Runner's World South Africa

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Cape Vidal, KZN

The Inside Lane

the loop

The Gross Side of Running • LET’S BE REAL: SH*T HAPPENS. HERE’S HOW TO DEAL.

Can Smiling Make You a Better Runner? • THE SCIENCE BEHIND HOW TRAINING YOUR FACIAL MUSCLES CAN IMPACT YOUR RESULTS.

Other No-Brainer Boosts • SCIENCE SHOWS THESE SIMPLE ALTERNATIVES AND TRICKS CAN ALSO HELP YOU ACHIEVE PEAK PERFORMANCE

Lean In for Speed • ONE SIMPLE TWEAK COULD MAKE RUNNING SO MUCH EASIER – AND MORE ENJOYABLE.

3 Quick Tips on How to Check Your Form • IF YOU’RE NOT RUNNING WITH SOMEONE, IT’S HARD TO KNOW IF YOUR FORM IS OFF. THESE TIPS CAN HELP

Get your greens • TRY THESE CREATIVE (AND EASY!) WAYS TO UP YOUR SPINACH GAME.

Tears Of Joy • ULTRA-MARATHON STAR ANN ASHWORTH REVEALS WHAT IT TOOK TO WIN THE WOMEN’S RACE AT THE COMRADES MARATHON.

Front Window • THE WILD SPECULATIONS OF AN INJURED RUNNER WITH TOO MUCH FREE TIME ON HER HANDS.

Adventure by Design(er) • THIS YOUNG GRADUATE FINDS THE FUN WHEREVER SHE GOES – ALL OVER SA, AND ABROAD.

Mind Over Matter • A VICTIM OF FAT-SHAMING DISCOVERS THE SECRET TO SELF-CONFIDENCE.

OWN IT • CAN RUNNING HELP YOU ACCEPT YOURSELF? A JOBURG MAN’S JOURNEY – FROM THE MADNESS OF DRUGS TO THE JOY OF FINISHING ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ICONIC MARATHONS.

Can you go from drug addiction to lining up for a marathon?

THE FIRST SHOE I REALLY LOVED • The New Balance 1400 v3

THE GEEK OUT

4 SHOES SIMILAR TO THE NEW BALANCE 1400 v3

“YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW!” • 55 INCREDIBLE, TERRIFYING, HILARIOUS THINGS WE’VE ENCOUNTERED ON THE RUN

YEP, I REALLY HAVE • Percent of Runner’s World staff who have:

A DEAD BODY ON MY MORNING RUN

Against the grains • WHEN THE SAND, SUFFERING AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF THE MARATHON DES SABLES WAS EXPORTED FROM MOROCCO TO THE HARSH BUT BEAUTIFUL ICA DESERT ON PERU’S PACIFIC COAST, THE RUNNING ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME WAS BORN.

In stages

The view from the trail

asijiki (Zulu phrase, meaning ‘no turning back’) • THE 93RD RUNNING OF THE COMRADES MARATHON DELIVERED A DOUBLE SOUTH AFRICAN VICTORY, AND ESTABLISHED LOCAL KZN STAR BONGMUSA MTHEMBU AS ONE OF THE NEW LEGENDS OF THE RACE AFTER HIS THIRD WIN.

Love means never having to say ‘I hate you all.’

YOU KNOW…