johnny Halberstadt to name just a few. Bob also spoke about Mark Plaaitjies as well as their decision to leave, what was then an awful South Africa. Read More

On this episode of Run Talk SA we welcome back Samantha Gash. Samantha, along with Mimi Anderson, have just completed a run of more than 2000km in just 32 days! The first time we caught up with Samantha was a few days before she left Australia to head to South Africa to take on the Freedom Run (You can listen to that interview here). We caught up with her again this morning to find out how it went. If you want to find out more about the Freedom Run, the route Samantha and Mimi ran as well as throwing a few bucks their way, please take a look at their website. Read more

This week on Run Talk SA we catch up with Manfred Seidler, one of the top athletics journalists in South Africa about a new initiative that he has started called Athletics Today.Athletics Today is a bi-weekly online video magazine programme that will keep you up to date with the latest news in the world of South African athletics as well as what is happening from an international perspective.On the podcast this week Brad catches up with Manfred to find out how it all started. They also chat about this past weekend’s Berlin Marathon and the state of Athletics in South Africa right now.Read More Read more

When someone tells you they are running planning on running 80km a day for 32 days, what is the first thing that pops into your mind?The first thing that pops into our mind is “That’s awesome, we’d love to do that too”. If you think the same way, you are going to love our chat with Samantha Gash this week on Run Talk SA.Samantha, along with Mimi Anderson are taking on the more than 2000km Freedom Trail between Pitermaritzburg and Paarl.These two incredible women aren’t just running the Freedom Trail because it is there, they are running it for a fantastic cause. They are running it to keep South African girls in school. We think this is an incredible story and we are super excited to share their story with you.As discussed in the podcast you can follow Samantha and Mimi’s journey across the Freedom Trail here, you can donate to the worthy cause here and send some Twitter love to Samantha here.Also as mentioned on this week’s podcast, join us for  Comrades Marathon webinar. Click here to register.READ MORE Read more

It is hard to put into words the beauty of the Wildcoast Wildrun™. Three days of some of the most spectacular coastal running you will ever experience, on one of the most unspoiled stretches of the South African coastline.This week on Run Talk SA we catch up with one of the Wildcoast Wildrun™ runners, City Press political journalist Carien du Plessis. Carien is no stranger to long distance running having completed five Comrades Marathons and we touch base to find out more about her experience on the 112km trail run.Also as mentioned on this week’s podcast, the Run Talk SA Comrades Marathon webinars are back. The first one takes place this Monday, 22 September 2015, so be sure to register for it here.Read More Read more

A month ago Irvette van Zyl won the Totalsports Women’s Race in Stellenbosch in a time of 32:50. It equalled Zola Budd’s personal best as the third fastest 10km performances by South African women on the road. Budd ran that time at the age of 17 in Bloemfontein in August 1983. That time still stands as the South African junior record.The only two women to run faster over that distance are former half-marathon world record holder Elana Meyer and Colleen de Reuck.This week on Run Talk SA we chat to Irvette about that fantastic run in the Western Cape as well as her recent victory at the Mandela Marathon in Pietermaritzburg.We also chat about the upcoming Cape Town Marathon and what she hopes to achieve as well as what it is like being married to South African track star LJ van Zyl and whether or not she has any Comrades Marathon aspirations.Also as mentioned in the podcast, be sure to register for our upcoming Comrades Marathon webinar. You can find out more and register by clicking here.As Brad promised in the show too, here is the link to the details of the Wildrun that he is running this weekend.Read More Read more

2015 Comrades Marathon entries opened this week and as it stands as I write this approximately 4000 entries have already been snapped up. On this episode of Run Talk SA we talk the Comrades Marathon with the 2014 Women’s winner Ellie Greenwood.Ellie has had an incredible running career which includes victories at the Western States 100 miler (Including a new course record) as well as the 100km World Championships.Having come close at the Comrades Marathon before, Ellie picked up her maiden win at the world’s largest ultra-marathon in 2014.Join us as Ellie chats about that victory and what makes winning the Comrades Marathon so special.READ MORE Read more

We are suckers for great running stories. Joel Runyon has a fantastic one. From being unemployed, sitting in his parents basement he has gone on to travel the world and do things most people think are impossible.Find out what brought Joel all the way from San Diego to the sleepy hollow of Pietermaritzburg to run the 2014 Comrades Marathon on this edition of Run Talk SA.Joel tells us about his journey to completing the Comrades Marathon as well as some of the cool mantras that got him through this year’s Comrades.Joel is about to embark on another amazing challenge and he tells Brad all about the 777 challenge. Joel is going to run 7 ultra-marathons on the 7 continents to raise enough money to build 7 schools through Pencils of Promise. Read more

As a runner, once you’ve been around the proverbial block a few times, it is easy to forget what it felt like to complete your first race. Remember your first 5km?Remember making the step up to 10km and how you thought there is no way you could EVER run a half marathon?Once you’ve been running a while and have run a few marathons and ultra’s you quickly forget what a struggle it was to first get going.On this episode of Run Talk SA we chat to Talk Radio 702’s morning traffic guy and gadget guru, Aki Anastasiou, who has just completed his first half marathon.Aki tells Brad what brought about this fitness transformation and why it meant so much to him to completing the Varsity Kudus 21km on Sunday.Aki also asks Brad how he can now go about getting faster and bringing his half marathon time down to below 2 hours.As far as running gadgets and technology goes, Aki gives us the low down on what some of the technology is that is making waves on the international running scene and what his favourite running gadgets are.Brad also spoke about the training that he has been working on to get you running on the Low Carb High Fat diet on the show. If you want to find out more about what he is up to click here. Read more

You know how difficult it is to wake up early in the morning to head out for your midweek Comrades Marathon training runs. Particularly as the days get shorter and shorter as Comrades Marathon race day approaches and the temperature starts to drop.How often have you said to yourself on those mornings “This sucks”?Have you ever considered that it could be worse?Imagine having to start ramping your training up in December and January with only six hours of daylight to contend with. How about February, when your training really needs to be lifted to another level, and you have to deal with temperatures ranging from -3C to -22C?If you think training for the Comrades Marathon in sunny South Africa is bad, imagine what it is like to train  for the Comrades Marathon in this!How does Patrick Joyce train for the Comrades Marathon?That is exactly what Patrick Joyce from Sweden has to contend with every time he decides he is running the Comrades Marathon.This week on Run Talk SA we caught up with Patrick to talk a little about his Comrades journey and what it takes to train for the Comrades Marathon in Sweden,Patrick tells us how watched a movie called ‘The Long Run’ and how before the end of the film he had decided that he was going to run the Comrades MarathonWe also talk about how the ultra-marathon running community in Sweden have embraced the Comrades Marathon, particularly now that the likes of Jonas Buud  and Frida Sodermark are ... Read more

Have you ever wanted to run the New York Marathon?If you have and have ever tried to get an entry you will know it may be easier to fall pregnant wind pollination. Short of moving to the Big Apple there are essentially 4 ways to get an entry into the New York Marathon.On this episode of Run Talk SA we chat to Mark Lapedus, who runs for Rockies in Johannesburg, about his first New York Marathon.Mark runs us through the 4 ways to get an entry in the New York Marathon as well as the logistics of getting to the Big Apple for race weekend.Also on the show Brad Brown talks about his experience at the recent 2014 Knysna Forrest Marathon as well as racing the Ironman Zurich in Switzerland.We also had some fantastic feedback about our Comrades Marathon cheat story. If you haven’t had to a listen to it yet, you can access it here.As mentioned in the show there is also some exciting news that will be announced next week regarding some training that we have been working on to get you adapted to and running on fat as opposed to carbohydrates.  If you want to be the first to know about the upcoming training just pop us an email.We also mentioned in the last podcast that we have unfortunately had to change our feed to iTunes. If you haven’t subscribed to the new Run Talk SA iTunes feed please do so here. We would also greatly appreciate ... Read more

In a previous episode of Run Talk SA we chatted about some very irregular Comrades Marathon splits that pointed to, in our opinion, a back of the pack Comrades Marathon cheat. There have been numerous incidents of cheating at the Comrades Marathon over the years from doping to a set of twins running half the race each and bagging a Comrades Marathon gold medal.It seems that back of the pack cheating is becoming more and more prevalent at the Comrades Marathon. We are not saying every one of them cheated, but in 2013 there were just over 30 runners that missed one or more of the timing mats along the route. In 2014 more than 90 did.Six weeks after the 2014 Comrades Marathon it has come to our attention that runner that we first spoke about, race number 25058, Kitty Chutergon is once again involved in some very irregular goings on.Will the real Kitty Chutergon please stand upBelow are a few photographs that were taken by Action Photo on Comrades Marathon race day this year. As you can see even though the numbers are the same, it is definitely not the same runner running in number 25058. READ MORE Read more

It has been a month since the 2014 Comrades Marathon and on this episode of Run Talk SA we wanted to share a pretty cool inspiring Comrades Marathon story with you. Douw Prinsloo finished his first Comrades Marathon this year and he has an incredible story to share.Douw woke up one morning in 2009 and decided that enough was enough. Tipping the scales at 133kgs Douw knew he had to make some changes. Already a member of his local gym Douw lined up the personal trainers, made his pick and started his amazing journey.Five years later Douw is now 53 kilogrammes lighter and a Comrades Marathon finisher! Brad Brown caught up with Douw this week to learn more about Douw’s awesome story. Douw shares with Brad what the biggest lesson he has learnt on this journey as well as the one thing he loves about his new life and body.As discussed on the show you can touch base with Douw on his blog here, on Twitter here or on Facebook here. READ MORE Read more

As it stands today there are 24 days to until the 2014 Momentum Cape Times Knysna Marathon. Here at Run Talk SA we are really looking forward to heading down to that neck of the woods for the first time to take part in the race. The Knysna Marathon has really established itself as one of the highlights on the South African road running calendar.We’ve spoken about the Knysna Marathon and half marathon before on Run Talk SA, both here and here, but this week we wanted to look at something slightly different.The Knysna Marathon forms part of the greater Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival. The oyster festival attracts more than 50 000 visitors to the town of Knysna annually.The festival provides a great opportunity for you and your family to take part in one or more of the various other activities, including the Knysna Marathon and Half Marathon while in Knysna. READ MORE Read more

There are always some incredible Comrades Marathon stories that emerge after the race every year. One of the Comrades Marathon stories of 2014 has got to be the 10 Ten challenge. A couple of weeks ago here on Run Talk SA Brad Brown spoke to Hazel Moller, who’s idea it was, about how it all started and what she hoped to achieve.Comrades Marathon Stories – The 10 Ten ChallengeThis week on Run Talk SA Brad caught up with the only one of the trio who was able to complete all ten of the 90km runs in the ten days, Hilton Murray. Hilton shares a few amazing Comrades Marathon stories with us this week as well as his nutrition plan that got him through this  phenomenal challenge. READ MORE Read more

It’s been a couple of days since the 2014 Comrades Marathon and now that the proverbial dust has settled. If you ran on Sunday your legs are probably more painful today than they were yesterday.It was a pretty disappointing weekend for me. I came down with a sore throat on Saturday and then woke up on Sunday morning as sick as a dog. As difficult a decision as it was to make, I decided that I would not run feeling like that. It was just too dangerous. I run to stay healthy, not to run the Comrades Marathon. If I had run on Sunday it would have been to the detriment of my health. It was just too risky. The race will be there next year, I need to make sure I am too.I thought it would be appropriate to catch up with Comrades Marathon race director Rowyn James on this week on Run Talk SA to chat about the 89th running of this iconic race. Read More Read more

On this edition of Run Talk SA Hazel Moller tells Brad about the Ten10 Challenge. She plans on running the equivalent of 10 Comrades Marathons in 10 days. Read more

May. Already. We hope that we are not the only ones struggling to come to terms with how fast this year is moving. Just over three weeks away from the 2014 Comrades Marathon and even better news is that three weeks after that is the winter solstice and then the downhill slide to summer starts! […] Read more

We get a ton of questions in our email inbox, on our Twitter stream and on our Facebook page regarding the use of pain medication and anti inflammatories during marathons and ultra-marathons like the Comrades Marathon. This week on Run Talk SA, we chat to the Comrades Marathon Coach Lindsey Parry who has some strong […] Read more

As we head into the Easter Weekend here is the next edition of Run Talk SA. On episode 42 of this weekly South African running podcast we chat to: Physiotherapist Hanette Lemke who is busy conducting a study on how runners recover. As discussed in the podcast if you want to help Hanette you can […] Read more

Another week has gone by as we inch closer to our one year birthday. Run Talk SA this week is slightly different. We enjoy chatting to our medical experts and our elite athletes but to be honest, we love chatting to ordinary, everyday runners just like you. This week on Run Talk SA we catch […] Read more

It’s hard to believe we are only 12 episodes away from having been doing this for a year. On this week’s Run Talk SA we: Catch up with Paul Mcrystal from Benoni Northerns about his tenth Comrades this year and also about some of the great stuff that Benoni Northerns are doing. We also find […] Read more

The world half marathon championships take place this weekend in Denmark and on this week’s Run Talk SA we chat to one of the athletes that will be representing South Africa. On episode 39: Rene Kalmer chats to us about racing the best in the world in Copenhagen at the weekend. She also talks about […] Read more

This week on Run Talk SA we have really been out and about! On episode 38 of this weekly running podcast Brad Brown: Caught up with Corne Botha, the chairperson of the CSIR Running club, following the second Modern Athlete Run Talk SA Sprint Series in Pretoria. The pair also spoke about the sprint series […] Read more

This week on Run Talk SA the Comrades Marathon Cheat saga continues and we find out how you know what the right running shoes are for you. We are into the sixth week since Run Talk SA broke the alleged Comrades Marathon back of the pack cheating story. (If you missed it this is where […] Read more

We have a really exciting announcement to make on Run Talk SA this week and we have a couple of really cool guests as well. On episode 36 of South Africa’s premier running podcast we chat to: Mark Groch about a pretty cool initiative he and a couple of friends have set up in honour […] Read more

Brad Brown is still on the road with the Comrades Marathon workshops and this week Run Talk SA comes to you from Port Elizabeth. In Episode 35 Brad: Caught up with Louis Massyn while in Welkom. Louis has run 41 Comrades Marathons and is currently training for number 42. Brad finds out what keeps Louis […] Read more

Our host Brad Brown is still on the Comrades Marathon road show circuit and this week he broke away from the programme to attend a Two Oceans Marathon workshop in Johannesburg. At the workshop he met the 1986 Two Oceans Champion Thulani Sibisi. Thulani joins Brad on this week’s show to chat about the heydays […] Read more

Following last week’s expose on Run Talk SA regarding the back of the pack cheating at the Comrades Marathon we have a follow up on those Comrades cheats. On Episode 33 of South Africa’s premier running podcast Brad Brown: Chats to Norrie Williamson about the process that needs to be followed to be able to […] Read more

This may well be the most explosive episode of Run Talk SA yet. We feature one guest on this week’s show, Mark Dowdeswell, who presents some damning evidence that points to runners cheating at the Comrades Marathon. (If you are coming to South Africa from afar to run the 2014 Comrades Marathon, please would you […] Read more

We had an amazing response to last week’s Run Talk SA podcast where we spoke about poorly organized road races and who is to blame. If you missed it, you can listen to it here. On this week’s show we: We caught up with Laurie Lewis from the Roodepoort Athletic Club who shared his amazing […] Read more

The second episode of Run Talk SA for 2014 sees us catch up with one of South Africa’s rising stars as well as two familiar faces here on our running podcast. On this week’s Run Talk SA: Brad caught up with Elroy Gelant following his win at the 2014 Dischem Half Marathon. Elroy is an […] Read more

Happy New Year! We hope you had an awesome festive season and are raring to go in 2014. We have some big goals set for the year, as we are sure you do to and we look forward to hearing what some of those are and also how your progress towards them is going. We […] Read more

It has been a couple of very busy days at Run Talk SA HQ! Firstly our latest Comrades webinar took place last night and we needed to get a podcast out on top of that too! So here it is and we hope you enjoy it! On episode 27: We get an update on how […] Read more

Run Talk SA is officially 6 months old! This is episode 26 and we are really thankful that you are still here with us. We love what we are doing and we hope that you enjoy them as much as we enjoy putting them together. This week on the show: Parky caught up with Craig […]

We are into Episode 25 of Run Talk SA and we have another really busy show for you this week: Brad tells Parky about a really exciting project he has been working on and if you know someone who is keen to start running make sure they listen to the next episode of Run Talk […]

It was another fabulous advertisement for the sport we love this past weekend in New York. 50 000 people took to the streets of the big apple on Sunday as part of the 2013 ING New York Marathon and we spoke to a few of them on this week’s Run Talk SA. In Episode 24: Brad […]

On episode 23 of Run Talk SA this week: We reveal our latest Run Talker of the week, Kate Els and you can read our interview with Kate here. Brad Brown found out more about the Etana Daredevil Run that takes place around the country next Friday the 8th of November. Kurt Solomon who is […]

In episode 22 of Run Talk SA this week, Brad and Parky have really put a mixed bag together for your entertainment. On this week’s running podcast: Simon caught up with 94.5 Kfm breakfast jock Ryan O’Connor. Ryan is a very keen runner and recently ran a 93 minute Outsurance Gun Run. Ryan chats to […]

It is hard to believe we are into episode 21 already. It seems like just yesterday that we were launching the show. When we did it was a week to go until Comrades 2013. This week on Run Talk SA we are chatting about Comrades and the 2014 Two Oceans Marathon: Parky and Brad spoke […]

Can you believe it that we are into episode 20 of Run Talk SA already, 6 more weeks and we are 6 months old! This week on the show: Brad tried to shed some light on the energy gel issue. There are so many conflicting messages about whether or not gels work and if you […]

What an amazing performance on Sunday from Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang, breaking the marathon world record by 15 seconds in Berlin, Germany. In Episode 19 of Run Talk SA we chat extensively about that record breaking run amongst other things. This week: We caught up with Grant Schuleman, who ran his first Berlin Marathon on Sunday. […]

This week on Run Talk SA Parky and Brad managed to catch up with a whole host of people. First up: Parky spoke with one of Fourways Runners favourite sons, Chen, who has left South African shores for Scotland to further his career. The pair spoke about Chen’s love of running as well as what […]

It has been an interesting to week to say the least. With the threats of legal action to everything that could go wrong, going wrong but we have managed to produce the show this week despite the sideshow that is happening “off the pitch” so to speak. This week however Brad is flying solo and […]

What started out as a pretty innocuous episode of Run Talk SA has turned into our most explosive show yet. With the controversy surrounding the 2013 Soweto Marathon this week we went in search of an answer or two. And to say we were surprised by the response is an understatement to say the least. […]