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Sharing the success of
Comrades 2017
Over 17 000 runners from across the world lined up at Durban City Hall on 4 June to participate in the
Comrades Marathon 2017. South African Bongmusa Mthembu won the men’s race in 5 hours, 35 minutes
and 34 seconds and American Camille Herron won the women’s race in 6 hours, 27 minutes and 35
seconds.
The Comrades Marathon, officially measuring
86.73km and celebrating its 92nd anniversary
this year, is known as one of the world’s greatest
ultra-marathons. Bonitas is proud to be associated
with the event in which more than 13 000 runners
completed the race in Pietermaritzburg and five of the
top 10 male athletes as well as six of the top 10 female
athletes were South Africans.
2017 Race facts
• 17 031 individuals ran the race with
13 852 runners crossed the finish line
• 400 runners received treatment at
the Comrades Medical Tent
• 80 runners received in-hospital
treatment, of which 40 were
admitted mainly for dehydration
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B-Living Issue 3, 2017