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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“I first became aware that I had endurance ability when I was about 9 and probably inspired by hearing of the Comrades, four of my friends created a race of "4 times round the block" in Durban North.
I think I was the only finisher. Probably a...
A fresh new webinar awaits!
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has implemented a series of webinars to empower runners for the 96th edition of The Ultimate Human Race.
Comrades Coach, Lindsey Parry has called on athletes to login and be part...
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The CMA will provide the following medical facilities for runners during the 2023 Comrades Marathon.
Netcare 911 will provide the following along the route:
Netcare 911 will provide the following along the route:
• 16 ambulances equipped...
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The official route distance of this year’s 96th Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban will be 87.701km.
Upon completion of the official route course measurement conducted by the Comrades Marathon Association’s (CMA) Route Portfolio,...
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In line with the Comrades Marathon Association’s (CMA) commitment and promise to runners and the media to restore the prize money back to the levels before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the CMA is pleased to announce that this year’s prize purse...
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