The spirit of Comrades is strong, even during a pandemic.
Jacques Wijtman and Michael Farah running at the Cradle of Humankind in Gauteng. They completed 56km in the virtual Comrades marathon.On June 14, a bitterly cold day across SA, if you happened for some bizarre reason to be driving around at 5.30am, you might have come across runners wearing race numbers.Among the long list of things Covid-19 has changed around the world, races is one of them.
However, given South Africans' obsession with running, particularly ultra-running, the Comrades Marathon Association hosted a virtual race.From 5km all the way through to the full 90km, this gave amateur and pro runners the chance to put on their shoes and hit the roads. Of course, there were some Comrades traditions that most people followed. For example, 2019 women's winner Gerda Steyn played
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