All three running clubs of Grahamstown will be represented at this weekend’s Comrades Marathon which takes place from Pietermaritzburg to Durban on Sunday.
The local clubs will be represented by 16 runners, ranging from those who are set on winning a silver medal to those just hoping for a finish.
All three running clubs of Grahamstown will be represented at this weekend’s Comrades Marathon which takes place from Pietermaritzburg to Durban on Sunday.
The local clubs will be represented by 16 runners, ranging from those who are set on winning a silver medal to those just hoping for a finish.
Sean Eriksen of Albany Road Runners, running in permanent number 9584, will be going for his 22nd Comrades finish. Eriksen has a quickest time of 6 hours 30 minutes 04 seconds set in 1988.
he has 13 silvers to his name, three Bill Rowan medals and five bronze medals.Johan Conradie of Run/Walk For life Athletics Club will be running his third Comrades, and this year he’ll be running just the way he trained barefoot and swopping to his Five Fingers shoes every now and again.
Grahamstown’s third club represented at Comrades is Rhodes University Athletics Club who will have three females, Nicola Craig, Jessica Goble and Robyn-Leigh Steyn lining up.
Runners representing the Grahamstown clubs are Jene Banfield, Johan Conradie, Richard Hall, Mlamli Klaas, Mike Loewe, Kevin Rafferty (Run/Walk For Life); Howard Ball, Martin Bekker, Sean Eriksen, Andrew Slaughter, Clodagh Springer, Aslam Syed Cassim (Albany); Colin Bosch, Nicola Craig, Jessica Goble, Robyn-Leigh Steyn (Rhodes).
Track your runner In 2009 running fans were able to watch the race finish live on the internet via the Comrades website which was a resounding success, receiving over 2 200 000 hits on race day alone. This was made possible by Mr Price, the Comrades Marathon IT sponsor.
Running fans in South Africa and across the world will again be able to follow the Comrades Marathon race coverage online at www.comrades.com this year.
Users will be able to see live Twitter feeds at #comradesm2010 and track runners with the “Track Your Runner” application, developed using Silverlight.
Silverlight is a free, cross-browser, cross-platform rich media plug-in and has become the platform of choice for delivering live and on demand streaming video of sporting events.
People wishing to watch the Comrades coverage online or use the “Track Your Runner” application will need to install the free Silverlight plug-in, available on www.microsoft.com/ getsilverlight/
