The Greatest Human Race – Comrades Marathon, is one of the most popular ultramarathons in the world, and every year, runners from far and wide come over to run this beautiful ultramarathon in South Africa. However, the surprising aspect of this race has been that elite runners here are mostly limited to South Africa and [...]
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I am posting this excellent piece on Comrades Marathon Down Run experience by Denis Kennedy, who ran his 20th Comrades Marathon in 2009 in 9hr 18min. It is an amazing read, and truly an eye opener for all novices, and experienced runners alike. THE COMRADES DOWN RUN 2009 Hello again, I am writing this with [...]
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Mabuthile Lebopo won the 41st edition of the Two Oceans Marathon, a 56KM ultra in the city of Cape Town in Durban, in a time of 3:06.18. The first three places all went to runners from Lesotho. 2009 Comrades winner Stephen Muzhingi of Zimbabwe could only manage a 4th place. In the women’s event, it [...]
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Two Oceans Marathon is a 56KM long ultra in the city of Cape Town in South Africa, and proclaimed as the world’s most beautiful marathon by its organizers. This year will be the 41st anniversary of this event. It is really huge in popularity, not just amongst South African runners, but internationally as well. This [...]
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60 days to go for the 85th edition of the Comrades Marathon in Pietermaritzburg-Durban, South Africa. CMA has just released the March newsletter. The key points: 23,565 entries reached, the second largest field ever after 24,500 runners in 2000 Most international participants ever – 1084 runners from 76 countries. I am proud to mention that [...]
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IIT Kanpur is conducting a 50K ultra on Feb 21st. Though it is a IITK alumni and family event, they have invited Delhi Runners to come to the event as well. I am planning to be there on Feb 21st, along with more folks from our group. BTW, this is not any tamasha run, these [...]
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I registered on the first day of Novice registrations at Comrades Marathon 2010, i.e. Nov 1st, and later got the shock of my life on learning that registrations closed on Nov 2nd as all 5,000 novice places were taken within 27 hours! Taking it a little easy, and I would have blown my chances. Earlier [...]
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Today is that historic day when registrations for the 85th Comrades Marathon, the world’s largest ultramarathon, begin. The race will happen on May 30th, 2010, and 20,000 runners are expected to run over the countless hills between the cities of Pietermaritzburg and Durban in South Africa that day, all of them running the historic route [...]
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As the running season unfolds in India, two of the most anticipated events on the calendar have been announced by Runners for Life, the Bangalore based group. I can say without any doubts, and with the reference of so many delighted runners, that these are one of the most organized runs in the country, not [...]
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Tanvir Kazmi is a passionate runner and has been blogging about marathon running, sharing news and updates since 2005 ... read more »
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