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Comrades Corner

The Comrades Marathon is by far the greatest ultra marathon in the world. At Runnersguide we consider the race a national treasure. These pages are dedicated to making your Comrades a life changing experience.

Latest news from the pressroom

 
Date
Comrades Marathon's Disadvantaged Runners 15 April 2010
AmaBeadiBeadi Charity Campaign 07 April 2010
Comrades 2010 Entry & Qualifying Procedure 11 June 2009
Only Two weeks to go 08 May 2009
Bus for underpriviliged runners to Comrades 05 May 2009
Final Numbers 23 April 2009
Comrades will go ahead on 24 May 2009 27 March 2009
Appointment of Media Coordinator 24 March 2009

Entries for 2009 Comrades close 31 March 2009

20 Mar 2009
Comrades Final Road Show in Pretoria 03 Mar 2009

Admin issues

Enter on-line Expo news
Entry details Bussing it
Qualifying races Comrades website
Race details Write to Comrades

Training programmes

The Official Comrades Program
Don Oliver's 'Up' Run Training
Bruce Fordyce's Comrades Training

What the papers say

Comrades record tumbles
Comrades Marathon - post mortem

The true meaning of the Comrades

History of the race

1920–1925  A soldier’s dream

1926-1929 Return of Newton
1930–1935  Desperate dashes
1936–1939 Revenge
1940–1945  The world at war
1946–1949 The Royal tour

1950–1955  The making of a legend

1956–1959  Dawn of new Era

1960–1965  Comrades comes of age

1966–1969  Records shattered
1970–1975  A time of change
1976–1979  Alan Robb's Hat Trick

1980–1985  The golden era

1986–1989  Fordyce achieves impossible
1990–1995 The international era
1996–1999 'Up' Run Record Broken

 

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