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Comrades

Irene Athletics Club has been well represented at the Comrades Marathon since 1999, and in 2004 we managed to become the third biggest club in terms of entries. In 2015 we had an astounding 340 Irene members entering for Comrades. We have been either the third or second biggest club ever since 2004 and still dreaming of that ever elusive number one spot. Obviously we take our participation and performance serious at Comrades and will be striving to improve with every coming year. 

One thing we aspire to at Irene is to help make Comrades a very special and unforgettable experience for each and every one of our participating members.  Thanks to Channel Ink (our main Comrades sponsor this years), we will be able to provide each Comrades runner with something really special as part of our goody bag this year. We really pride ourselves on the quality of our Comrades goody bags and we hand them out during our well organised Comrades pre-function event the week before the big race. 

The Comrades pre-function is an extraordinary event that we hold in celebration and honour of all our Irene Comrades runners.  A motivational speaker (in the past we've had Bruce Fordyce) is part of the activities and the whole day is really just an awesome build up to the world's oldest and largest ultra marathon, Comrades. 

And then on race day, you will find Irene supporters everywhere, but we also have explicit support stations on both the route and at the finish for all of our members. 
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Comrades Training

At Irene we are blessed with many very talented and experienced Comrades veterans. One of them being our very own, Linley September. 
Coach September will be heading the Comrades training for 2018 and we will be posting his training programmes and expert advice on a regular basis under the Training section of this website. 

Our history at Comrades

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Entries 69 181 112 127 178 169 227 180 178 151 162 316 264 246 229 275
Starters 65 170 103 116 164 154 213 162 166 143 140 289 215 217 183 185
% Starters 94.2% 93.9% 92.0% 91.3% 92.1% 91.1% 93.8% 90.0% 93.3% 94.7% 86.4% 91.5% 81.4% 88.2% 79.9% 67.3%
Finishers 60 148 78 95 149 141 194 149 156 123 119 243 181 189 128 147
%Finishers 92.3% 87.1% 75.7% 81.9% 90.9% 91.6% 91.1% 92.0% 94.0% 86.0% 85.0% 84.1% 84.2% 87.1% 69.9% 79.5%
Silvers 3 1 1 3 2 4 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 3
Bill Rowan 0 9 12 10 22 21 24 14 13 11 15 28 18 17 3 12
Bronze 57 138 65 82 78 70 107 90 92 69 53 119 94 85 55 74
Vic Clapham 0 0 0 0 47 46 59 44 47 41 48 93 67 84 68 58

Useful Downloads

Pacing Chart (up).xls
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Pacing Chart (down).xls
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A very useful Comrades pace calculator that is based on the Comrades route profile and topography. Designed and developed by our very own Dirk Cloete. Simply enter your required finish time and the calculator will do the rest.
Tim Noakes - Prediction.xls
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A Comrades finishing time prediction calculator that is based on an athlete's total distance and best times on specific events for the 5 month period leading up to Comrades.
Nutritional Strategies.doc
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Insightful document on pre-event, during event and post-event nutrition for long distance running events; marathons and longer.
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