Runner's World South Africa

Runner's World is internationally respected as the leading authority on the sport. It provides the runner and health enthusiast with expert advice on training, motivation, nutrition, injuries and equipment. It also contains race calendars and reports. Runner's World is enjoyed by dedicated runners and other athletes who use running to enhance their fitness. The articles contain information on the latest events and discover the stars and personalities behind the scenes. The magazine provides advice from the best coaches, and exercise programmes focused on any level.

Runner’s World South Africa

What’s your favourite Comrades memory?

TRANSGRANCANARIA, CANARY ISLANDS

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Good (For Age) Times • How a winter race in a novel location could turn back time.

Highs And Lows • The specific benefits of low-intensity vs high-intensity

Have A Gandha At This • A new study suggests that ashwagandha supplements may help endurance – but experts advise caution.

Quick Fixes • Two postural problems associated with injury – and how to fix them.

Express Train • Time-efficient workouts that can be done and dusted in 30 minutes or less.

Let’s Stop Glorifying Grit • Theo Kahler is the news editor at Runner’s World US. He’s new to the marathon, and while training for the distance, he had plenty of time to ruminate on mental toughness. Maybe too much time.

Run Right Past Impostor Syndrome

Yes, You Can Walk During a Race

GIVE CHICKPEAS A CHANCE • Four tasty recipes to get more of the vegan-friendly, protein-packed powerhouse ingredient into your diet.

The Avo Advantage • If you're clocking up the kilometres, your body needs the right fuel to perform at its best. Enter the avocado: a much-loved everyday food that can take your sports nutrition to the next level.

MY RUNNING LIFE • ORDINARY RUNNERS doing EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

Grant’s World

THE GREATEST DOWN RACERS SINCE FORDYCE • WHEN BRUCE FORDYCE WON HIS FINAL (AND NINTH!) COMRADES MARATHON IN 1991, IT SIGNALLED THE END OF AN ERA AND THE START OF AN INFLUX OF INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES WHO CAME TO CONQUER THE ULTIMATE HUMAN RACE. BUT SOUTH AFRICANS HAVE MORE THAN HELD THEIR OWN; SO, IN CELEBRATION OF THE 2025 ‘DOWN’ RUN, HERE ARE THE STORIES OF – AND LESSONS FROM – THREE OF THE GREATEST ‘DOWN’ RACES, BY THE CHAMPIONS WHO CONTESTED THEM.

STAY MOTIVATED FOR LIFE • How understanding the neuroscience of motivation gives you the tools to keep your mojo fully firing for the long run.

HIGH ON HONEY MOUNTAIN • A magnificent mountain range bristles along the southern shores of Africa, where you will encounter peaks wilder than you could ever imagine. The only way to truly experience this untrodden wilderness is to lace up your trail shoes and set off on a soul journey into the Outeniqua ranges: by entering the Mountain Ultra-Trail (MUT) by UTMB.

THE HARDEST GEEZER • THE CONTINENT-CONQUERING TRAILBLAZER ON VALUING FREEDOM, SEARCHING FOR MEANING AND HAVING FAITH.

ALTERNATIVE THERAPY • HOW MOVEMENT AND CONNECTION ARE INCREASINGLY BEING RECOGNISED AS PART OF THE PRESCRIPTION FOR BETTER HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

KEEP IT SHORT • 2025 IS THE YEAR OF GREAT-LOOKING SHORTS (AND SOME A BIT LONGER). A VARIETY OF STYLES AND FORMS ARE ELEVATING FASHION ALONGSIDE FUNCTION – FROM BODY-HUGGING SECOND SKINS TO SILK 70S THROWBACKS, WE’VE PICKED 11 OF THE HOTTEST BOTTOMS OUT THERE.

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Friend Or Foe? My Running Frenemies Are Both