HOW TO ENTER
ONLINE ENTRIES ONLY
Enter online at www.comrades.com or via the Comrades Marathon App – available for download via the Google Play and Apple App Store.
To enter you will require either a Debit / Credit card (Visa / MasterCard) or utilize the online entry instant EFT method.
To enter online you will require either a Debit / Credit card (Visa / MasterCard) or utilize the online entry instant EFT method.
NO FAX, E-MAIL OR MANUAL ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
The minimum age requirement is that the participants must be 20 years or older on the day of qualification for the Comrades Marathon.
QUALIFYING CRITERIA
To qualify and participate in the 2025 Comrades Marathon, you will need to adhere to the qualifying criteria below. The cut-off date for supplying the below information in order to make your entry complete is 5 May 2025.
Update your qualifying details either by using your online entry profile, email, contacting the CMA office, or by requesting your club administrator to do so for you by 5 May 2025.
Qualifying details will NOT be accepted at any stage after 5 May 2025 especially at Race Registration.
Qualifying Criteria:
1. You must submit your provincially approved club name and 2025 permanent Provincial issued license number.
2. You will need to complete the medical questionnaire (available by logging into your entry profile once entered).
3. You will need to run at least one qualifying race between 10 June 2024 and 5 May 2025. All qualifying races must be ASA technically compliant, no shorter than 42.2km and meet the Comrades Marathon qualifying criteria. Please see below Qualifying Table for official distances and qualifying times.
Please see below qualifying table for official distances and qualifying times.
QUALIFYING TABLE
| DISTANCE OF RACE | TIME |
| 42.2km | 4:49:59 |
| 48-50km | 5:49:59 |
| 52-54km | 6:24:59 |
| 56km | 6:44:59 |
| 60km | 7:19:59 |
| 64km | 7:54:59 |
| 68km | 8:29:59 |
| 80km | 10:24:59 |
| 90km | 11:59:59 |
| 100km | 13:29:59 |
ENTRY PERIOD & CAP
Entries will open ONLY for all Green Number Club runners on 6 November 2024 at 12h00 and will close on 9 December 2024 at 16h30.
Entries for all Non-Green Number Club runners open on 13 November 2024 at 10h00 and will close on 9 December 2024 at 16h30.
Total number of entries will be capped at 23 000.
The entry period will close at 16h30 on 9 December 2024 or once the entry cap of 23 000 has been reached, whichever comes first.
HOW TO ENTER
ONLINE ENTRIES ONLY
Enter online at www.comrades.com or via the Comrades Marathon App – available for download via the Google Play and Apple App Store.
To enter you will require either a Debit / Credit card (Visa / MasterCard) or utilize the online entry instant EFT method.
50% Entry Fee only Part Payment Option:
A 50% Entry Fee only Part Payment option will be made available. Once you have reached the end of the online entry process you will have the option of selecting to either pay your entry fee in full OR over two instalments. The second entry fee instalment (outstanding balance) must be paid by no later than 16h30 on 28 February 2025 in order for your entry to be finalized.
If full and final payment is not made before 16h30 on 28 February 2025, you will forfeit your entry fee (paid to date) and your entry will be deactivated and removed from the entry system.
The second 50% entry fee instalment can be paid at any time (before 28 February 2025) by logging into your entry profile and selecting the complete entry payment button.
NO POSTAL, FAX, TELEPHONIC, E-MAIL OR MANUAL ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
| Entry type | Entry fee |
| South Africa 2025 Entrants | R1 200 |
| Rest of Africa 2025 Entrants | R2 000 |
| International 2025 Entrants | R4 500 |
Entry fee is waived for holders of 25 or more Comrades medals.
An entry service provider fee will be charged on the entry over and above the entry fee cost.
ENTRY FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE (unless the race is cancelled due to force majeure). No entry transfers or deferrals will be allowed.
The race will be run on Sunday, 8 June 2025 starting at 05h30 and finishing at 17h30. The race is run from “gun to gun”.
It is a “DOWN RUN” starting at the City Hall in Pietermaritzburg and finishing in Durban. The race distance is approximately 89km. The distance is subject to change and will be confirmed in the Final Race Instructions.
The Comrades Marathon Association will accept substitutions for the 2025 Comrades Marathon during the substitution window period of 14 March – 14 April 2025.
How it works:
Entrants who have successfully entered the 2025 Comrades Marathon will have the opportunity to withdraw from the race during the period of 14 - 28 March 2025.
Entry slots that have been made available by withdrawing entrants will then be made available on a first come first served basis to individuals wanting to enter the event via the online substitution entry period of 1 – 14 April 2025. The substitution entry fee will be the same as per the 2025 entry fees.
No late substitutions will be accepted.
Entrants who have successfully substituted out their entries will NOT be allowed to reinstate their original entries.
An admin fee of 15% of the original entry fee will be deducted by the CMA from the withdrawing athlete. The CMA will then refund 85% of the original entry fee to all withdrawing athletes who have been successfully substituted.
There will be no money or voucher exchange between athletes.
Substitution withdrawals will only be available to fully paid entrants.
