You are probably asking: "Why are we running 89km on Sunday 3rd of June from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in Comrades the biggest and best ultramarathon of our times?" 

- Are we crazy? May be!

- Are we celebrating the queens jubilee?  We'll leave that for you to decide. 

- Drinking? Yes, of course!

Back in 2010 Richard and I were enjoying a poolside beer at Jafa's in Hanoi.  As usual, I was harping on about this great running book "The Lore of Running" and mentioned one of the featured legends "Bruce Fordyce", he won Comrades 9 times, unbelievable!  Turns out Richard has met Bruce (I won't go into the details) and has lived in Durban so Richard suddenly said "I'd love to run Comrades".  The beer tasted good and the thought of running comrades 89km in the distant future seemed a romantic possibility so I replied. "Why not? I'll join you!"........  Now, today, we are about to take on a challenge that seemed totally unthinkable to us even 6 months ago. 

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