Bloggers planning to run Comrades
Runner’s world published an excellent article by Amby Burfoot, where he details his journey to completing the Comrades up run of 2006. It’s an excellent article, and he illustrates how lucky we South Africans are to have such a great race on our doorstep.
I have a Technorati watchlist for “Comrades Marathon” so that I can pick up when a blogger mentions the race. After the article, I’ve picked up a few bloggers who plan to run the race, some of them have even been inspired by Amby Burfoot’s article. Just a few to keep note of:
- The Traveling Ultra Runner – I’m very jealous, this runner has quit his job, and will be traveling the world, stopping off here, in South Africa, to run Comrades. He leaves on the 21st of May, so will be running this year.
- Michael’s “Crazy Idea” – Michael from Conversations with a Stone plans to run it in 2009, it’s it’s quite far off, but great to see the enthusiasm over the great race.
- I keep running – Scott plans to run in 2008, and has only just started training, so it should be interesting to see how he comes along.
- The Parvus Challenge – Chad also plans to run in 2008, after being challenged by his Dad to join his uncle in running his 30th Comrades.
So hopefully Scott and Chad will be able to join me in 2008, so good luck with the training guys and I look forward to seeing on the road!
Update: Tom Steiner is also planning to run Comrades in 2008. Follow his progress at here.Â
