COMRADES NOVICE SEMINAR IN CAPE TOWN COMING UP

Three-time Comrades Marathon winner, Vladimir Kotov will be the guest speaker as one of the Comrades Local Legends at the Cape Town leg of the Comrades Novice Seminar on Tuesday, 16 April 2024 at 19h00.

The novice-focused session will be hosted by the Durbanville Athletics Club at the Durbanville Golf Club Function Room, Durbanville in Cape Town. The session forms part of four countrywide seminars geared towards empowering first time participants in #Comrades2024.

With 67 days to go to the 97th edition of The Ultimate Human Race, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is putting Runners First, especially those who are attempting their very first Comrades.

The Comrades Novice Seminar is an interactive session and includes need-to-know information and advice from the Comrades Coach, Lindsey Parry.

Runners will get a peek at the Comrades route as well as a strategy to tackle the long run, taper, race week and most importantly managing race day.

The session will also include advice from Dietitian, Nicki de Villiers regarding runners’ nutrition, meal ideas for optimum nourishment before, during and after training; as well as race day sustenance.

The Comrades Novice Seminars will also include short motivational talks by local running legends as part of the Comrades’ Local Legends campaign for 2024. The line-up includes:

• Cape Town: Vladimir Kotov – 2000, 2002 and 2004 Comrades Marathon winner
• Durban: Blanche Moila – 18 Comrades Marathon finishes

These seminars are interactive and highly informative. Entry is free and bookings are not necessary.
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