Tag Archives: Alan Robb
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CLIVE CRAWLEY – COMRADES RACE #1
Leave a commentJune 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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VERY SPECIAL COMRADES FEATS
Leave a commentNovember 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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COMRADES – “THE HAT TRICK CLUB”
Leave a commentJune 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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COMRADES THREE IN A ROW WINNER – DAVE BAGSHAW
2May 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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COMRADES – MODEST TO MEGA
2February 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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COMRADES – THE GREAT LEVELLER :
2November 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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RESPECT COMRADES. IT’S FUN BUT NO JOKE :
7November 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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TO WIN COMRADES :
1April 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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PIET VORSTER – ALMOST DIDN’T START TO COMRADES CHAMP
9June 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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SHAUN MEIKLEJOHN – THE QUIET COMRADES HERO :
2July 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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