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Each individual Nedbank Running Club will be able to upload their club's personal news content onto the website. Training and passwords will be provided to the respective club web managers shortly. Should you be interested to help, please contact your local committee to offer your assistance. In the interim, Club Chairmen and committee members can send all pertinent information to us to be uploaded.

We know that there could be teething problems in the beginning, so bear with us and advise of your concerns, suggestions etc. We are committed to adding value to your running lives, so will do our best to enhance the site and have everything ship shape ASAP.

Enjoy the new website. The address is www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za

COMRADES MARATHON

It's the Biggest Race Of the year and the biggest tent where all the Nedbank runners and family are Welcome. Come and meet your friends and family and make a lot of new friends, there will be refreshments and drinks and beers for the ones who need a beer after the big race.

You can meet Comrades Stars, international athletes and former winners of this prestigious race at our tent site which include runners like Leonid Shvetsov, Oleg Kharitonov, Gift Kelehe, Harmans Mokgadi, Lucas Nonyana, Bruce Fordyce, Francis Van Blerk, Rae Bischoff, Tatyana Zhirkova and Andrew Kelehe.

Below is a layout of our tent at the Finish line, it's going to be great to meet all the runners and this is the place to do it.

Comrades Tent and Refreshments!!!! Everyone of the Nedbank Club is welcome

Please come and join us, Colin Thomas of the Nedbank running Club Kwazulu Natal (Durban) have arranged for the refreshments for all the Nedbank Runners and I mean all of them (480), so please don't disappoint him.

Come and join us after the race for some nice refreshment at the tent site, please see the attached maps for the club tent site position on the finish straight in front of the main grand stand. Our site is the 3rd along between Collegians and Mr Price.

We have arranged for the athletes to have the following after the race:
i) A piece of chicken, a wors, pap & sauce or bread rolls and some salad with a can of soft drink or energy drink.
ii) There will be some beers as well for those that will prefer something different.

Very Important Comrades Info:

Final Race instructions (www.comrades.com)

Route to Finish Area (See www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za - events - National)

Top Runners to look out for in this years Comrades

Leonid will be running in our Nedbank Running Club colours this year. SA Athletes that are running for us to look out for include, White Modisenyane, Gift Kelehe, Joseph Maerman, Harmans Mokgadi (1st SA runner home in 2008), Lucas Nonyana, Frans Kutu. We have many other top athletes who will all be competing for top honours.

The Nedbank Running Club's Team for the 2009 down run is:

SOUTH AFRICAN MALE ATHLETES
1          Herman Mokgadi - 6th overall and first SA athlete in 2008
2          Lucas Nonyana - 9th in 2007
3          Peter Mthubi - Gold medal in Two Oceans 2008
4          Mpho Mokgonami - 3rd in Loskop 50km in 2009
5          Peter Molapo - 17th in 2008 Comrades
6          Gift Kelehe - Andrew Kelehe`s Brother - best of 6:04 at Comrades
7          White Modinsenyane - 13th in 2007
8          Frans Kutu - Longtom marathon, 3rd in 2008
9          Victor Ngubelanga - 15th in 2006 Comrades
10        Donald Kgopa - 9th position at Om Die Dam
11        Joseph Molaba - 3rd in 2003 Comrades
12        Dan Leburu - Novice and sub 30 minute 10km
13        Patrick Kanyane - Top 20 in his first Comrades in 2008
14        Eric Ngubane - Winner of Empangeni Marathon in 2009
15        Joseph Maerman - 2 gold medals in Two Oceans marathon

SOUTH AFRICAN FEMALE ATHLETES
1          Lesley Train - 10th in 2008
2          Lindsey Van Aswegen - Comrades gold medallist
3          Belinda Waghorn - 3:09 Marathon
4          Loara Venter - First Comrades
5          Jane Mudau - 14th in 2008 Comrades. Gold medal in 2009 Two Oceans

NEDBANK INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES
1          Leonid Shetshov - Winner in 2007 and 2008
2          Oleg Kharitonov - Winner in 2006
3          Mikhail Khobotov - First Comrades
4          Tatyana Zhirkova - Winner in 2005
5          Marina Myshlynova - Several top 10 finishes

Comrades Marathon is only a week and a half away, remember to stay focused on the goal, and stick to your final preparations

Comrades Marathon Bonuses

Nedbank Has approved Comrades Marathon 2009 Bonuses to athletes running in official Nedbank Running club kit. See www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za - about us - incentives

Reebok Incentives for Comrades 2009 Nedbank Running Club members running in official Nedbank running club Kit and Reebok footwear. See www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za - about us - incentives

Nedbank Running Club enters six previous Comrades winners in this year's race.

The Nedbank Running Club will be represented by 480 athletes from across the country including no fewer than six previous Comrades winners.

Leading the illustrious group is the undisputed king of Comrades, Bruce Fordyce with nine Comrades wins under his belt. Defending champion, Leonid Shetshov and fellow Russian Oleg Kharitonov will join Fordyce at the starting line.

On the woman's front, two South African champions in Francis Van Blerk, winner in 1992 and Rae Bischoff, winner in 1998 will be joined by another woman's winner, Tatyana Zhirkova, who won the race in 2005 in the second fastest time ever for the down run.

The impressive team will be ably managed by two former Comrades winners in Nick Bester (1991) and Andrew Kelehe (2001) who are heavily involved in the administration and coaching of the Nedbank Running Club athletes for this year's Ultimate Human Race.

It is good to see that Nedbank Running Club can boast with 500 runners in this years Comrades Marathon.

We want to wish every Nedbank Comrades runner the best of luck on race day and remember to focus on your mental preparations this last week. All hard running work have been done and any strenuous exercises now will just make you slower on race day.

Regards

Nick Bester-National Manager of the Nedbank Running Clubs