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As outlined in last month’s email, due to the ongoing pandemic, we are currently unsure of the safe capacity for this year’s event.
Therefore, we believe a ‘weighted’ ballot, in favour of local residents, offers us the greatest flexibility to ‘keep the event local’ should we need to operate at a reduced capacity. The aim of the ballot is to give us accurate data of exactly who is genuinely interested in taking part this October and importantly where they come from.
Basically, 2021 is not the "Happy New Year" we all thought and hoped it would be, at least from a runner's perspective!
Personally I'm unsure about '22, will wait & see how vaccinations etc go over the next few months.
I have been busy strengthening my hips and not running. June was anyway too close for me to be an ultramarathon runner again.
See you in 2022
"... the good news is that the Comrades Centenary Celebrations are imminent. With the very first Comrades Marathon having been held on Tuesday, 24 May 1921, the CMA will launch its Centenary Celebrations on Monday, 24 May 2021.
Other great news is that the CMA has confirmed that its 2nd Comrades Marathon virtual event will take place on Sunday, 13 June 2021 in which runners will be able to run in any location, outside in their garden, or neighbourhood, all at their own pace, in a similar fashion to last year’s successful inaugural Race the Comrades Legends which saw 43,788 participants from more than 100 nations uniting in a single virtual event.
Details of the virtual event, the Comrades Centenary Celebrations and other innovative festivities which are in the pipeline will be shared in due course."