Novices to get Comrades-savvy at seminar
Comrades Marathon coach, Lindsey Parry will share valuable information regarding training, injury prevention and treatment; recovery; reasons for failure and how to prevent them; tapering and race day strategies.
- IS the 90th Comrades Marathon your first?
- Are you feeling nervous about where to begin?
- Are you sure you’re doing the correct training and getting optimum nutrition?
If these sort of questions are on your mind, attend the Bonitas Comrades novice seminar on Saturday, 28 March at 9am at Nedbank head office, 90 Bram Fischer Road, Durban.
Over 5,000 novice runners have entered the 90th Comrades Marathon. The 2015 Bonitas-Comrades novice seminars are designed specifically for first-time Comrades Marathon runners.
The project is sponsored by Bonitas Medical Fund, one of the major sponsors of the marathon and South Africa’s second largest open medical scheme. These seminars are interactive and informative.
Attendants will have the opportunity to interact with Comrades coach, Lindsey Parry and other experts, including a medical doctor and dietician. Among the topics to be covered are:
- · Injury prevention
- · Treatment of injuries
- · Training
- · Running shoes
- · Tapering
- · Race day strategies
The medical doctor will advise on how to train and run a healthy Comrades. The dietician will cover runners’ nutrition, including what to eat while training and race day sustenance.
SABC race day TV commentator, Ian Laxton will open the seminar and brief the novices on relevant race information as well as the charitable aspect of The Ultimate Human Race, including details of Race4Charity.
Registered dietician, Nicki de Villiers works with athletes and guides them to optimum nutrition to train well and achieve their running goals.
Comrades Marathon coach, Lindsey Parry will share valuable information regarding training, injury prevention and treatment; recovery; reasons for failure and how to prevent them; tapering and race day strategies.
Dr Sello Motaung, a medical doctor with experience in sports medicine and occupational medicine, will share health tips with the runners to ensure they have a good race day.
These seminars are not to be missed. Entry is free and bookings are not necessary.
