Jade and Larin are back for the third episode of the extended series.

Jade is 3 weeks out from Valencia Marathon and completed a solid marathon session just before recording.

Larin has some small improvements since the last episode and is going through a trial nutrition phase.

We chat a little about the old and new in running as well.

Charlier Maher spent his formative years in central Australia which he speaks about. He speaks about being brought up with strong values and support through his family in particular his mother. He speaks about his experiences and the thigns he has learnt along the way. He goes into his gratitude and also wanting to give back.

Episode 2 of the extended series. Jade kicks things off with another great month of training. We talking about her doing double threshold sessions and also the importance of the mid week long run to a successful marathon. Larin has had a few interuptions post Sydney Marathon.

After months of consistent requests Larin and Jade are back to have an extension to the road to Comrades 2025 series.

We will catch up every month to see how they are tracking

Larin raced Sydney Marathon and knocked a huge chunk off his marathon time. Jade is preparing for Valencia Marathon in December

Rory Steyn certainly has a story to share. Make that more than 1 story.

He protected the most recognised person to walk the earth. protected the All Blacks during a world cup. Has completed 12 Comrades, Iron Man and other endurance events.

He is now on the Comrades Board heading towards 2027

The panel are back for the final time in 2025 to debrief their 2025 Comrades. Wayne, Larin and Jade take us through their day and how their final times came to being.

We answer some listener questions and Jade & Larin answer some novice specific questions.

We hope you enjoyed the journey to Comrades 2025.

Thanks for the feedback along the way. If you can, jump on and leave a review on apple Podcast or Spotify we would really appreciate it.

To see what else is happening head over the to stimulate run social channels and also follow the panel on strava.

This is a re-release of the episode with Todd Ingraham who recently lost his battle with MND. There are plenty of takeaways throughout this episode even if you have listened previously as I found.

Re-release of the interview with the 3 Nedbank elite runners.

Edward and Tete and Previous winners and all 3 are part of the much spoken about "Happy Bunch"