MY COMRADES STORY BY SIMONI VAN ZYL

“I remember being glued to the TV for an entire day as a little girl and that little girl had a dream to also run the Comrades one day.

In 2016 I started running very casually, but experienced a terrible niggle in my knee every time I went for a...

2024 COMRADES MARATHON DIRECTION CONFIRMED

It is confirmed! Next year’s Comrades Marathon will be an Up Run.

The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) Board has confirmed that the 97th edition of the world’s biggest, oldest and most famous ultramarathon will start in the coastal city of...

MY COMRADES STORY BY DAVID MALILA

“It is an honour to share the incredible journey that led me to the start line of the Comrades Marathon. It was a monumental achievement for me, and I am grateful for the opportunity to recount my experience and how I made my Comrades moment...

READY, SET, CELEBRATE WITH BAVARIA

Celebrating the Champions of the Bavaria Malt and Comrades Spar Buy-To-Win Competition!

Another epic season of the Comrades Marathon has wrapped up, and it was something to remember! We genuinely hope that you feel a surge of pride and...

NEARLY R5-MILLION RAISED FOR COMRADES CHARITIES

Fundraising for the official Comrades Marathon charities increased by nearly a million rand more in #Comrades2023 compared to last year with a total of R4,945,096 raised.

The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) hosted its official charities...

FINDING A GOOD SAMARITAN BY QUADRUPLE GREEN NUMBER RUNNER, MIKE COWLING

“I had been extremely nervous about this year's Comrades as, for a number of reasons - including fairly major surgery on a knee and shoulder - I had missed last year's race. This was the first time in 40 years so I was full of regret but I also...

MY COMRADES STORY BY ANGELINE BISSCHOFF

“As a young girl I used to be inspired by these Comrades runners. I myself was a long distance runner, bat at the time in grade 3, I was only running 1200m distances.

However, the dream had started.

At a later stage in my life, around 16, I set...

MEDICAL STATISTICS FOR 2023 COMRADES RACE DAY

With 16072 Comrades Marathon runners on the start line on Sunday, 11th June 2023, and 14896 finishers, the 96th Comrades Marathon enjoyed an astounding 92,68% finish rate which is recorded as the seventh highest ever finishing rate in the race’s...

MASSIVE GROWTH IN COMRADES MARATHON TV VIEWERSHIP – NIELSEN

Pay-TV broadcaster SuperSport has grown its Comrades Marathon viewership, with approximately 49% more fans of the iconic South African ultra-marathon tuning into the 2023 broadcast of the race – a Down Run between Pietermaritzburg and Durban on 11...

CANCER SURVIVOR COMPLETES COMRADES FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Raising funds for a lifesaving dialysis machine

When Paul Hussey was diagnosed with kidney failure and stage 4b lymphoma, few could have believed that nine years later he would return to South Africa and complete the Comrades Marathon.

“At that...