IN PICS | Runners hold final training session for Comrades on Durban promenade

08 June 2024 - 16:03

By SANDILE NDLOVU

Image: SANDILE NDLOVU Hundreds of Comrades Marathon runners take part in a last training session along the promenade in Durban.

Hundreds of Comrades Marathon runners descended on the promenade in Durban for a final training session on Saturday.

The runners will be taking part in the 85.9km up run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg. Tete Dijana and Gerda Steyn, both two-time Comrades champions, will attempt to win the race for a third time.

The race will start outside the Durban city hall on Sunday with 20,000 runners expected to set off for the run to Pietermaritzburg.

A runner seen running on a beach in Durban where hundreds of Comrades Marathon runners were training ahead of the main race on Sunday.

Image: SANDILE NDLOVU A runner seen running on a beach in Durban where hundreds of Comrades Marathon runners were training ahead of the main race on Sunday.

Runners taking part in the Comrades Marathon stretch on the promenade in Durban before a last training session ahead of the main race on Sunday.

Image: SANDILE NDLOVU Runners taking part in the Comrades Marathon stretch on the promenade in Durban before a last training session ahead of the main race on Sunday.

Image: SANDILE NDLOVU Hundreds of Comrades Marathon runners take part in a last training session along the promenade in Durban.

A runner from Angola shows off his national colours as he joins hundreds of Comrades Marathon runners taking part in a final training session along the promenade in Durban.

Image: SANDILE NDLOVU A runner from Angola shows off his national colours as he joins hundreds of Comrades Marathon runners taking part in a final training session along the promenade in Durban.