OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Wednesday 11.30am.
PRIZE money for the Comrades Marathon has increased dramatically, with R100000 now lined up for the winners of the mens’ and womens’ races.
The Comrades Marathon Association on Tuesday announced that an increase in the entry fee from R75 to R80 has helped push the total prize money up to R430000, more than double the R45000 first offered as a cash prize in 1995.
When Russian Dmitri Grishine broke Bruce Fordyce’s 10-year-old record for the up race in June, he won R80000.
Those who do not win will still receive handsome compensation. The prizes for second to fifth places for both men and women will be R50000, R25000, R12500 and R10000.