Comrades Marathon
Sunday, 13 June 2027In 258 days
A roughly 90 km point-to-point ultramarathon between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The direction alternates each year: the Down Run finishes in Durban, the Up Run in Pietermaritzburg. Runners have 12 hours from their gun start to finish.
Distances
- 05:00
- Start
Africa/Johannesburg
Entry fee
2027 entry fees: South African entrants R1 200, rest of Africa R2 000, international entrants R4 500. Source: comrades.com/faqs, checked 3 September 2026.
Rules and terrain
- Surface
- road
Start
Ultra·Pietermaritzburg City Hall · Chief Albert Luthuli Road, Pietermaritzburg, 3201→ Kings Park Stadium
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Race day
- Start time
- 05:00 (Africa/Johannesburg)
- Finishes at
- Kings Park Stadium
Finish
Ultra·Kings Park Stadium · Isaiah Ntshangase Road, Durban, 4025 · Durban · South Africa
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Afterwards
Editions
- 13 Jun 2027100th edition
Where this came from
- Sources
- comrades.com/race-information (date, start venue, finish, distance, cut-off); comrades.com/faqs (05:00 start); comrades.com/ (100th edition, entry and results links). Checked 5 Sep 2026.
- Last verified
- 5 Sep 2026
- Organised by
- Comrades Marathon Association (opens in a new tab) · Organiser · operator · verified 3 Sep 2026 (opens in a new tab)