Comrades Marathon Blog

All this fuss over Oscar Pistorius, has taken some spotlight away from another double amputee athlete, Richard Whitehead. I blogged about Richard last year when he managed to run the down run in just under 10 hours. Quite an amazing achievement. The organisers were so impressed they gave him a “Spirit of Comrades” award.

Richard has been busy during the past few months, he ran an incredible 3:38 at the Rome Marathon last month in March. In March he ran a total 145km in races, competing in 3 marathons on 3 different continents.

Since he’s in such good form, Richard plans on coming to South Africa to compete in the Comrades up run, and I’m sure he’d do even better than last year. I just read on Runner’s World SA’s site that he’s looking for a sponsor for the air fare. So you’re in the position to do that, drop estienne@extrememarathons.com a mail and see if you can help out.

Also, check out Richard’s blog. Well worth a read.

Update: After checking the Comrades Entries, it seems Richard didn’t get the sponsorship he needed as he’s not entered. A pity.