Comrades Marathon Race Recap
The Comrades Marathon in South Africa is a bucket list race for anyone who does ultra marathons. It’s one of the most iconic ultra marathons in the world. It has been in existence for over 90 years and was started by a man who wanted to remember his comrades who perished in the war. It is not only the oldest running ultra marathon in the world but it’s the largest with close to 20,000 runners. Another unique thing about this race is the very challenging cutoff time of 12 hours to run 54.5 miles. Running the Comrades was going to be the toughest challenge of my life. Training for this event was special to me not only because of the iconic race, I was also raising money for the dogs at the Nevada SPCA. I called my cause Run For Fido and I was hoping to raise $3,000 for the Nevada SPCA. I do a lot of my training for my events with the dogs at the Nevada SPCA and with my two dogs. We had a bit of a hiccup traveling to Johannesburg when our flight to Atlanta was