Cut-off times for Comrades Marathon 2024 confirmed
This year’s Comrades Marathon will see one change in the cut-off time for Pinetown. The race, set to take place on Sunday, June 9, will be the 49th Up Run.
THE Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has confirmed the cut-offs for this year’s 97th Comrades Marathon.
With this year being an Up Run, starting at the Durban City Hall, CMA race and operations manager Ann Ashworth has factored in a five-minute increase in the first cut-off at Pinetown.
“This is to account for the time taken for athletes at the back to cross the start line and having regard for the ongoing roadworks at Sherwood which may cause delays in the first 8km,” Ashworth explained. “The five-minute time increase will also assist runners in pacing the first half of the race more consistently by reducing any pressure to start too fast. In addition, the Umlaas Road cut-off is at a new location closer to Pietermaritzburg, also due to ongoing roadworks, and the cut-off time has been adjusted accordingly.”
All other cut-offs are unchanged from 2017 and 2019.
Athletes will have 50 minutes to complete the race from the top of Polly Shortts, a distance of 6.84km.
The 97th Comrades Marathon will be the 49th Up Run on Sunday, June 9, starting at the Durban City Hall at 05:30 and ending 12 hours later at the HollywoodBets Scottsville Racecourse in Pietermaritzburg, covering a distance of 85.91km.
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