Previous Comrades winners ready to dominate again
Ludwick Mamobola and Claude Moshiywa, winners of the 2012 and 2013 Comrades marathons respectively, have made their intentions clear ahead of this year’s race.
Two former Comrades marathon champions are ready to go head-to-head to claim this year’s coveted prize.
According to Nick Bester, Pretoria’s own Comrades legend and nowadays the national manager of the Nedbank Running Club, Ludwick Mamobola and Claude Moshiywa, winners of the 2012 and 2013 Comrades marathons respectively, have made their intentions clear ahead of this year’s race. The race will take place on 1 June.
Mamobola, who won the previous down run in 2012, has had the perfect build up to this year’s Comrades.
“I didn’t do too many long runs but instead concentrated on shorter, faster tempo runs. I also made sure that my speed is up to standard to repeat my win in 2012,” he said.
Mamobola ran a well-planned 21km three weeks ago where he clocked 72 minutes and Pretorians are expect a top performance from him again.
Moshiywa had a groin injury in the beginning of the year that kept him out of the Old Mutual Two Oceans marathon, but since then he clocked a lot of trouble-free mileage in preparation for the Comrades.
Bongmusa Mthembu, runner up in the 2012 down run, is the danger man with the potential to upset everyone.
Mthembu had a very quiet build up, training in Lesotho at an altitude of 2 500 meters above sea-level.
The Nedbank Running Club has a good chance to win the team competition with athletes like Mthandazo Qhina, Albert Mathidi, Elias Mabane, Sandile Ngunuza, Siyabonga Dingile and Eric Ngubane in the team.
The Nedbank Running Club’s national woman’s line-up also boasts some impressive names such as Charné Bosman and Caroline Wostmann who will be at the forefront.
Bosman, from Centurion, will be competing in her second Comrades and she is more than ready. She trained in Graskop on the tough undulating roads in Mpumalanga and is very confident about this year’s race and a repeat as the first South African lady to cross the finishing line.
Caroline Wostman, who missed last year’s race as a result of a stress fracture, learnt from her mistakes and Bester is predicting a top ten finish for her.
