The sweat, tears and smiles of thousands of over-achievers provide an annual message of inspiration for all of us
The Comrades Marathon is a good example of hard work paying off — and enjoying it while you're at it
04 June 2023 - 00:00
By the crack of dawn a week from today thousands of poor souls will be pounding the undulating road between Pietermaritzburg and Durban in an annual ritual that is probably one of the few things that unites us, and the slouches among us will sit back, hooch in hand possibly, to enjoy the torture vicariously — Eskom permitting, of course...
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