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Running Comrades: How to Train, Enter, and Conquer the Up Run
The Comrades Marathon is 85.777km from Durban to Pietermaritzburg with 21,000 runners, a 12-hour cutoff, and five named climbs. Here is everything you need to plan your own Comrades entry: qualifying, training, the five hills, and how to spend your week in KwaZulu-Natal.
Comrades Marathon 2026: 21,000 Runners on the Eve of the Up Run
On Saturday morning 21,633 runners line up on Dr Pixley Ka Seme Street in Durban for the 99th Comrades Marathon — the Up Run to Pietermaritzburg. Gerda Steyn chases a fourth straight title. Piet Wiersma defends. The Big Five climbs await.