Page 12 - FWG Issue 6 July 2025
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Estate News
2025 CoMraDes Marathon with
the fourways roaD runners
he 2025 Comrades Marathon will finish line, reflecting the spirit, preparation time of 07:10:06, securing his place among
go down as a milestone event for and tenacity that define Fourways Road the race’s elite finishers. On the women’s
Fourways Road Runners, with a Runners. side, Samantha Shabalala led the pack
Tremarkable 90 athletes from the with an impressive 07:58:20, comfortably
club lining up at the start! Blazing performances and podium- earning a Bill Rowan medal.
worthy times
Among these runners were 25 novices The club had strong showings across the The club also notched up:
tackling the gruelling ultra-marathon board, with eight runners earning coveted • 23 Bill Rowan medals (07:30–08:59:59),
for the very first time. Their courage and Silver medals for finishing under 7 hours • 13 Robert Mtshali medals (09:00–
commitment paid off: of the 90 starters, and 30 minutes. Leading the charge was 09:59:59),
an outstanding 86 runners crossed the Steve Bendall, who clocked a sensational • 20 Bronze medals (10:00–10:59:59),
Fourways Gardens • 10 • July 2025
