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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL COMRADES YEAR

FOR FOURWAYS ROAD RUNNERS

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All smiles from FRR member Riaan Waves to the crowd as FRR first male, Steve, speeds to the finish line

All smiles from our first lady to finish - Zi FRR Development Runners - Moses Some FRR members gather at the start
and Vincent after their leg loosening
run the day before

s the sun lit the majestic hills and set off from the start, bound for the As medals go, this year’s collection is
valleys of KwaZulu-Natal on 9 June, Scottsville Racecourse – 85.91km away. especially impressive. Five Fourways Road
the beat of the feet of thousands 17,313 Runners were rewarded for Runners took home a silver, 24 received
Aof runners heralded the annual their efforts with an official race time, a a Bill Rowan, 15 were awarded a Robert
undertaking of the Comrades Marathon, covetable medal, and their fair share of Mtshali, 19 got Bronze, and 14 collected a
during which a rich tapestry of runners, aches and pains. Vic Clapham after a day of seriously hard
dreamers, and believers tackle what has graft. Of those who took to the road, 11 of
become known as the “Ultimate Human For the Fourways Road Runners, the year our runners were novices, running the race
Race”. started with 91 entrants into the race, for the first time, and excitingly, all of them
of which an impressive 78 runners lined finished.
The tagline for this year’s up run was up at the start – the highest number of
“Nakanjani”, which means “No Doubt” – and participants from the Club since well “As a running club, we could not be
there is NO DOUBT that 2024 was a successful before COVID-19. With just one runner prouder of our Comrades runners and our
year for the Fourways Road Runners who took bailing on the day, 77 of our runners volunteers who supported them on the
to the road from Durban to Pietermaritzburg. crossed the finish line to collect their day,” says Club Chairman, Robyn Porteous.
medal and some hard-won bragging “The journey to the finish line begins many
This year’s event saw 18,884 runners rights to last them the rest of the year. months before with runners pounding the
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