Run With Coach Parry

TalkFEED — On today's episode of RUN with CoachParry, we chat Chris Binneman who is a CoachParry Online Training Club community member. Lindsey guides Chris on how to set goals and adjust his training programs for as he gets older. They also discuss Chris' issues with cramping and how to tackle the UP run for Comrades.  We want to hear your story and want you to share your journey with us, use #BiogenJourney and #coachparry on any of the social media sites and you could stand a chance to win 3 months access to the CoachParry Online Training Club. This week's winner is Mark McTaggart! Welcome to the team Mark! The next Comrades Bonitas Online Success Seminar is taking place on 25 March 20:00 (GMT+2) and has a special focus on nutrition. It is free, but be sure to register on coachparry.com/webinar . If you missed the last one here is the link to the recording. Read More

TalkFEED — Helen Squirrell is a member of our CoachParry Online Training Club and has been on one of our sub 3:30 marathon programs, she managed to get a substitution entry to Comrades and has decided to take the plunge into doing the Big C this year. Markus gives her some advice on how to adjust her paces and training from the marathon to Comrades training.  Helen lives in Clarens which is at a high altitude and is very hilly and so they also discuss some ideas around adjusting training for altitude, hills and time trials not on flat routes. Markus also gives some great advice on how to adjust training programs when you do training on both road and trail to ensure you are still getting in enough mileage.  Brad also shares another Success Story from another member in our community who has previously been on one of our podcasts, so be sure to tune in to that for some extra inspiration! We also want to hear your success story - you can share this with us by using #BiogenJourney on any of the socials and

TalkFEED — Today on RUN with CoachParry, we chat to one of our members in the CoachParry Online Training Club - Dani Hill-Welter. Dani is in her first trimester of pregnancy and would like to continue to train through her pregnancy. Listen as CoachParry gives Dani some guidelines on how to adjust her training program, specifically the quality sessions and what to avoid during this time. This is a great episode for anyone who is pregnant and wants to continue training.  Aside from this they also delve into questions around using heart rate during training and physiological testing for endurance sports. Is it worthwhile and valuable for a recreational athlete?  If you're training for something, we want to hear about it! Share your training story/journey/pb with us on any of the socials using #BiogenJourney and you could win 3 months free access to the CoachParry Online Training Platform. This weeks winner is William Barrett (not Warren-apologies for that!) (Instagram handle: @wgbarrett). Welcome to the

TalkFEED — This week on RUN with CoachParry, we chat to one of our international members of the Online CoachParry Training Club - Trevor Smith. We've been helping Trevor on his road to his back2back Comrades medal and today's episode Markus and Trevor chat a little more detail on a few questions for an athlete training overseas coming to run a race in South Africa.  Markus and Trevor talk about strength work and how to progress the program specific to Comrades, as well as how to do proper hill training in Australia where they dont have the luxury of hills like we do in SA. As a result much of Trevor's training is done on trail and so Markus guides him how to adjust these runs specific to a road program. If you've been following our #BiogenJourney with Hobbo on his road to IronMan 70.3 in Durban, then have a listen to this as we also have Lindsey catching up with Hobbo, who is making some amazing progress. He hit two major milestones this week! Listen to this for some inspiration for your #BiogenJourne

TalkFEED — On today's episode of RUN with CoachParry, we chat to Shaun Simpson who is one of our CoachParry Online Training Club members. Shaun lives and works on the super yachts and has his sights set on his back2back Comrades medal this year, after finishing in 8:28 in 2018! Lindsey and Shaun chat all things around how to use other modalities to assist with the lack of time he gets to run and Lindsey provides top advice on what to expect in the Up Run for any novice Comrades Up Runner. 

TalkFEED — Do you need to change your goal after a small setback in training? Markus chats to one of our CoachParry Online Training Club members - Schalk Visagie - about whether he needs to change his goal of 3:30 marathon after missing 2 weeks of training, especially given that his Comrades goals for 2019 is a Bill Rowan medal. Markus and Schalk also go into depth around the theory of running slow to run fast, keeping your easy runs easy and your hard runs hard.  If you haven't heard already we are currently running a competition with Biogen. Share your story or pb with us using #BiogenJourney on any of the socials and you could win 3 months access to the CoachParry Online Training Club, the club that Schalk said is "the best thing he has done for his running". This week's winner is Mpho (Instagram handle: @baqulutsibusinessservices) - Well done Mpho and welcome to the team!  If you want to join the CoachParry Online Club then CLICK HERE.  Brad spoke about the previous podcast with another one of ou

TalkFEED — On today's episode of RUN with CoachParry we chat to Geoffrey Abrams, a lifetime member of our CoachParry Online Training Platform. Geoffrey has a sub-3 marathon goal and with that; silver Comrades medal aspirations. Markus and Geoffrey chat all things pacing - within a race as well as how to approach your ideal training pace. They also chat about strength training and when the best time is to fit strength work into your weekly schedule. Be sure to listen to see how Geoffrey did at his most recent sub-3 marathon attempt this last weekend at Johnson Crane.  If you're wanting to share your story with us, you could win 3 months access to the CoachParry Online Training Platform. Just use #BiogenJourney on social media and you could be one of our winners. This week's winner is Siphiwe (Instagram handle: @kataztrofy) Welcome to the team Siphiwe! If you're interested in the concept of "training slow to become fast" (polarized training) - the concept Markus was referring to in this chat - be sure t

TalkFEED — On today's episode of RUN with CoachParry we chat to one of our Online Training Platform members Peter Clark in his lead up to his first Comrades. Peter has an awesome story having lost 20kgs and in the process has completed 2 full IronMan and is attempting his first Comrades this year. Lindsey and he discuss all things from how to deal with cramping, how to choose the right Comrades program for your level and why we need to train slower to run faster. If you're running Comrades, there's definitely some value in here for you too! Brad also shares one of our athlete's Success Stories - Timothy Patterson and how he smashed his marathon in a 3 day event in Bermuda!  If you want to share your personal best or story with us, use #BiogenJourney and you could win 3 months access to the CoachParry Online Training Platform. This week's winner is Pamela Woest! Well done and we look forward to having you on TeamCoachParry! If you missed the first of this year's Bonitas Online Comrades Success Seminar

TalkFEED — On today's episode of RUN with CoachParry we chat to Lizahn Oosthuizen, she is a member of the CoachParry Online Training Community and is on a mission to make a comeback to running after a long time off. Lindsey guides her on all things training, injuries and how to build up starting from nothing again.  Share your story with us by using #BiogenJourney and be sure to also keep up with Hobbo on his #BiogenJourney to IronMan70.3 Durban later this year.  We also have good news to share with you! The Comrades Bonitas Seminars are back! The first one back is Monday 21 January 2019. Click on this link to find out more coachparry.com/webinar Read More

TalkFEED — Yvonne September is a member of our Coach Parry Online Training community. She has made some amazing strides (pun intended) in her running and completed her first marathon - Soweto Marathon. She now has her sights on Two Oceans Ultra Marathon. Coach Parry helps Yvonne put a plan in place for this and they discuss pacing strategies and if its possible to split your weekly training runs as well as the importance of strength work.  If you want to become a member of our community, you can CLICK HERE to join the CoachParry Online Training Platform, alternatively you could win 3 months access to the platform by sharing your story and journey with us by using #BiogenJourney!  Brad also shares another one of our community members SUCCESS STORIES, have a listen to that for some inspiration! Read More

TalkFEED — Today's episode of RUN with Coach Parry we help one of our Online Training Platform community members Tanja Hayes put a plan in place for Comrades 2019. They discuss chasing marathon pb's versus Comrades goals and how many marathons is ideal in the build up to Comrades  Share your journey and goals with us, use #BiogenJourney and you could win yourself 3 months access to the CoachParry Online Training Platform. There are over 60 programs ranging from 5km all the way to Two Oceans & Comrades, you also get access to all our coaches and our member's only forum (If you listen to the whole podcast, you would hear how athletes like Tanja are loving the forums and community, so CLICK HERE to be apart of it all!) Read More

TalkFEED — With the festive season upon us, Coach Parry and Brad discuss how much training you should be doing over this time. If youre qualifying for Comrades or Two Oceans or if you have already qualified - Lindsey breaks it all down for you in terms of when to run, how much to be doing and balancing the family (and over-indulgence) over this time.  Remember to share your training story with us using #BiogenJourney and you could win yourself 3 months access to the CoachParry Online Training Platform, a perfect gift to take you to your 2019 goals and beyond! Read More

TalkFEED — Today's episode of RUN with CoachParry is with one of our Online Training Platform Community members Mark Fontbin. Mark used to be a race walker but has since made the switch to running and wants to do Comrades. Mark brings some fantastic questions to this episode such as whats the difference between a tempo run and a time trial run? Lindsey and Mark chat about drinking to thirst and what is the best strategy and how to tackle the weekend long runs.  We also share another one of our Online Training Platform member's Success Stories If you're also on a journey to a new goal or have a success story to share, then share it with us by using #BiogenJourney with us and you could win 3 months subscription to the CoachParry Online Training Platform. Here you have access to over 60 programs (from 5k all the way to Two Oceans & Comrades) and can chat to all the coaches in our online forums.  Be on the lookout for the Comrades Online Webinars starting again in January! For all the info head over

TalkFEED — Brad and Lindsey catch up with Hobbo, who is on a mission to get off the couch to IronMan 70.3 Durban in June 2019. He just finished his first triathlon and they discuss how to keep training and focused over the December holidays as well which races they are going to target in the lead up to IronMan 70.3 in Durban next year.  Be sure to follow and tag #BiogenJourney in your own journey and you could win 3 months access to the CoachParry Online Training Platform.  There are over 60 different training programs for running, cycling, triathlon and strength training, you also get to chat to our coaches in the members only forums and a weekly live Q&A session with the coaches. Brad shares one of our most recent success stories from one of our members who smashed more than 28 mins off his marathon PB in tough conditions! Read More

TalkFEED — Markus chats to one of our CoachParry Online Training Platform members on today's episode of RUN with CoachParry - Rory McGuirk. Rory has both a green and blue number for Comrades and Two Oceans respectively, however has been struggling with getting some motivation back. Markus and Rory explore some ideas to to find new ways to tackle the training; they venture into the advantages of perhaps changing Rory's weekly schedule from a 7 day cycle to a 10 or 14 day cycle and the positive influence of strength work in his program. They also look at some new exciting tech ideas such as training with power and discuss the aspects of Rory's critical power tests and how to interpret and use the data to plan for Rory's next Sainsbury attempt at Two Oceans next year.  If you're looking for some guidance and programs for your next challenge join the CoachParry Online Training Platform where you get access to all our training programs as well as to our members only forum where you can chat to all the coac

TalkFEED — On today's episode of RUN with CoachParry we help put a plan in place for James Collins - one of our CoachParry Online Training Platform community members. James is struggling with a niggle from Comrades and has big Two Oceans Ultra goals for next year and so Lindsey helps James with some training plans and they discuss some other aspects around hill and power training.  Remember to share your story with us using #BiogenJourney and you could win 3 months access to the CoachParry Online Training Platform.  Brad shared another one of our community member's Success Stories during the podcast. If youre looking for some guidance with your training be sure to check out the CoachParry Online training platform  Read More

TalkFEED — If you're looking for some inspiration, listen to today's episode of RUN with CoachParry. We talk to Vance Harris, a member of the CoachParry Training Platform who has a special place in his heart for the Comrades Marathon. He has run the race many times and has a phenomenal story overcoming cancer and run Comrades while receiving chemo treatment. Lindsey and Vance discuss his Comrades 2019 aspirations as well as some pacing principles for Comrades up run.  Read More

TalkFEED — On this edition of RUN with Coach Parry, Brad & Lindsey are joined by one of the members of the Coach Parry Online Community Garth Willis to chat about using a power meter to enhance your training and racing. We also hear from James 'Hobbo' Hobson who has had a tough week and is struggling to get his heart rate up while doing intervals as part of his #BiogenJourney We also announce the next winner of our #BiogenJourney competition. Join Coach Parry · Read More

TalkFEED — On today's episode of RUN with CoachParry, we chat to another one of our CoachParry training platform members - Andrew Watt. Markus and Andrew discuss hill training and heart rate training specific to Comrades and all this builds towards running Comrades with confidence. We help Andrew put a goal time in place for his upcoming races as well as his next Comrades.  Read More

TalkFEED — Today's episode of RUN with CoachParry is all about getting faster over the shorter distances. Coach Markus chats to one of our CoachParry online training platform members about his goals of getting faster over these distances and the best way to do it. They discuss the balancing act of strength work (and the tired legs that accompany that) and running. As well as what is an ideal pre-run warm up (and post run beer count) is. Read More