Not that Gerda Steyn would have needed any help adding the Comrades Marathon down run ‘record’ to her list of South African road running major achievements.
Olympic marathon runner Gerda Steyn during an Athletics South Africa press conference at Southern Sun Rosebank in Johannesburg.Not that Gerda Steyn would have needed any help adding the Comrades Marathon down run to her list of South African road running major achievements.But the announcement, that the distance for this year’s running of the popular ultra race between Pietermaritzburg and Durban will be 87.701km, would have seen the popular athlete gleefully anticipating June 11.
And now that the race will be ending at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium instead of the Moses Mabhida Stadium which will be hosting the Cosafa Cup, the shorter distance is sure to make for faster times.
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