iComrades Marathon 2027: 91 km, 13 Juni 2027, kuqalwa ngo-05:00, iCity Hall yaseMgungundlovu. Umzila ukhuphuka cishe u-1265 m sewonke.
Kusuka eCity Hall yaseMgungundlovu, udlule ePolly Shortts, e-Umlaas Road, e-Inchanga, eDrummond, eBotha's Hill, eField's Hill naseCowies Hill, wehle uye esiphethweni esisha eKings Park eThekwini. Cishe u-91 km, neminyaka engu-106 yezindaba, ezixoxwa ngokulandelana emgwaqweni.
05:00, eCity Hall yaseMgungundlovu. Amaqembu okuqala azomenyezelwa ekuqaleni kuka-2027. Ilanga liphuma cishe ngo-06:50
IKings Park Rugby Precinct, eThekwini, entsha ngo-2027. Ilanga lishona cishe ngo-17:05
Umzila ukhuphuka cishe u-1265 m sewonke. Indawo ephakeme kakhulu ingu-822 m ngaphezu kolwandle, ku-km 20.
km 1.8 · 3.6 · 5.5 · 7.3 · 9.1 · 10.9 · 12.7 · 14.6 · 16.4 · 18.2 · 20 · 21.8 · 23.7 · 25.5 · 27.3 · 29.1 · 30.9 · 32.8 · 34.6 · 36.4 · 38.2 · 40 · 41.9 · 43.7 · 45.5 · 47.3 · 49.1 · 51 · 52.8 · 54.6 · 56.4 · 58.2 · 60.1 · 61.9 · 63.7 · 65.5 · 67.3 · 69.2 · 71 · 72.8 · 74.6 · 76.4 · 78.3 · 80.1 · 81.9 · 83.7 · 85.5 · 87.4 · 89.2
Iziteshi zika-2027 azikashicilelwa. Zaziyi-49 ngo-2026, ngakho lezi ezingu-49 zisakazwe ngokulinganayo, azinembile
Amahora angu-12 kusukela esibhamu seqembu lakho. Ezasemgwaqweni azikaphumi. KuDown Run ka-2025: iCato Ridge 5:10, iDrummond 6:40, iWinston Park 8:30, iPinetown 10:05, i-45th Cutting 11:30
Kuvaliwe: abangu-56 283 bafaka isicelo, kwangena abangu-28 070. Ukushintshana kuzomenyezelwa ngo-2027. Fanelekela ngaphambi komhla ka-3 Meyi 2027 ngemarathoni esemthethweni engaphansi kwamahora angu-5
Cishe u-91 km, uzokalwa uma imigwaqo seqediwe, ngakho ungashintsha. Ibalazwe lika-2027 alikaphumi: lena yiDown Run ka-2025, isiphetho sisiwe eKings Park
Iziteshi ezingu-49 ngo-2026, ezinamanzi, iThirsti Sport neCoca-Cola, kwezinye kukhona amazambane, amawolintshi, ubhanana, i-32Gi ne-Orange Grove Amahewu. Ezika-2027 azikashicilelwa
Igolide: abangu-10 bokuqala besilisa nabesifazane. UWally Hayward: abesilisa, owe-11 kuya ku-5:59:59. U-Isavel Roche-Kelly: abesifazane, owe-11 kuya ku-6:59:59. Isiliva: kuya ku-7:29:59. UBill Rowan: kuya ku-8:59:59. URobert Mtshali: kuya ku-9:59:59. Ithusi: kuya ku-10:59:59. UVic Clapham: kuya ku-11:59:59
I-Athletics South Africa yathi ngo-Agasti 2026 ayiwugunyazanga lo mjaho. IComrades Marathon Association noNgqongqoshe Wezemidlalo bathi uzoqhubeka ngomhla ka-13 Juni 2027. Hlola ku-comrades.com
Abaxhasi abakhulu: iCell C, iMr Price Sport neThirsti. Abaxhasi: GEMS, Toyota, Brand South Africa, Biddulphs, Coca-Cola, Castle Lite, Formscaff, DP World, Netcare, Orange Grove, Southern Sun, Visit Durban, Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, World Sports Betting, OMO, 32Gi, Woodford, Premier, Flora Strongheart, iTOO, Interflora, Rexona, Vaseline, Netstar, KZN Department of Health, Planet Fitness. Umlingani: i-IAU Golden Label
05:00 · km 0
Ngehora lesihlanu, ilanga lisekude cishe amahora amabili. Bese kulandela okufanayo njalo: iculo lesizwe, iShosholoza evela kubo bonke, iChariots of Fire, ukukhala kweqhude kukaMax Trimborn nesibhamu. UTrimborn, owayengumgijimi, waqala ukukhala okweqhude ngo-1948, kwathi selokhu ashona kuyirekhodi. IFormscaff yakha isango lokuqala, iToyota inikeza izimoto zomjaho, kanti amaloli eDP World athwala abezindaba phambili.
km 1.7 · u-Alexandra Road
UVic Clapham, owayeyisosha eMpini Yokuqala Yomhlaba, wayefuna umjaho wokukhumbula abangani abangabuyanga, ukuhlolwa okunzima njengalokho ababhekana nakho. Wacela iminyaka emine ngaphambi kokuba iComrades of the Great War ivume futhi imboleke imali encane. Ngomhla ka-24 Meyi 1921, amadoda angu-34 aqala phambi kwale City Hall, emgwaqweni owawusengenatiyela. Angu-16 afika eThekwini. UBill Rowan wanqoba ngo-8:59:00, okusesikhathi esihamba kancane sokunqoba, futhi igama lakhe lisendondweni yokuqeda ngaphansi kwamahora ayisishiyagalolunye.
km 8.7 kuya ku-10.6 · uC.B. Downes Road
Ukukhuphuka ukuphuma edolobheni sekukuthathe kusuka ku-630 m kuya ku-755 m. Lena yingaphezulu yeyokuqala yeBig Five, futhi kuDown Run uyehla: cishe amamitha angu-120 ku-2 km. UPortland Bentinck Shortts, umlimi, wanika leli gquma igama, futhi kuUp Run lifika ngemuva kuka-80 km, liphule izinhliziyo. Namuhla liyisexwayiso nje. Gcina izingubo ezifudumele, isigodi ngezansi siyindawo ebanda kakhulu namuhla.
km 10.7 kuya ku-13.7 · iLittle Polly's
Abantu bamangala, kusho umlando womjaho, lapho bebona owesifazane phakathi kwabangu-68 ekuqaleni ngo-1923. UFrances Hayward wayengenakho ukubhalisa okusemthethweni futhi wayengeke akuthole. Wagijima noma kunjalo waqeda ngo-11:35. Ngo-1932 uGeraldine Watson waba ngowesifazane wokuqala ukuqeda izindlela zombili, naye engekho emthethweni. Abesifazane balinda iminyaka engu-52 ngemuva kukaFrances Hayward ukuze bathole indondo.
km 13.7 kuya ku-20 · i-Umlaas Road
Amakhilomitha ayisithupha nezinga elingaba ngamamitha angu-185 phezulu emakhazeni, kuya endaweni ephakeme kakhulu yomzila, cishe u-820 m ebalazweni lethu, eduze kwe-Umlaas Road. Ayikho kwaBig Five, ngoba akukho okungazelelwe. Kwabaningi ilanga liphuma kulo mqansa. Ngo-1930, uWally Hayward oneminyaka engu-21 wanqoba ngemizuzwana engu-37 kuphela. Likhumbule igama: wabuya ngemuva kweminyaka engu-20, wabuya futhi eneminyaka engu-80.
km 24 kuya ku-29 · iCamperdown
Ngo-1935, kulo mgwaqo ngale ndlela, uRobert Mtshali wagijima kusuka eMgungundlovu kuya eThekwini cishe ngo-9:30. Waba ngumgijimi omnyama wokuqala obhaliwe ukwenza lokho, futhi wayengeke abhalise: ukugijima kwakhe akubalwanga ngokusemthethweni, futhi okuncane okwaziwayo ngaye. Abagijimi abamnyama abavunyelwanga eminye iminyaka engu-40. Ngo-2019 umjaho waqamba indondo ngaye, yokuqeda phakathi kwamahora ayisishiyagalolunye neshumi.
km 30.5 · iCato Ridge
Umjaho owaqala njengesikhumbuzo sempi eyodwa wama ngenxa yelandelayo. Kusukela ngo-1941 kuya ku-1945 ayikho iComrades. Lapho izibhamu zithula, abanqobi ababili bangaphambili babengasekho: uPhil Masterton-Smith, owanqoba ngo-1931, wafela eWestern Desert ngo-1941, kwathi uFrank Sutton, owanqoba ngo-1928, waminza lapho umkhumbi wakhe uqhunyiswa ngaseThekwini ngo-1944. Ngo-1946 kwabhalisa abangu-22 kuphela. ICato Ridge inesikhathi sokuqala sokugcina: kuDown Run ka-2025, u-5:10.
km 33 kuya ku-37 · iHarrison Flats
Le ndawo ayiyona isicaba: igingqika amakhilomitha ngo-1 kuya ku-2%, futhi abantu abebelindele ukuphumula bayacasuka lapha. Ngo-1953 uWally Hayward, eminyakeni engu-23 ngemuva kokunqoba kwakhe kokuqala, wagijima iDown Run yokuqala ngaphansi kwamahora ayisithupha: 5:52:30, ngoJulayi ekuseni okubanda kakhulu, kunabaqalayo abangu-34.
km 37.4 · u-Old Main Road
Isikole sezingane ezikhubazekile nezingaboni kahle, futhi singenye yezindawo ezithandwayo emjahweni. Abafundi bafika eceleni komgwaqo, futhi abagijimi abaningi bawela ukuyobabingelela. USteven Maliszewski, umgijimi oyedwa, uqoqele lesi sikole u-R1.5 million kusukela ngo-2012.
km 39 kuya ku-41.7 · i-Inchanga
Eyesibili kwaBig Five, nomqansa wokuqala omkhulu ngempela namuhla: cishe amamitha angu-95 phezulu ngaphansi kuka-3 km, kusuka ku-698 m kuya ku-794 m. Igama livela kuNtshangwe wesiZulu, ummese omude, noma ukhalo. Kusukela phezulu umgwaqo wehla cishe amamitha angu-140 uye eDrummond, futhi ngumgibe: abagijimi abaningi bahamba ngejubane elikhulu lapha. Zibambe.
km 45 · iDrummond, phakathi nendlela
Phakathi nendlela emgwaqweni naphakathi nendaba. Ngo-1975, emjahweni wama-50, iComrades yagcina ivulelwe bonke, noma ngabe ubuhlanga noma ubulili. Kwabhalisa abesifazane ababili, kwathi u-Elizabeth Cavanagh, oneminyaka engu-44, waqeda ngo-10:08 waba ngowesifazane wokuqala ukuthola indondo. UVincent Rakabaele waba ngowama-20, umgijimi omnyama wokuqala ukuyithola. Kwathatha iminyaka engu-54. IDrummond, eqanjwe ngoLord Drummond weNatal Land and Colonisation Company, ibheke iSigodi Sezintaba Eziyinkulungwane.
km 46 · u-Old Main Road
Ngemuva nje kwaphakathi nendlela, kukhona indawo egqitshwe edwaleni, enophawu nesikhumbuzo esincane sezitini. U-Arthur Newton, owanqoba kahlanu ngeminyaka yama-1920, kuthiwa wayephumula lapha lapho ejima. Abagijimi baphonsa imbali, baphakamise amakepisi bathi "Good morning, Arthur", futhi kuthiwa uma ungakwenzi kuletha inkinga engxenyeni yesibili. UBruce Fordyce uthi akakaze akuhlole futhi akakaze abe nokugijima okubi. Eduze kuneWall of Honour, lapho abaqedile bethenga khona uqwembe: oluphuzi ngaphansi kwama-Comrades angu-10, oluhlaza kuma-10 noma ngaphezulu.
km 44 kuya ku-51.8 · iBotha's Hill
Eyesithathu kwaBig Five, cishe u-8 km kusuka ngezansi eDrummond kuya phezulu eKearsney, ezingxenyeni ezintathu: kuqala kuyaqansa udlula i-Arthur's Seat, bese kuba mude udlula i-Alverstone, bese kuba nokuqansa kokugcina. Ngo-1980 umfundi waseKapa, u-Isavel Roche-Kelly, wagijima iComrades yakhe yokuqala, wanqoba ngo-7:18, irekhodi leDown Run, wahola abesifazane bokuqala ngaphansi kwamahora ayisikhombisa nesigamu. Indondo yabesifazane kusuka kowe-11 kuya ngaphansi kwamahora ayisikhombisa inegama lakhe.
km 52 · u-Old Main Road
Phezulu kweBotha's Hill, nomsindo omkhulu wokuqala wangempela namuhla. IKearsney, isikole sabafana, yathuthela lapha ngo-1939, futhi abafana bayo bama eceleni komgwaqo bememeza abagijimi. IBotha's Hill uqobo yaqanjwa noma ngomhlali uPhilip Rudolph Botha noma ngomphathi wechweba uCornelis Botha: abantu basaphikisana.
km 55 · iHillcrest
IHillcrest, eyasungulwa ngo-1895 njengesigodi sezimpelasonto emgwaqweni osuka eThekwini uya eMgungundlovu. Lapha umuntu uhlale ememeza ukuthi manje kuyehla kuphela, futhi cishe kunjalo. Ngo-1981 abahleli baxhumanisa umjaho nokugubha iminyaka engu-20 yeriphabhuliki yobandlululo. Umfundi waseNyuvesi yaseWitwatersrand, uBruce Fordyce, wagijima egqoke ibhande elimnyama ephikisa, wabhokelwa ngenxa yalo, wanqoba. Waphinda wanqoba eyisikhombisa elandelayo, neyesishiyagalolunye ngo-1990. Uthi leli bhande lingesinye sezikhathi aziqhenya ngazo kakhulu.
km 58 · iWinston Park
Abaxhasi abakhulu, abaxhasi nabalingani beComrades Marathon, njengoba kubhalwe yiComrades Marathon Association.
km 61 kuya ku-63.6 · iKloof
Izikhathi ezintathu ezinkulu zomjaho zenzeka kuDown Run eyodwa, ngomhla ka-31 Meyi 1989. USam Tshabalala waba yindoda yokuqala emnyama ukunqoba, ngo-5:35:51. UFrith van der Merwe wagijima u-5:54:43, irekhodi labesifazane elema iminyaka engu-34, waba ngowe-15 kubo bonke. Kwathi kusele umzuzu nemizuzwana engu-57 ngaphambi kwesibhamu samahora angu-11, uWally Hayward, eminyakeni engu-59 ngemuva kokunqoba kwakhe kokuqala, wawela umugqa eKingsmead kubhodla abantu.
km 63.6 kuya ku-67.4 · i-M13
Eyesine kwaBig Five, futhi iyehla: cishe amamitha angu-190 ngaphansi kuka-4 km, ku-M13. Yaqanjwa ngoWilliam Swan "Paddy" Field, umlimi wendawo nowayeyimantshi. Ibukeka njengesipho. Lapha yilapho abagijimi abazizwe kahle eHillcrest bephula khona imilenze yabo usuku lonke.
km 69 · iPinetown
Kushisa, kunomsindo futhi kujabulisa, futhi iningi lifika cishe ngesikhathi sokudla kwasemini. Ngo-2000, emjahweni wama-75, kwaqala abangu-23 961, inani elikhulu kunawo wonke kuze kube yileso sikhathi, futhi u-2027 uyalidlula. Ngo-2026 umjaho wawunezikhungo ezingu-49, futhi amavolontiya acishe abe ngu-5 000 anikeza amaphakethe angu-2.2 million amanzi eThirsti, angu-600 000 eThirsti Sport, amalitha angu-30 350 eCoca-Cola, ama-Amahewu angu-45 000, amathani angu-2 amazambane, amathani angu-4.5 amawolintshi namabhokisi angu-600 kabhanana. Ngo-2025 isikhathi sokugcina sasePinetown sasingu-10:05.
km 70.5 kuya ku-71.8 · iCowies Hill
Eyokugcina kwaBig Five, emfushane futhi enzima kulesi sikhathi: cishe amamitha angu-55 phezulu ku-1.3 km ngemilenze esigijime u-70 km. Yayiyipulazi likaWilliam Cowie ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1800. Ngo-2010, abantu abangaphezu kuka-14 000 baqeda lo mjaho ngosuku olulodwa, abangu-14 343 ngokusho kukaGuinness World Records, abaningi kunakho konke okwe-ultramarathon. Kusukela ngo-2003 kuya ku-2013, amawele aseRussia uElena no-Olesya Nurgalieva anqoba izihloko eziyishumi.
km 74 kuya ku-80 · iWestville ne-M13
IWestville, eyahlalwa ngabafuduki baseJalimane futhi yaqanjwa ngoMartin West, uLieutenant-Governor wokuqala waseNatali. Kusukela lapha umjaho uthatha i-M13 evulekile. Ngo-2020 nango-2021 akekho owayigijima: iCovid yamisa iComrades okokuqala kusukela empini. Yabuya ngo-Agasti 2022, iDown Run, nabangu-13 213 ekuqaleni, kwathi uTete Dijana wanqoba, okokuqala kwezintathu.
km 80 kuya ku-81 · i-45th Cutting
Ukusikwa kwegquma eduze kweMayville, kwembiwa yiBritish 45th Regiment of Foot, iSherwood Foresters, eyayisekhona eNatali kusukela ngo-1843 kuya ku-1859. Ngumqansa wokugcina owaziwayo, cishe amamitha angu-40, nesikhathi sokugcina seDown Run ka-2025, u-11:30. Womabili amarekhodi eDown Run asamile kusukela ngo-2023, kulo mgwaqo: uTete Dijana ngo-5:13:58, iComrades esheshe kakhulu, noGerda Steyn ngo-5:44:54, ephula irekhodi likaFrith van der Merwe elaliseneminyaka engu-34.
km 83 · iTollgate ne-N3
ITollgate, lapho inkokhelo yakha khona uBerea Road kusukela ngo-1866 kuya ku-1901, nalapho umjaho ka-1922 waqala khona. IDown Run yokugcina, ngomhla ka-8 Juni 2025: uTete Dijana noPiet Wiersma waseNetherlands bagijima eduze isikhathi esiningi, kwathi uDijana wanqoba ngemizuzwana emihlanu, 5:25:28 kuya ku-5:25:33. UGerda Steyn wanqoba owabesifazane ngo-5:51:19. Ngo-2026, ngakolunye uhlangothi, uGeorge Kusche wagijima irekhodi le-Up Run lika-5:15:56, kwathi uSteyn wathola isihloko sakhe sesihlanu ngo-5:44:53.
km 87 kuya ku-90 · eThekwini
Sekuyisicaba, kunomsindo. ISoldiers Way, uSamora Machel Street noMasabalala Yengwa Avenue, udlule iKingsmead, inkundla yekhilikithi lapho iDown Run yaphela khona iminyaka engu-40, kusukela ngo-1976 kuya ku-2016, naphinde ngo-2023. IMoses Mabhida Stadium yaba nayo ngo-2018 nango-2022. Abahleli balungiselela amakhulu ezinkulungwane eceleni komgwaqo nasekugcineni, besebenza namadolobha ngezimoto, ezokuthutha nezixuku.
km 90 · iPeople's Park
IPeople's Park, phambi kweMoses Mabhida Stadium, lapho iDown Run ka-2025 yama khona ku-89.98 km. Umjaho wekhulu uqhubeka uye eKings Park, yingakho ucishe ube ngu-91 km, eduze nomjaho omude kunayo yonke, u-92 km ngo-1971. ITime Out Durban ibika ukuthi izingqwele ezingu-34 ezigqoke okwango-1921 zizogijima u-3.4 km wokugcina zidlula eCentenary Tunnel zibase i-Eternal Flame, nokuthi umugqa wokugcina uzohlotshiswa ngomlando womjaho. Abahleli abakashicileli imininingwane.
km 90.5 · Amahora angu-12
Wonke umgijimi unamahora angu-12 kusukela esibhamu seqembu lakhe, hhayi umzuzwana owodwa ngaphezulu. Uma isikhathi siphela kuqhuma isibhamu, umugqa uyavalwa, futhi noma ubani osasele akatholi ndondo nomphumela, noma eseduze kangakanani, kuyilapho icilongo lishaya iThe Last Post. Ilanga lishona cishe ngo-17:05 eThekwini, ngakho abokugcina bagijima kuhwalala. Yonke indondo isuka kule ndaba: uWally Hayward, u-Isavel Roche-Kelly, uBill Rowan, uRobert Mtshali, uVic Clapham.
km 91 · iKings Park
IKings Park Rugby Precinct inika iComrades yekhulu indawo yesiphetho nesigodi somjaho, futhi kuwukubuya. IDown Run yaphela eKings Park ngo-1957, lapho kwaqala amadoda angu-81, nango-1959, lapho kwaqala angu-103. U-2027 unabangu-28 070 ababhalisile. IFormscaff yakha isango lesiphetho, iNetcare inakekela ama-ambulensi, kanti iCastle Lite ithela ubhiya. Abanqobi bathola u-R1 million, abangu-10 bokuqala abesilisa nabesifazane bathola indondo yegolide nerozi elibomvu.
Umzila: awukashicilelwa ngo-2027. Lo mugqa uvela ku-GPS yomphakathi ye-Down Run ka-2025 (Ride with GPS), wahlolwa komunye futhi wafaniswa ne-OpenStreetMap, kanye nesilinganiso sethu sekhilomitha lokugcina kusuka ePeople's Park kuya eKings Park. Umlando nemininingwane: comrades.com. Izinombolo: Daily Maverick neTime Out Durban. Lokhu akuhlobene neComrades Marathon Association