With 150 days to race day, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is excited to announce a significant change to the qualifying criteria for this year’s 98th Comrades Marathon. Effective immediately, the qualifying time for the standard 42.2km marathon has been adjusted to 5 hours for all participants.
Under perfect Antarctic conditions, Iain Buchan (75), the founder of The Unlimited, his daughter Wallis Watt, chairwoman of The Unlimited, and son-in-law Ken Watt completed one of the world's most extreme sporting challenges on the 13th of December 2024.
In line with its strategic focus of increasing female participation in The Ultimate Human Race, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is thrilled to announce the return of the highly anticipated Comrades Women’s Boot Camps in 2025. Following the overwhelming success of the past two editions of the boot camps, this ladies-only fitness initiative is set to inspire and empower female runners across South Africa
At 75, most people slow down, but not Iain Buchan. The founder of The Unlimited and The Unlimited Child, alongside his daughter and Chairperson of The Unlimited Child, Wallis Watt and son-in-law, Ken Watt, is gearing up to tackle one of the world’s most extreme challenges: the Antarctic Ice Marathon on the 13th of December 2024.
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is thrilled to announce that for the first time, entries for the prestigious Green Number Club are now open, effectively a week before the entry process opens up to all other prospective entrants in next year’s 98th Comrades Marathon.
Glenrose Xaba rewrote the record books when she raced to a brilliant victory in the Cape Town Marathon on Sunday, in the process making her the fastest South African woman to ever run the 42.2km distance, covering the route in 2hr 22min 22sec.
