Hi Snail... great to hear that! And there's plenty of time to recover between Comrades and NDW100 - eight weeks between the two races. Time to rest, build up again and taper!
Wow, it has filled up fast. Glad I was up early yesterday. Dubai I noticed quite a few UK entries are down as Dubai Creek Runners, do you know them all?
Millsy who were you supporting in Albi? Is that something you're thinking of doing in the future? I was dipping in and out of the live feed, but mainly to see if Camille Heron could get the overall win.
Snail, myself and mrs Mills are also booked into the Onomo.
Stan, we were supporting Paul Maskell. Me and a few others grew up in the same village so have known each other since we were 3. So we got a group of us and school friends to go and support. Me and Paul both started running about 10 years ago although he is much better than I am. Witnessing Camille in the flesh was something else. She just looked so solid the whole way. Its not something I fancy really. I like running a long way but like to have something interesting to look at or some hills to break things up a bit.
I suspect I'll have to try a 12-hour or 24-hour some time. I think I would prefer a longer loop, not a track race, although I do know several people who have done 24-hour track and say it's not as bad as you would expect...
Well, I been to Nedbank to make a direct deposit yesterday. Of course if failed in multiple ways - could not do it at the self-serve, and then at the teller there was a validation on the reference so that it could only be an SA ID number.
Plan C - pay by instant EFT (which takes up to three hours obviously)
Then write letter about the rules and why I am entering as a SA citizen as per the ASA rules. Visit Police Station to certify my Permanent Residence and Passport copies. Buy an envelope from the local shop with barely any glue. Stuff (1) paper application (2) justification letter (3) copy of EFT (4) Certified copies of passport and Permanent Residency. Then the man at the Post Office recognises me from last year, asks how I did, how often I train etc. Very nice he was.
If it is like last year, I will wait for 3 weeks for the letter to be delivered and then it won't be processed until January.
Probably the folks at Comrades are expecting my letter anyway - it will be the same as last year.
Millsy looks like you might get to see Camille Herron run again, she's listed under the US entries for Comrades, along with Jim Walmsley (is this his first Comrades?) and Howard Stern (surely not that Howard Stern). Ian Sharman's in, as well as Holly Rush, Vassos Alexander and Sophie Raworth under GBR, but no sign of Steve Way, yet. Sure I've missed a few.
JAR's not listed yet although I think he was talking about substitution due to the monumentalness of his injury if things went splendidly well on recovery.
Come on McH, it'll sell out by end of tomorrow probably, I'm sure you will be able to get Shanghai leave
"The 95th
Comrades Marathon will be a Down Run on Sunday, 14 June 2020. The race
starts at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall at 05h30 and ends 12 hours
later at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, covering a 90,2km
distance. This will be the 47th Down Run in Comrades history.
The
entry cap has been increased from 25,000 to 27,500 entries, making the
Comrades Marathon the largest single distance road race in South Africa.
Of this 27,500 entry allocation, 7,000 entries are reserved exclusively
for novice entrants and 2,500 entries are reserved exclusively for
international entrants.
A special commemorative medal denoting the 95th edition of the Comrades Marathon will be struck for next year’s race."
So, I wonder what distribution of places are left in this final 2,500 or so!
McHilly - no good comes of resisting, it’s best just to give in I still don’t understand how they manage the postal entries - if they let 27,500 enter online, how do they know how many are in the post? Might be another 10,000?
Awful long time since I posted. i qualified for 2019, then got thrown a femoral neck stress fracture in April putting me on crutches through Comrades. Healing has been super slow but all being well i should be released by the doc on Monday. I’ve entered for next year, optimistic that medal 7 will be bagged this time round.
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Stan, we were supporting Paul Maskell. Me and a few others grew up in the same village so have known each other since we were 3. So we got a group of us and school friends to go and support. Me and Paul both started running about 10 years ago although he is much better than I am.
Witnessing Camille in the flesh was something else. She just looked so solid the whole way.
Its not something I fancy really. I like running a long way but like to have something interesting to look at or some hills to break things up a bit.
Plan C - pay by instant EFT (which takes up to three hours obviously)
Then write letter about the rules and why I am entering as a SA citizen as per the ASA rules. Visit Police Station to certify my Permanent Residence and Passport copies. Buy an envelope from the local shop with barely any glue. Stuff (1) paper application (2) justification letter (3) copy of EFT (4) Certified copies of passport and Permanent Residency. Then the man at the Post Office recognises me from last year, asks how I did, how often I train etc. Very nice he was.
If it is like last year, I will wait for 3 weeks for the letter to be delivered and then it won't be processed until January.
Probably the folks at Comrades are expecting my letter anyway - it will be the same as last year.
Let's optimistically say I am IN
Come on McH, it'll sell out by end of tomorrow probably, I'm sure you will be able to get Shanghai leave
Brian Williams; you mean Lustmord?
The entry cap has been increased from 25,000 to 27,500 entries, making the Comrades Marathon the largest single distance road race in South Africa. Of this 27,500 entry allocation, 7,000 entries are reserved exclusively for novice entrants and 2,500 entries are reserved exclusively for international entrants.
A special commemorative medal denoting the 95th edition of the Comrades Marathon will be struck for next year’s race."
So, I wonder what distribution of places are left in this final 2,500 or so!
I still don’t understand how they manage the postal entries - if they let 27,500 enter online, how do they know how many are in the post? Might be another 10,000?
Great news McH.
New York Marathon for me on Sunday and I'm presently trying to avoid the germs that the person who shares my office is currently carrying.
Mac - good luck too at New York this weekend
i qualified for 2019, then got thrown a femoral neck stress fracture in April putting me on crutches through Comrades. Healing has been super slow but all being well i should be released by the doc on Monday. I’ve entered for next year, optimistic that medal 7 will be bagged this time round.
good luck to all doing NY this weekend
Good luck with your Strava qualifier Snail.
What rotten luck Matt. I hope that the doc has good news and that you are able to get back into form for a qualifier and the race itself.