Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 66, January 2015 | Page 34

GET KITTED OUT WITH NEW BALANCE

NEWTON’S BICYCLE
COMES HOME

In celebration of the 90th running of the Comrades, New Balance and the CMA have teamed
up to create a great selection of replica training gear, now available exclusively on the
Comrades website. You will really ‘be part of it,’ and look the part, too, by training in this
specially branded 90th Comrades apparel that will assist you to perform at your best.
“Bamba iqhaza! Your strength and commitment has inspired us to create products that
keep up with you. That’s why we design products that stand out from the pack and develop
technologies that keep you cool, safe and dry. So when it comes down to it, nothing holds
you back,” says Craig Bowen, Country Manager of New Balance South Africa.
With key performance technologies and a once-off Comrades design print,
don’t miss out on this exclusive offering. Please visit: www.comrades.com/
marathoncentre-2/shop-online.

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t the beginning of December the CMA
officially received the bicycle of five-time
Comrades Marathon winner Arthur Newton
from another five-time winner, and the oldest
surviving winner of the race, Jackie Mekler,
who was there on behalf of the Road Runners
Club in the UK to present the bicycle to the
Comrades Marathon Museum. Jackie also
presented the museum with three magnificent
pennants which were awarded to Arthur by
the organisers of the Comrades Marathon in
the 1920’s.

This bicycle is thus not only a mechanical
antique, but a part of road running history,
and CMA Chairman Macdonald Chitja
expressed sincere gratitude on behalf of the
CMA to the Road Runners Club for entrusting
the Comrades Marathon Museum with this
priceless relic, as well as to Walter Stuart of
Rand Athletic Club, who was instrumental in
getting the bicycle shipped to South Africa.

AMABEADIBEADI CHARITY FOCUS
There are six official Comrades Marathon-Amabeadibeadi charities linked to the race
and benefiting from the charitable fundraising done at the Ultimate Human Race.
Each month we throw the spotlight on one of these charities.

World Vision SA
World Vision is a global Christian relief, develop Y[