Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 58, May 2014

MA Online LIKE, , TWEET CONNECT Chat, debate, ﬁnd inspiration, enter our cool competitions…Join the Modern Athlete online family today! ON SITE THE TWEET STATION What you can do on www.modernath lete.co.za • Subm • READER SURVEY • Images: iStock & Courtesy Johan Cronje Have you ever met someone at a race and made a friend for life? • • Erika Marx: “I have been seeing more and more of the same people at all the races. It is nice to have the faces become familiar and greeting one another.” Maserole Jackie Maripane: “I married him.” Anthony Bold: “I have met a couple of people on a race while we were battling and today we’re still friends. I actually met the Hartbeespoort marathon guys at a cycle race in Bela Bela and they invited me to join them to run, and that’s how I started running again.” Marike Van Rensburg: “I love my running buddies, all of whom I met while doing races. Running enables people to cut through to deeper levels of friendship quicker. Maybe because of a shared passion or agony? Trials and tribulations…” Amit Chiba: “I met Shaun Naidoo during my ﬁrst ever marathon in November 2012. Since then, we have met at almost every race I participated in. We have also become training buddies!” Shaun Horsepower Naidoo: “From ultras to running our fast-paced Saturday parkruns, Amit Chiba and my friendship was born from the love of this beautiful sport.” Leana Esterhuizen: “My friend Melanie de Bruyn met her husband at a race. The next year, they got engaged after the same marathon. Now they’re married!” P sfoarn teheioF!REE SIGN U dit n • it an event to let rea ders know about up coming races. List your running clu b so interested ath letes can come to you. Add your company to our Directory so people can get to your product or service. Submit a FREE classi ﬁed advert. Remember to enter our monthly compe titions under the ‘WIN’ tab. For sta rters, this May you could win cool goodies from K-w ay (see page 16) an d a R1000 Totalsports voucher (see page 29). Subscribe to our FR EE digi-mag and ne ver miss another issue! TO THE POLLS Johan Cronje (@JohanCronje): “Another killer session in the bag. Last 4 days was the best 4 days of 2014 (so far…) #Glasgow2014” Team Lusapho (@teamlusapho): “Big shout out to Ernst van Dyk for winning the men’s wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon for the 10th time. What a legend!” Rene Kalmer (@ReneKalmer): “Happy with our 2nd and 6th positions in the 21km! #omtom @chris10kalmer” (Christine Kalmer) Kathleen Mc Quaide (@KathleenMcQ): “Awesome that 51% of @2OceansMarathon half are women! Go Ladies! We love it!” Elana Meyer (@elenameyer): “What a journey for @runmeb. 2004 Olympic Silver Medallist. 2009 NYC Marathon Champion. 2014 #BostonMarathon Champion.” (Meb Keﬂezighi) When do you prioritise your training runs? Early mornings before work – 27.6% In the evenings after work – 48.3% Lunchtime – 0% Whenever I can slot it in – 24.1% Go vote in our regular poll questions on www.modernathlete.co.za. Join the Modern Athlete Online Action Check out our site: www.modernathlete.co.za Follow us on Twitter: @modern_athlete Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/modernathletemag igi-mag ern Athlete D Mod is And NEVER m Get a FREE digital subscription to South Africa’s BIGGEST running publication sent straight to your PC, tablet or smart phone each month – all you need to do is SMS the word DIGI plus your name and e-mail address to 33110 and we’ll sign you up for a FREE Digi-mag subscription. Quick and easy, we’ll do the ‘paperwork’ for you. (Note: Each SMS charged at R1.50) Or go to www.modernathlete.co.za and click on the Digi-mag link, then follow the simple steps to subscribe. AND BEST OF ALL, IT’S ABSOLUTELY FREE! As a Digi-mag Subscriber you will: • • (+

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