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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: Comrades History

2021 A VERY IMPORTANT COMRADES YEAR
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November 20, 2020 by DAVE JACK

As we move ever closer to getting rid of the year many of us will remember as the year that …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, PERSONAL OPINION | Tags: Comrades History, COMRADES MARATHON, Comrades Marathon Advice, Comrades Marathon Race Director, Comrades Tips
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
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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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, UNOFFICIAL HISTORY | Tags: Athletics, Comrades, Comrades History, COMRADES MARATHON, Covid 19, Covid 19 cancelled sporting events, Durban, Marathon, Medical Advice, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Sport, Ultra Marathon
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
THE LADIES OF COMRADES
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August 1, 2019 by DAVE JACK

SINCERE THANKS TO THE COMRADES MARATHON ASSOCIATION FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS It was in 1975 during the running of …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES PERSONALITIES | Tags: Comrades, Comrades History, COMRADES MARATHON, Durban, Frances Hayward, Geraldine Watson, Marathon, Road Running, Running, South Africa, Ultra Marathon
MY MEMORIES OF JACKIE MEKLER
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July 9, 2019 by DAVE JACK

I was deeply saddened on the morning of the 1st of July 2019 when I heard the news that Comrades …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES PERSONALITIES | Tags: Athletics, Botha's Hill, Comrades, Comrades History, COMRADES MARATHON, Jackie Mekler, Marathon, Running, Running Mann, South Africa, Sport, Ultra Marathon
COMRADES MARATHON 1969
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June 4, 2019 by DAVE JACK

The following is a report on the 1969 Comrades Marathon which was written by Dave Bagshaw who was running his …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, COMRADES PERSONALITIES | Tags: Athletics, Botha's Hill, Comrades, Comrades History, COMRADES MARATHON, Cowies Hill, Dave Bagshaw, Durban, Inchanga, Marathon, Pietermaritzburg, Road Running, Running, South Africa
HOW LONG & WHAT SPEED IS LSD? :
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April 5, 2019 by DAVE JACK

It’s important to understand that this article is not aimed at the people who are in line for a gold …
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Category: ALL MY BLOGS, Uncategorized | Tags: Ann Ashworth, Athletics, Bruce Fordyce, Comrades, Comrades History, Lindsey Parry, Long Slow Distance, Marathon, Mental Approach, Road Running, 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

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