No top 10 finish for city’s athletes
The Comrades Marathon is the world's oldest and largest ultra-marathon ran over a distance of approximately 90 km between Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
POLOKWANE – Athletes from across the world participated in the 90th Comrades Marathon, which took place in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday.
The Comrades Marathon is the world’s oldest and largest ultra-marathon ran over a distance of approximately 90 km between Pietermaritzburg and Durban.
This year, no athletes from Polokwane finished in the top 10.
Rufus Photo of Pietersburg Road Runers finished in 14th place in a time of 06:02:52, Melanie Melville of Polokwane Athletic Club finished in 37th place in a time of 08:02:01, while Jane Mudau of Pietersburg Road Runners finished in 74th place in a time of 08:33:19. She also finished second in the masters race.
2012 Comrades Marathon winner, Ludwick Mamabolo, did not finish the marathon this year due to an injury. He said lady luck was not on his side, but looked forward to compete in next year’s edition.
“I was injured at the 57 km mark, but I cannot use the injury as an excuse for not doing well in the race. This was not my race and lady luck was not on my side this time around. I will start preparing for next year’s race and hopefully do better than this year,” said Mamabolo.
Colinda Potgieter of Pietersburg Road Runners, said the race was tough this year. She said the race was about 2 km longer than usual and congratulated Mudau for finishing second in the masters category.
