Tag: Comrades

Two Comrades starts leaves runners with more questions than answers

Two separate groups will start the race 15 minutes apart, but no…

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More prize money, same entry fees for 2025 Comrades Marathon

Elite athletes will be chasing a record prize purse of more than…

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Cyber bullies and infighting could ‘destroy’ Comrades Marathon, says Minnaar

If the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) isn’t able to stop the attacks…

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OPINION: SA’s most popular race, the Comrades Marathon, belongs to nobody

Five Comrades Marathon Association board members have handed in their resignations. The…

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Comrades board member suspended for ‘racist’ remarks

The decision comes just two days after race director Ann Ashworth was…

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Former Comrades winner Ann Ashworth sacked as race director

Ashworth had been under fire for most of her tenure, with an…

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Fordyce’s Comrades tales: Breaking down the race with Zola Budd

“Jissie dis ver,” (Jeez it’s far) Zola Budd muttered under her breath…

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Five things to know about the 2023 Comrades Marathon

The 96th edition of the Comrades Marathon, South Africa’s oldest road running…

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WATCH: Film celebrating 100 years of the Comrades Marathon releases soon

By Citizen Reporter SuperSport will this week premiere a film celebrating 100…

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Gerda Steyn likely to shatter ‘unbreakable’ Comrades record

Due to the unpredictability of races held over extreme distances, suggesting that…

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