Tag: Comrades

Comrades Calling

Dear Ann: After American Camille Herron won the world’s largest and oldest ultra, Comrades, this year, I learned that you were the last American to win there – with no less than back-to-back wins in 1996 and 1997. Did...

Momentum Builds for the Comrades Marathon

In North American ultrarunning, the Western States Endurance Run reigns supreme. In Europe, the focus of many ultrarunners lies squarely on the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc. But in South Africa, the Comrades Marathon has th...

The Comrades "Marathon" - The World's Largest Ultra

The annual Comrades Marathon is undoubtedly the most exciting ultra road race in the world. Thousands of runners struggle to finish a course which snakes between Durban and Pietermaritzburg over rolling asphalt roads thr...