Warm-Up Lap

What athletes think before the whistle goes

Thandiwe Mokoena2 episodes2 min of audio99 playsEpisodic

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S1 · E2Jul 11, 20260:5164 plays Preview

Who Are You When You Cannot Train

Marathon runner Pieter van Wyk describes the eleven months a stress fracture kept him off the road and how he found an identity outside his weekly mileage.

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The Ninety Seconds Before the Gun

Sprinter Lebo Dlamini walks through exactly what runs through her head on the start line, and how she rebuilt her pre-race routine after freezing at a national final.

About the show

Warm-Up Lap is a fortnightly interview show about the minds of athletes rather than their medals. Thandiwe Mokoena, a former 400 metre runner who now coaches juniors in Johannesburg, talks with sprinters, swimmers, netballers, climbers and marathon runners about the parts of sport that never make the highlights: the week after a bad loss, the training block nobody watches, the quiet routines before a start line, and what happens to your sense of self when an injury takes the sport away. Episodes run 35 to 45 minutes, and each guest leaves one practical habit a listener can borrow for their own work, study or training. The show is for amateur runners, club players, parents of young athletes and anyone who suspects the mental side is where they are losing time. No pep talks, just honest people explaining how they keep going.

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