Humorous Anecdotes, Observations & Accounts of Marathon Running & Agile Adventures.
There were lots of great supporter signs along the Comrades route but the one below held by this young lady in the Kloof area was my favourite. In fact, it was the only sign I took a picture of during the race. I thanked her and departed with the profound, “Cool daughters run Comrades when they are older!”
Luke Jacobs, a Partnership Sales Manager with HYROX South Africa, decided to run the Two Oceans half marathon in Larissa Parekh’s race number. He finished as 7th lady. As you can see from the photos below he does not run in a sports bra.
There are currently just three women who’ve run the Two Oceans ultra marathon 30 times or more. Matilda le Roux sits on exactly 30 whilst Sharon Bosch and Lucille Damon lead the way with 32 finishes each.
In 2026, a fourth lady is looking to add her name to this illustrious list – Jeppe Quondam’s Kim Pain. Kim ran her first Two Oceans in 1990 and will also become just the second woman, after Sharon Bosch, to earn a triple laurel at Two Oceans and Comrades (Kim has 32 Comrades finishes).
Boasting the most perfectly on‑brand surname in ultra running, it felt irresponsible not to check how many Pains had tackled Two Oceans. The answer is five (including her dad Alf), but Kim is in a league of her own. She hasn’t just run farther than her father — she has quite literally experienced more Pain than anyone else over the Two Oceans route.
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