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Oct 17, 2019
3 min

Talking Point: Time Trial vs Racing

This Saturday we were all encapsulated with Eliud Kipchoge’s attempt on a sub 2hr marathon in a controlled event in Austria targeted at a...

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Sean Tait

Sep 2, 2019
4 min

...And Then There Were Three

Chanel Wins, Abi Podiums and Kiara is off to SAs The final day of August saw the best athletes in the Western Cape come together in the W...

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Sean Tait

Aug 22, 2019
5 min

The Magnificent Seven

This Saturday saw the merging of the Western Province Athletics Cross Country Championships and the Western Province Schools Cross Countr...

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Sean Tait

Jul 5, 2019
2 min

What Is the Point In Teaching Your Child How To Run?

There is science to suggest that children don’t make the same physical adaptations to running training that adults (or even teenagers) do...

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Sean Tait

Apr 23, 2019
1 min

RECAP: Pre-Season Cross Country Training

For the two Fridays past we graced the blue tartan of the Green Point Athletics Stadium, with some of our youngsters, for the first time ...

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Sean Tait

Mar 4, 2019
2 min

WCPSAC Report Back

This Saturday saw three of our athletics stars partake in the Western Cape Primary Schools Athletics Championships. We are proud to say t...

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Sean Tait

Feb 25, 2019
1 min

WPPSAC Report Back

This weekend saw the Western Province Primary Schools Athletics Championships take place. Although many of our talented youngsters (from...

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Sean Tait

Dec 20, 2018
1 min

RECAP: December Holidays Athletics Clinic

And that’s a wrap! After five days of sprinting, pacing, learning and racing, our December ’18 instalment of our Athletics Holiday Clinic...

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Sean Tait

Aug 28, 2018
1 min

Annual Girls' Inter-Schools Recap

Friday afternoon saw the Annual Inter-Schools Cross Country meeting hosted Rustenburg Girls Junior School. For those who are like "inter-w...

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Sean Tait

Aug 13, 2018
2 min

CMSCCC Report Back

This Saturday we had 17 (14 of eligible ages for WP selection) of our youngsters compete at the Cape Metro Schools Cross Country Champs. ...

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Sean Tait

Aug 3, 2018
1 min

Zonal Champs Report Back

A report from the Cross Country Zonal Champs where several Off The Mark young athletes competed

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Sean Tait

Jul 20, 2018
1 min

RECAP: June Holidays Winter Cross Country Clinic

A brief recap of the amazing Winter Cross Country Clinic held by Off The Mark Training during the June school holidays.

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Sean Tait

Apr 12, 2018
2 min

RECAP: What Went Down at XCC (Cross Country Clinic 2018)

From April 3rd-9th we hosted our latest holiday clinic for young school students. Having done an athletics based clinic in December it se...

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Sean Tait

Feb 15, 2018
2 min

Off The Mark, On The Rise!

In this, second weekend of February, there was an absolute barrage of athletics meets scattered across the peninsula. Below is a snapshot...

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Sean Tait

Feb 6, 2018
2 min

Let's Get Functional

Another Ironman 70.3 done and dusted! And though I went in a little tentative, I actually managed to perform fantastic. Only 2min away form

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Sean Tait

Jan 11, 2018
2 min

A Clean Slate

Follow me as I begin my journey to AfricanX. It starts with this blog post series and includes my day-to-day proceedings on Instagram storie

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Sean Tait

Jan 2, 2018
1 min

RECAP: Our Amazing Athletics Holiday Clinic 2017

Near the very end of last year we held our December Athletics Holiday Clinic. A big thanks has to go out to all the parents for playing t...

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