RACE INFO
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Here’ s what you need to know about the finish of the 2025 Comrades Marathon, from the layout of the new street finish and People’ s Park venue, to where you’ ll find all the essentials, including your clubmates and loved ones, once you’ re finished running.
1 FINISH VENUE green
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The finish of the 2025 Comrades Marathon will be a street finish outside Durban’ s People’ s Park, in Masabalala Yengwa Avenue.
2 FINISH TIME
Race finish times will be recorded on the finish line by the official event electronic timing system. Once participants have crossed the finish line, they will be guided into the finish area where they will be awarded a medal and badge.
3 PHYSICAL ASSISTANCE
Any participant who is unable to move forward under their own power, i. e. is being carried by another participant( or participants), will be prevented from continuing toward and across the finish line, and medical attention will be called for. Failure to adhere to this rule may result in disqualification.
Participants earning their Green Number for a 10th successful completion of the race, as well as those earning Double( 20), Triple( 30), Quadruple( 40) and Quintuple( 50) Green Numbers will be presented with their Green Numbers once they have crossed the finish line. Marshals will be in attendance at the finish line to guide these runners to the Green Number Tent, located just beyond the finish chutes.
7 RACE DAY PRIZEGIVING
Prizegiving for the top three men and top three women will be held on the stage inside People’ s Park at approximately 14h35 on race day. South African participants attending the Prizegiving Ceremony must attend wearing full club colours. No caps / headgear may be worn.
8 RACE REFEREES AND OFFICIALS
Should an athlete require a Race Referee or Race Official, this assistance may be sought from the CMA Information Centres.
No spectators, children or animals are allowed on the course, which includes the finish straight when completing the race. Failure to adhere to this rule may result in disqualification.
Participants will be awarded a medal in accordance with their position and / or finishing time:
• Gold – First 10 Men and Women
• Wally Hayward( Men) – Position 11 to 05h59:59
• Isavel Roche-Kelly( Women) – Position 11 to 06h59:59
• Silver( Men) – 06h00:00 to 07h29:59
• Silver( Women) – 07h00:00 to 07h29:59
• Bill Rowan – 07h30:00 to 08h59:59
• Robert Mtshali – 09h00:00 to 09h59:59
• Bronze – 10h00:00 to 10h59:59
• Vic Clapham – 11h00:00 to 11h59:59
Back-to-Back Medals will be awarded to runners who successfully complete their second Comrades Marathon in 2025, having been a novice participant in and official finisher of the 2024 Comrades Marathon.
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4 FINISH STRAIGHT ACCESS
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9 MOVEMENT AFTER FINISHING
After finishing and receiving their medals and badges, participants will receive refreshments from Thirsti and soup, before exiting the finish line area. They will then turn left to use the walkway into People’ s Park to get to the tog bag collection point, rub tent and club gazebo area. Note that some clubs gazebos( Tiers 4 and 5) will be on the other side of the finish straight( outside of People’ s Park), and will require runners to turn right after exiting the finish line area.
10 TOG PACK COLLECTION
The Biddulphs Removals tog bag service will deliver tog bags that were dropped off at the Start( or pre-dropped at Registration) to People’ s Park. The tog back collection point will be straight ahead of particiapnts as they come along the walkway from the finish line area into People’ s Park. Tog bags can be collected upon presentation of a participant’ s tog bag voucher, which will be issued to each participant at the time of delivery the tog bag before the start. No tog bags will be returned without a voucher.
Please note: While all reasonable efforts will be made to protect your personal property, neither the CMA, Biddulphs Removals nor any of their respective staff, Board Members, representatives, sponsors, partners or volunteers will accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred by a participant subsequent to their delivery of a tog bag to the Tog Bag Service. Please do not leave any valuables in your bags. Should you choose to leave a cellular phone in your tog bag, please ensure it is switched off.
Images: Kirsten Oliver