The 2025 Comrades Marathon is underway. The Associations General Manager, Alain Dalais, says there are over 22 000 entries.
Dalais says they have the biggest field of runners ever on a down run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban.
The number of runners in the first starting group has been capped at 14 000.
Dalais says this years race was planned with runners in mind to give them a better experience. This includes the first street finish since the early days of the race in 1921.
Runners will now finish in Masabalala Yengwa Avenue opposite Durbans Peoples Park, where spectators will be able to line the sidewalk to cheer runners on.