Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 62, September 2014 | Seite 30

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my goal

From Wannabe to 100

Later this year I hope to run my 100th marathon, and having heard about 100 Marathon Clubs in
several other countries, I think it is time for us to start one in South Africa as well. – BY HANO MAREE

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s for many South Africans, Comrades
was a childhood dream and in 1999, when a
friend asked me to join him for the Millennium
race, I jumped at the opportunity. I was undertrained and inexperienced, but amid all the
suffering, I had an epiphany that has formed
the basis of my running philosophy ever since:
Running is not just a sport, it i