Coach Neville

14/10/2025

This is a good example of why you need to be cautious about using AI, as this actually poor advice.
One of my runners doing the Cape Town marathon on Sunday, was looking at ChatGPT for carb advice for his weight in the days before the marathon.
A lot of the stuff on this list provided by ChatGPT is high GI simple carb stuff like energy bars, buns or muffins, white toast, Marie biscuits, energy drinks, and fruit juice, when we actually want complex low GI carbs in the days before the race from foods such as veggies and potatoes.
Basically a lot of this is junk calories and sugars that spikes blood sugar levels, that I wouldn't touch. During a marathon some of this could be used, but not before.
This is like the poor carbo-loading that we did back in the 1980s, when we didn't know better.

08/10/2025

Few runners have escaped a running injury and it can be very frustrating. My article explains how to cope with this and to bounce back, stronger

Few runners have escaped the frustration of a running injury, but it can be an opportunity to rebuild and return to running stronger, says Coach Neville

06/09/2025

If your legs are heavy and tired when you run, you have the Plods. Read how to regain your energy.

31/07/2025

Have you ever thought how your personality type helps determine what sort of runner you are? My article discusses this, enjoy 😀

We get runners of all shapes and sizes, but our personality type plays a big role in running psychology and in determining what sort of runners we become

31/07/2025

Our personality type plays a big role in determining what sort of runner we become, and whether we prefer short distances or the longer distances.

We get runners of all shapes and sizes, but our personality type plays a big role in running psychology and in determining what sort of runners we become

31/07/2025

We get runners of all shapes and sizes, but our personality type plays a big role in running psychology and in determining what sort of runners we become

07/06/2025

I have 18 runners doing the Comrades Marathon 2025 tomorrow 😃. They have worked hard putting in the training, have a game plan, and we had chats to plan their runs tomorrow. I think that all Comrades runners should get a medal just for getting to the start, as the hard bit is juggling work, the family and training. Good luck to all Comrades runners tomorrow and enjoy it!

26/05/2025

A great weekend at the MUT trail race for my runners with huge climbs and amazing scenery😀. A great run by Henk Seevinck in the 100 miler (pictured), Lloyd Barker in the marathon and Marie Snyman-Jacobs in the 25km Challenge. Well done!

28/04/2025

Well done to my runners at the UTD (Ultra Trail Drakensberg) this past weekend and they all enjoyed it 😄. Henk Seevinck ran the 100km, Patricia van Zyl (pictured), Krissie Clark and Darryl Munn did the 62km, while Alison Wasserfall ran the 36km and John Wasserfall did the 25km. John is 71 years old and my oldest runner 😊

19/04/2025

My Comrades runners have been doing long runs over Easter and this cool video is of Ela Meiring doing a solo 50km run. Ela is a young and talented runner who I have coached since she was 19 🙂. Ela will be doing her third Comrades in June.

06/04/2025

Great race by 63-year-old Judy Bird, winning the over 60 age group category (and 3rd in the over 50s) at the Two Oceans half marathon in 1hr 33 minutes 🙂. We will now focus on her 10km for the Spar Ladies races for the rest of the year