The 98th Comrades Marathon will be run on Sunday, 8 June.
This will be the 49th Down Run, starting at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall and finishing 12 hours later at Durban’s People’s Park, covering an approximate 89km distance.
Group 1, with batches A to J, will start at 5:45am, and Group 2, with batches K to S, will start 15 minutes later at 6:00am.
BROADCAST DETAILS
Sunday, 8 June
Main Feed
5:15am-6:30pm | SS Africa 1, Variety 4
5:15am-2:50pm | SuperSport Liyu
8am-11:20am | Grandstand
Women’s Race
5:30am-12:35pm | Variety 3 & SuperSport GOtv Africa 2, SuperSport Africa 2
Finish Line
8:20am-6:20pm | SuperSport Events Africa & SuperSport Events SA
END OF THE LINE
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) is pleased to officially announce that the route distance for the highly anticipated 98th edition of The Ultimate Human Race is a challenging 89.98km.
This will be the 49th Down Run, with the race starting at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall and finishing 12 hours later with a street finish outside Durban’s People’s Park.
This year's race will be slightly longer than the 87.701km of the previous Down Run (2023), as the finish has been moved from the Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Cricket Stadium to an exciting new street finish outside People’s Park, in the northbound lanes of Masabalala Yengwa Avenue.
This will include a finish-line grandstand for spectators erected in the southbound lanes of Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, as well as a hospitality and entertainment area in People’s Park, and space allocated for running club tents on either side of the finish.
The longest Down Run in the history of the Comrades was 92km in 1971.
| CUT - OFF | RUNNING TIME | TIME OF DAY |
|---|---|---|
| Cato Ridge underpass | 05:10:00 | (11h10) |
| Drummond | 06:10:00 | (12h40) |
| Winston Park | 08:30:00 | (14h30) |
| Pinetown | 19:05:00 | (16h05) |
| Final cut off | 12:00:00 | (18h00) |
MEDALS Gold First 10 Men and Women Wally Hayward (Men)
Isavel-Roche Kelly (Women) Position 11 to sub 6hrs 00min
Position 11 to sub 7hrs 30min Silver (Men Only) 6hrs 00min to sub 7hrs 30min Bill Rowan 7hrs 30min to sub 9hrs 00min Robert Mtshali 9hrs 00min to sub 10hrs 00min Bronze 10hrs 00min to sub 11hrs 00min Vic Clapham 11hrs 00min to sub 12hrs 00min
| PRIZE MONEY | ||
|---|---|---|
| POSITION | MEN | WOMEN |
| Position 1 | R 500 000 | R 500 000 |
| Position 2 | R 250 000 | R 250 000 |
| Position 3 | R 180 000 | R 180 000 |
| Position 4 | R 90 000 | R 90 000 |
| Position 5 | R 70 000 | R 70 000 |
| Position 6 | R 40 000 | R 40 000 |
| Position 7 | R 35 000 | R 35 000 |
| Position 8 | R 30 000 | R 30 000 |
| Position 9 | R 25 000 | R 25 000 |
| Position 10 | R 20 000 | R 20 000 |