The first marathon training programme I followed was Hal Higdon’s one that I pulled off the internet.  To be honest I didn’t really know of any local training programmes so when I did a search Hal’s was the programme I found.  If I recall correctly it was in miles and I had to convert his distances into kilometres.  Thing is, it was a pretty decent marathon training programme and I actually followed it for a couple of years. 

From the marathon programme I moved up to a Two Oceans ultra marathon training programme.  I don’t recall whose programme it was specifically.  By this stage I was training with a group of runners from the Fish Hoek Athletic Club and I just went along with whatever they said I needed to do.  After a successful Two Oceans I was persuaded to keep training and give Comrades a bash.  Similarly, I followed a club training programme which saw me complete my first Comrades.