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The Marathon

The Marathon

The blogs I have written feature various people I have met and things I have done and seen in the relationship of over 60 years I have had with the Ultimate Human Race. Initially I left all of these in the order I originally wrote them but after that I arranged them into various categories that might be of interest to the reader and these categories are listed in the menu. In the photo collage above I show a few of the activities I have enjoyed in my world of road running over the years.

Tag Archives: Alan Robb

CLIVE CRAWLEY – COMRADES RACE #1
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June 9, 2020 by DAVE JACK

Fairly early during the morning of the 8th of June 2020 my phone rang and it was Comrades Chairperson, Cheryl …
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Category: Uncategorized | Tags: Alan Robb, Clive Crawley, Comrades, Comrades History, COMRADES MARATHON, Marathon, Running, South Africa
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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Category: UNOFFICIAL HISTORY | Tags: Alan Robb, Athletics, Bruce Fordyce, Comrades History, COMRADES MARATHON, Frith van der Merwe, Gerda Steyn, Marathon, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Sport, Stephen Muzhingi, Tommy Malone, Ultra Marathon, Wally Hayward
COMRADES – “THE HAT TRICK CLUB”
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June 14, 2019 by DAVE JACK

In the build-up to Comrades 2019, and in my blog about three time winner, Dave Bagshaw, I happened to mention …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES MARATHON | Tags: Alan Robb, Arthur Newton, Athletics, Bruce Fordyce, Comrades, COMRADES MARATHON, Dave Bagshaw, Elena Nurgaleiva, Helen Lucre, Lettie van Zyl, Marathon, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Sport, Stephen Muzhingi, Ultra Marathon
COMRADES THREE IN A ROW WINNER – DAVE BAGSHAW
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May 31, 2019 by DAVE JACK

It’s the 31st of May 1969 and the Comrades Marathon winner has just crossed the finish line in Durban to …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES PERSONALITIES | Tags: Alan Robb, Athletics, Botha's Hill, Bruce Fordyce, COMRADES MARATHON, Cowies Hill, Dave Bagshaw, Durban, London to Brighton, Long Slow Distance, Marathon, Running, South Africa, Sport, Ultra Marathon
COMRADES – MODEST TO MEGA
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February 13, 2019 by DAVE JACK

One dictionary definition of the word modest states “Moderate or limited in size” and whilst Comrades had started in 1921 …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, PERSONAL OPINION | Tags: Alan Robb, Athletics, Bill Rowan, Bruce Fordyce, Comrades, Comrades History, Durban, Marathon, Medical Advice, Pietermaritzburg, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Sport, Tommy Malone, Ultra Marathon
COMRADES – THE GREAT LEVELLER :
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November 19, 2018 by DAVE JACK

A little over 50 years ago, shortly before I ran my first Comrades, I read an article in a Durban …
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Category: PERSONAL OPINION | Tags: Alan Robb, Athletics, Bill Rowan, Comrades, Comrades History, Durban, Marathon, Mental Approach, Pietermaritzburg, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Sport, Ultra Marathon, Vic Clapham
RESPECT COMRADES. IT’S FUN BUT NO JOKE :
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November 8, 2018 by DAVE JACK

So your Comrades entry for 2019 is in and you’ve had confirmation from the organisers that they’ve received it – …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES ADVICE | Tags: Alan Robb, Athletics, Comrades, Comrades History, Durban, Marathon, Mental Approach, Pietermaritzburg, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Sport, Ultra Marathon
TO WIN COMRADES :
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April 5, 2018 by DAVE JACK

The more I have written about Comrades in this blog and in other articles over the years and the more …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES MARATHON | Tags: Alan Robb, Athletics, Bruce Fordyce, Comrades, David Gatebe, Durban, Marathon, Moses Mabida Stadium, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Sport, Tommy Malone, Ultra Marathon
PIET VORSTER – ALMOST DIDN’T START TO COMRADES CHAMP
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June 28, 2017 by DAVE JACK

Ask me which are the highlight years of my Comrades involvement years and there are many but one of them …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES PERSONALITIES | Tags: Alan Robb, Athletics, Bruce Fordyce, Collegians Harriers, Comrades, Durban, Johnny Halberstadt, Marathon, Piet Vorster, Pietermaritzburg, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Sport, Ultra Marathon
SHAUN MEIKLEJOHN – THE QUIET COMRADES HERO :
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July 12, 2016 by DAVE JACK

One of the things that I have found that Comrades winners have in common, is that they are humble and …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES PERSONALITIES | Tags: Alan Robb, Athletics, Bruce Fordyce, Comrades, Durban, Marathon, Pietermaritzburg, Road Running, Running, Shaun Meiklejohn, South Africa, Sport, Ultra Marathon

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