This weekend I was privileged enough to attend my 2nd Cape Trail Clinic. Again there were lots of friendly banter between old (and new) friends, inspirational talks & tips and awesome sponsors like: Brooks, 32Gi, RUN Store, Rugani and StaminoGro. This time I swopped my Achilles injury for a shaky ankle, but that did not prevent me from working my glutes to where they still (2 days later) remind me of Devon’s special dynamic stretches.
Here are a few useful things I learned:
- Always hide in a Brooks store during a zombie apocalypse. If you can’t find a store, make sure you wear Brooks to run over water with Brooks’ DNA midsole technology. [Very educational Brad & Grant]
- Running technique and a cadence of 180 bpm are critical. If you’re a 110kg rugby player, 180 is tougher than it looks. See how close you can get. [Thanks Sean]
- Make sure you eat/drink to recover within 15min of your run. You may even recover with a beer after a run. Just one… make sure it is a 1l draught. ;) [Thanks Sean]
- Monitor yourself and stop before you get to your red-zone! [Thanks Nic]
- Be careful when rolling your trail snacks - you might end up with balls that are too big (like Sean’s). [Thanks Heloise]
- Soak your almonds in water for an evening before you eat them – wow, they really do taste a lot different! [Thanks Deon]
- Do not volunteer for Heloise’s demos. Unless you would like to pose as a human version of a stomach - my condolences to the brave volunteers.
- Weird stretches on tables will cause copious amounts of banter and laughter. [Thanks Chris]
- The Marathon des Sables is a crazy stage race in the Sahara Desert where you may end up with 60% of your feet in blisters and a flesh eating camel spider chewing on you during the night. Was I the only crazy person thinking I would like to do that? [Thanks Kevin for the inspirational talk]
If you did not understand any of my tips… good. Make sure you are at the next Trail Clinic, otherwise you will miss out again!
Go here to find out more:
https://trailmag.co.za/clinic/
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Sean talking about running technique |
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Ladder exercises |
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Nic talking about the awesome Addo 100 |
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And some running... |
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More running above Coetzenburg |
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The rarely spotted Deon in his natural environment |
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Nic flying over this technical section |
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Trying out this awesome downhill single track |
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Jan Ham mid air |
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Chris demonstrating a stretch |
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Kevin showing us the Marathon des Sables camp |
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