A short history of the Comrades Marathon. How and why it started and the heroes who finished it.
One Hundred Times a Hero – Comrades Marathon 1921 to 2024 Read Post »
Comrades Training – January. Week 27 to Week 30. From 30 December 2024 to 26 January – 2025. Based on training schedules of the late Don Oliver, Comrades Coach. Adapted and edited by Tom Cottrell. Only the committed will survive
Comrades Training – January 2025 Read Post »
Comrades Training – January. Week 27 to Week 30. From 30 December 2024 to 26 January – 2025. Based on training schedules of the late Don Oliver, Comrades Coach. Adapted and edited by Tom Cottrell. Only the committed will survive
Comrades Training – January 2025 Read Post »
Comrades Marathon – The Up Run. The dramatic physical variations in the Durban to Drummond stretch. On the up run, most of the climbing comes in the first half of the race.
Comrades Marathon – The Up Run Read Post »
Comrades Marathon – The Up Run. The dramatic physical variations in the Durban to Drummond stretch. On the up run, most of the climbing comes in the first half of the race.
Comrades Marathon – The Up Run Read Post »
The land marks are presented in order, as you would find them on the up-run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg. Durban
Landmarks on the Comrades Marathon route Read Post »
United in challenge and confrontation At a deeper level, the message of the Comrades to South Africa was clear; men
Comrades Marathon – historic perspective – Part 5 Read Post »
Rise in public interest Interest in the race continued to rise, at least in part because top South African distance
Comrades Marathon – historic perspective – Part 4 Read Post »
The storm clouds gather In the 1970s storm clouds gathered rapidly after the false calm that seemed to characterise the
Comrades Marathon – historic perspective – Part 3 Read Post »
