Who to follow
RUNIFIED
Letshego Zulu
Letshego has always had a passion for all things that encourage a healthy and active lifestyle . She is a qualified biokineticist , a mom , an events MC and the co-founder of PopUpGym , a movement that promotes healthy and active lifestyles by showing people that they can train anywhere , anytime .
As if she weren ’ t enough of a superwoman already , Letshego has added the title of Marketing Director at Red-Lined Media and Marketing to her portfolio . Thanks to her adventurous personality , Letshego was named as the runner-up on Survivor SA Maldives and also came fourth on Fear Factor SA . She has a growing list of personal sporting achievements as an avid runner , cyclist and swimmer who has completed sporting events such as : the Comrades Marathon , the Absa Cape Epic , JoBerg2C , Two Oceans Ultra Marathon , Coronation Double Century , the 94.7 Cycle Challenge , the Cape Town Cycle Tour and the Rio de Janeiro Marathon among many other events . She is also an avid mountaineer who summited Mount Kilimanjaro in July 2017 .
What has been your favourite race / marathon to compete in ?
Definitely the Two Oceans Ultramarathon . It truly is the world ’ s most beautiful marathon . My other favourite is the Rio de Janeiro Marathon , which I did in 2019 . It was the most well-organised running event I have ever attended and the scenery around Rio was beyond beautiful and the people were amazing .
If you could compete in any marathon , which one would it be ?
The Great Wall of China Marathon . It has been a dream of mine for many years . It looks physically brutal yet beautiful . I have always wanted to see the wall and running is one of the best ways to explore different places .
What are you looking forward to when completing the Nedbank Runified Challenges ?
I ’ m looking forward to pushing myself again on the road . Perhaps set some new personal bests ( PBs ), since I ’ ve been on a running sabbatical and through motivating myself to get back on the road , I ’ m hoping to inspire others to get off their couches and do the same .
Do you have any tips for new runners ?
Take it easy . Literally . Run slowly and instead of stopping for breaks , alternate it with brisk walking - even if you break it down to running from one lamp post to the next and switch to brisk walking to the one after that and then resuming the running . So run to one , walk to one . It ’ s better to start slowly than to start too hard and potentially injure yourself or even blow out . Rome wasn ’ t built in one day so take it one day at a time .