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The Comrades Marathon Association has held the Durban leg of its nationwide roadshows ahead of the iconic race.

The session motivates and empowers the 16 000 entrants with much-needed training and nutritional information to prepare for race day on the 28th of August. Athletes used the opportunity to receive first-hand information from experts.

Preparations by the Comrades Marathon Association and thousands of runners for this year’s race are under way. The coming few weeks are crucial to runners as they ensure that they are both physically and mentally fit for the grueling race. Comrades Marathon coach, Lindsey Parry, has urged runners to ensure they treat injuries prior to the race. Parry says a large number of runners who do not finish the grueling marathon, had made the mistake of running with an injury.

“The majority of runners who don’t finish Comrades start with an injury so we have done surveys that 64 percent of the runners that do not finish that is roughly between 87 to 91 percent of those who start finish so of those 10 percent who don’t finish, 64 percent of them do not finish because they started with an injury.

 

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