Importance of good coaching and mentorship

Every now and then someone comes into your athletic life and provides an extra edge to things. My current coach is one of those people, but so to is Bobby McGee and Norrie Williamson. Both of these characters have had a profound affect on my running and training. Both from South African extraction they have proven themselves to be adept at not only providing guidance around Comrades training but also long distance triathlon, Ironman and multi adventure racing.

Anyone interested in improving their running or other racing could do a lot worse than to listen to the guidance provided by these to individuals. They both have a number of articles, videos and blogs containing valuable information for free for the scholar of the distance event. They cover everything from nutrition, injury, training, technique and racing. 

Those particularly keen would do well to also acquire Norrie's book 'Everyman's guide to distance running', which I believe is out of print at this point, but you can still source second hand copies on the internet.

Running together (while having good mentors to turn to), stride for stride on a life changing ride! -- Sean Muller