Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 103, February 2018

CONTENTS WARMING UP 4 .......Editor’s Letter: My Mind Games 6 .......Have Your Say: Letters from our Readers 8 .......In the News: South African running headlines 12 .....My Goal: Katrina Muller – Running for Luca 9 ........Kalmer’s Corner: Summer = Sun + Run + Fun 13 .....Anel’s Walk This Way: Pit Stop Penalties 19 .....PJ’s Piece: Promises vs Goals 36 .....Norrie’s Out the Box: Countdown to Your Marathon 14 ROAD RUNNING 14 .....Future Hall of Famer: Cape Carbs’ Candyce Hall 18 .....Advice from an Untalented Runner: Trad Cruikshanks TRAIL RUNNING 21 .....Standing on Mountains: Fareed Berhadien is off the couch 22 .....Attitude at Altitude: Ben & Amanda’s TransAlpine adventure TRACK & FIELD 26 .....Busy Year Ahead: Looking forward to the 2018 season 28 .....Chasing Titles: Akani Simbine’s goals for the year MULTISPORT & CYCLING 32 .....The Champ is Here: XTERRA World Champ Brad Weiss COACHING CORNER 34 .....Training: Higher Pain, More Gain – Training to go faster 34 .....Body Science: Catching Some Sun – The right amount 35 .....Nutrition: Fishy Business – 8 ways it helps your running GEAR GUIDE SPECIAL 38 .....Brooks 42 .....PUMA 46 .....Falke 50 .....TomTom COLUMNS 26 37 AT THE RACES 52 .....Race Calendar: All the February Fixtures 54 .....Race Report: Dis-Chem Half Marathon 57 .....Race Previews: Pretoria, Vaal & Deloitte KZN Marathons 58 .....Athletes in Action: Our readers on the run TRAINING PARTNERS 20 .....Two Oceans: News from the World’s Most Beautiful Marathon 24 .....PFMA Club: Planet Fitness & Modern Athlete join forces 29 .....Runclean: News from the anti-litter campaign 33 .....Dare to Tri: Ironman Here I come – Steve Jackson COMPETITIONS 6 ........Win a pair of new running shoes for the winning letter 58 .....Win New Balance running shoes for the winning photo The information, views and advice published in ‘Modern Athlete’ are the opinions of our various contributors – we recommend that you consult with your doctor prior to embarking on any training or exercise routine. Modern Athlete can accept no liability for any injury or loss due to the information carried in this publication. Copyright subsists in all work published in this publication. Any reproduction or adaptation, in whole or in part, without written permission of the publishers is strictly prohibited and is an act of copyright infringement which may, in certain circumstances, constitute a criminal offence. 3

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