Comrades Marathon Learnings and Advice

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In this bonus episode David and Xylon dissect and recap Xylon's Comrades Marathon effort. We dive into learnings, feedback, thoughts and advice for those planning to run the Comrades or do any endurance event.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:18) Post race sleep and vibe

(02:01) Supporting and crewing vs racing

(02:30) Race Debrief

(06:54) Nightmare happenings on race morning

(08:37) Xylon’s pacing buddy

(09:27) Climbing in Comrades

(11:13) Comradery in Comrades

(13:06) Xylon’s position movement through the race

(16:25) The fallacy of banking time early

(17:21) Racing the person you ran your whole race with

(18:55) Xylon’s pace splits

(19:46) Xylon’s cramping history

(21:03) Comrades fueling strategy

(28:56) Lessons for planning your fueling

(34:58) Comrades course lessons

(37:12) Recovery from ultras and decision making

(38:23) Xylon’s thoughts on training and what he’d do next year

(42:31) Xylon’s advice to first time Comrades runners

(45:14) How do you get home after the Comrades

(46:26) How does Xylon feel today

(47:47) Xylon’s thoughts on his heat preparation

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