by Mens Health | Mar 4, 2014 | Fitness
One sweltering February afternoon, the life of a 15-year-old boy named Ross Tucker changed. School had finished, and he and his athletics team had joined the local running club for their weekly time trial. It was an eight-kilometre route – long enough to showcase...
by Mens Health | Oct 25, 2013 | Running
The 2011 Los Angeles Marathon was going well for Joseph Gabriel. After 41km enduring a cold rain and gusty wind, he was still on pace to break four hours – his goal after four months of training. But as he turned onto the final stretch, just under 300m away, he felt a...
by Mens Health | Feb 25, 2013 | Fitness
What does victory look like? Is it the difference in altitudes on the podium? A torso tearing through the tape at the finish line? Corner flag pile-ons? Glimmering trophies? This is victory as most of us see it – in the third person. This is victory, as seen on TV....
by Mens Health | Sep 10, 2012 | Fitness
“When you go into a race, you’re thinking ‘I’m winning’. Then you take over the race early. Then you control it to the finish. Then you win it. You dominate the competition.” These are Hendrick Ramaala’s instructions – decidedly simple and unquestionably...
by Mens Health | Sep 20, 2011 | Fitness
He could’ve been another extra in a hard-luck story. Born in Ventersdorp, a town more famous for AWB activities than for producing soccer players, Itumeleng Khune was the second of six children living in an RDP house. Dad was the sole breadwinner. But Khune...
