Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 60, July 2014 | Page 12

Ma in the lead

Comrades

“I felt like Forrest Gump!”

in 10 Days!

The Comrades Marathon is a
massive physical and mental
challenge for the average runner,
and just finishing the 89km race
is considered a big achievement.
But after 2014, thanks to
Hilton Murray and the Ten10
Challenge, nobody will ever quite
look at the Comrades distance
in quite the same way. – BY SEAN
FALCONER
When Hilton Murray, Hazel Moller and Carlo
Gibson set out from Bedfordview Country Club
(BCC) on Friday 23 May, intending to run from
Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg, doing the
Comrades distance each day within 12 hours for