Catching up with 2026 Comrades WINNER and RECORD holder: George Kusche

I learnt so much from this conversation. I hope you do too. Great to catch up with George! At 27 years old, his best years still lay ahead of him One of the best performances I have ever seen at Comrades. He breaks it down and gives us his top tips; 00:00 - 01:31 - Intro and Feelings 01:31 - 02:32: - What's harder the down or up 02:32 - 07:30 - When was the record in the bag 07:30 - 10:51 - Comrades from a winners POV 10:51 - 15:36 - Fuelling on Race Day 15:26 - 19:30 - Did the race go to plan 19:30 - 25:00 - Shorter distance speed vs ultra marathon 25:00 - 34:30 - Inside Training 34:30 - 37:20 - How to fit in Balance 37:20 - 39:50 - How much sleep is George getting 39:50 - 41:40 - Full-time athlete 41:40 - 44:40 - What's next 44:40 - 46:30 - Best bit of advice 46:30 - 48:44 - What does fuelling look like 48:44 - 52:23 - Outro For PDF training plans; https://www.justalilbester.com/shop-1 For my coaching waitlist, apply here; https://www.justalilbester.com/coaching To sign up to the Boom Shakalaka Runners Hub: https://www.skool.com/nick-bester For Best Athletics coaching: https://www.bestathletics.co.uk/coaching For discount codes/my partners: https://www.justalilbester.com/partners To sign up to my newsletter: https://nick-bester-running-coach.bee... Download the new Best Athletics App (free trial available); To join the Best Athletics team: https://bestathletics.gcph.tv/ For Training Plans (that sync to Garmin and Apple): https://bestathleticstraining.gcph.tv Follow along on Social Media! Instagram -   / justalilbester   Strava -   / strava   Website - https://www.justalilbester.com/ Team Website - https://www.bestathletics.co.uk/ Comrades 2026 race results; https://www.irunfar.com/2026-comrades.... Next years 100th edition is going to be INSANE! Onwards and Upwards, Nick