Category Archives: UNOFFICIAL HISTORY

  1. BEATEN BY A WAR AND A PANDEMIC

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    May 15, 2020 by DAVE JACK

    Only two things have beaten Comrades since it started in 1921. A war and a pandemic. World War ll saw …
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  2. VERY SPECIAL COMRADES FEATS

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    November 4, 2019 by DAVE JACK

    If you can run and finish the Comrades Marathon within the time limit it’s always been regarded as a feat …
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  3. MY 60 YEARS AT COMRADES

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    July 30, 2015 by DAVE JACK

    Now that the dust has settled on the 90th Comrades Marathon in 2015, I thought it might be a good …
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  4. ARTHUR NEWTON’S MISSING COMRADES CLOCK :

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    May 13, 2015 by DAVE JACK

      I spoke in my previous chapter about one of the big things that happened to me whilst on the Comrades …
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  5. NOEL BURREE – 2nd IN COMRADES & WITHOUT A DRINK FROM START TO FINISH :

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    May 6, 2015 by DAVE JACK

      In 1979 I was voted onto the Comrades organising committee and it’s one of my regrets that I was …
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  6. COMRADES REFRESHMENT STATIONS ARE BORN. :

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    May 1, 2015 by DAVE JACK

    This is not the story of the Comrades Marathon. It’s not the story of the guts and the glory of …
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  7. 1975 AND COMRADES CHANGES :

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    April 14, 2015 by DAVE JACK

    The 50th Comrades was run in 1975 and still known as “The Golden Jubilee” and a huge amount of fanfare …
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