Humorous Anecdotes, Observations & Accounts of Marathon Running & Agile Adventures.
This article provides detailed information on all South Africa’s July marathons and ultras including race descriptions, recommendations and travel information.
It’s slim pickings in July with just ten confirmed marathons and ultras at the time of writing.
A summary of all your choices is below:
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This article provides detailed information on all South Africa’s June marathons and ultras including race descriptions, recommendations and travel information.
There’s a paltry ten options for the road running enthusiast this June which is surprising since this should be a peak Comrades training month.
A summary of all your choices is below:
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In writing my monthly marathon articles, I normally find that there is high correlation between the responsiveness of race organisers and the overall organisational quality of their race. When I get no response to my enquiries the alarm bells go off.
The organisers of the Durban City Marathon are the Durban City Multi Sport Club. This club seems to have successfully avoided leaving any digital footprint, with a Google search producing zero hits. The club had no entrants at this year’s Two Oceans Marathon and only three finishers at the last Comrades Marathon.
On face value this does not seem like the kind of club that would be given the organisation rights to the flagship marathon in South Africa’s third largest city. However, this is the club that most of the technical officials in KZN Athletics belong to. I am not sure if they have a club motto but if they do, I would not be surprised if it’s, “Do as I say, not as I do.”
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