Date: 08 June 2025
Location: Durban’s Peoples Park, Durban
About the 2025 Down Run Comrades Marathon.
The Comrades Marathon will take place on Sunday, June 8, 2025 from 05h30 starting at Pietermaritzburg City Hall and finishing at Durban’s Peoples Park in Durban, KwaZulu Natal. Distance of the race is 89km.
START: Pietermaritzburg City Hall
FINISH: Durban’s Peoples Park
| Comrades Marathon | Down Run (89km) |
|---|---|
| Entry Fee | R1200 |
- Online entries closed on Tuesday, 9 December @ 16h30
- Entries will open ONLY for all Green Number Club runners on 6 November 2024 at 12h00
- Entries for all Non-Green Number Club runners open on 13 November 2024 at 10h00
- The entry period will close on 9 December 2024 at 16h30 or once the entry cap of 23,000 has been reached, whichever comes first.
- Qualification for the 2025 Comrades Marathon is applicable from 10 June 2024 till 5 May 2025
- The qualifying criteria for next year’s Comrades Marathon remain unchanged, requiring completion of a standard, officially timed 42.2km marathon in under 4 hours and 50 minutes, or a 56km ultra-marathon in under 6 hours and 45 minutes.
The Comrades Marathon is hosted and directed under the rules and regulations of World Athletics (WA), Athletics South Africa (ASA) and KwaZulu Natal Athletics (KZNA). All entrants must comply with all applicable rules and regulations, including those set out within this document.
