I’ve been meaning to write a post on who the favourite’s are for this year’s down running of Comrades, but I came across this syndicated article on The Final Sprint. It’s a good read into who’s competing and what kind of form they are in.
The stats on the race are quite astounding, and show the massive logistical effort required on a race this big over 89km.
“400,000 plastic bottles, 2,000 littler bins and 10,000 litter bags, 448 bags of oranges, 5400 kg of bananas, 350,000 sachets of energy drinks, 1000 kg of chocolates, 500 kg of potatoes, more than 200 kg of biscuits and 2000 cases of Coca-Cola will be distributed along the route.”
I personally hope Brian Zondi will win the men’s race, but as long as any South African wins, I’ll be happy. Vladimir Kotov is a resident of Cape Town, so I hope he does well, but at 49, he’s not really a favourite, but one can never count him out completely.
Unfortunately, South Africa’s chances in the woman’s race are not good, with the Russians dominating. My hopes are on Farwa Mentoor to finish first amongst the South Africans, and I’ve seen her on several local Cape Town races.
Some more Comrades related news below:
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