RUNNERS IN SAFE HANDS FOR 2023 COMRADES MARATHON

Medical teamwork supports SA’s most loved ultramarathon

Tuesday, 6 June 2023, Healthcare support preparations for the world’s largest and oldest ultramarathon, the Comrades Marathon, are at an advanced stage. Doctors, paramedics, nurses and...

2023 COMRADES MARATHON TOP CONTENDERS

With less than two weeks to go to the 96th Comrades Marathon on Sunday, 11 June 2023, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has confirmed the following top male and female contenders in this year’s race.

MEN:
In 2022, the Nedbank Running Club...

COMRADES WELCOMES GEMS AS NEW MEDICAL AID SPONSOR

With its tagline ‘Working Towards a Healthier You’, one of South Africa’s largest medical aid providers, the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), has come on board as an official sponsor to The Ultimate Human Race. Comrades Marathon...

100 YEARS OF FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN THE COMRADES MARATHON

It may be only 48 years since women were allowed to officially run the Comrades Marathon but female trailblazers have been part and parcel of the world’s greatest footrace since its origins.
24 May 2023 marks a centenary of women’s participation in...

#COMRADES2023 ROAD CLOSURES

In less than three weeks, the rubber meets the road for Comrades runners, in their quest to conquer the 96th Comrades Marathon, a Down Run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has confirmed that the following...

#COMRADES2023 GREEN NUMBER RUNNERS

In 18 days, over 400 athletes from South Africa and around the world will aspire to be inducted into the Comrades Marathon Green Number Club. Since 1921, a total of 13,626 runners have completed the epic ultramarathon more than ten times each,...

AS COMRADES FEVER BUILDS, SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCES BIG PRODUCTION PLANS

For the first time ever, viewers will have two channels to watch the Comrades Marathon on June 11.

The main SuperSport feed, taking in the entire race day from 5am to 6pm, will be broadcast on SS Variety 4. Another feed, focusing on the women’s...

84 NATIONS IN #COMRADES2023

2354 international runners from 84 countries are entered into this year’s Comrades Marathon with the lion’s share of athletes coming from India with 403 athletes, Zimbabwe with 255, United Kingdom with 224, USA with 173 and Brazil with 142...

COMRADES RETROSPECTIVE WINNERS JACKET RECIPIENTS

The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) initiated the awarding of Winners Jackets to male and female winners of the race in 2015 with that year’s Champs, Gift Kelehe and Caroline Wostmann, being the very first recipients of the grand...

#COMRADES2023 CLUB HOSPITALITY BOOKINGS

In less than a month, all roads lead to the Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Cricket Stadium as the world’s biggest, oldest and most famous ultramarathon finishes at this landmark cricket ground.

With 1121 participating clubs in #Comrades2023, club...