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Swim Goggles
15 January 2012 — Wearing the right pair of swimming goggles will make the difference between a good swim and a great swim, and most of us know the frustration of wearin… read more
Start your Comrades Journey here
15 January 2012 — Pietermaritzburg’s City Hall precinct on Chief Albert Luthuli Street will be a hive of activity come Sunday, 3 June 2012 when thousands of Comrad… read more
Meet the Modern Athlete DARE TO TRI Team
15 January 2012 — It’s been a ‘tough’ and exciting couple of weeks at the Modern Athlete offices. Tough, because it was extremely hard to choose only 1… read more
Running with the Boks
1 December 2011 — Earlier this year, Media24 Newspapers rugby writer Adnaan Mohamed was in Pretoria to cover the Bulls-Stormers Super Rugby match. On the Saturday mornin… read more
Chasing Green and Gold
1 December 2011 — It may come as a surprise to most to hear that the burly hooker used to be a middle distance athlete during his days at Numbi Primary in Hazyview, Mpum… read more
Gwen’s Not Done Yet
1 December 2011 — Gwen van Lingen still looks as trim and fit as she did in her peak competitive years, despite having just arrived in her 40s and recently having a seco… read more
Don’t Let Fear Affect Your Game
1 December 2011 — You have trained for months for your chosen event. You are fit, healthy and strong, but then on the day your anxiety and fear of what lies ahead, or wh… read more
Tackling Marathon #1 Together
1 December 2011 — Robert and Cheryl of Pinelands AC have each done between 20 and 30 half marathons since both took up running in 2005, and they usually go to races toge… read more
Running for Madiba
1 December 2011 — It’s close to 9am on a Thursday morning in one of South Africa’s biggest prisons; the Pretoria Central Prison. The sights and sounds inside… read more
Want to Start Running Again
1 December 2011 — I put on a lot of weight with my pregnancies. I have been walking for the last year and I would like to start running again. I weight 102kg a… read more