The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has announced that the centennial race will take place on an unfamiliar date of August 28 next year and not in June as has previously been the norm.
will be run for the first time in two years after it was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19.
CMA chairperson Cheryl Winn said the move was primarily made with the health and safety of the runners in mind and indicated that the body may settle on September for future races. “At CMA we believe this discourse could not have come at a better time for a complete revamp of our race calendar for the future, to reimagine and design it in such a way that it benefits the build-up of endurance for the majority of distance runners in SA going forward.”
“Only as recently as 2018 did the CMA eventually settle on the second Sunday in June, so, there is actually no 'traditional' date for Comrades.” The organisation added, at the other end of the day, after having already spent 11 hours on the road, extremely weary and wounded runners again have to navigate their way to the finish in the dark.
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