In 1989 Sam Tshabalala won his first Comrades Marathon. He made history by becoming the first Black South African to win the race!
That was the gold.
He went on to add twelve silvers across his career with thirteen Comrades finishes in total.
In 1998 the Comrades Marathon Association awarded him the Platinum Medal for what he'd given the race.🏆
#Comrades2026 #TheUltimateHumanRace #SkaFelaMoya #Comrades26
What’s Up, Comrades? 🖤💛
This is the Up Run.
A journey where you have made Every Up Count.
You have Laced up.
Geared up.
Levelled up.
Shown up.
Never Given Up.
Now it is time to go All The Way Up with Your Official 2026 Comrades Marathon Race Tee - From Dawn to Dusk you have conquered the UPs and are now ready to climb from Durban to Pietermaritzburg.
Burnt orange and deep red hues reflect the energy of a South African sunrise and sunset, while flowing lines and layered details mirror every incline, every stride, and every story carried along the route.
A detailed print that moves.
A map of belonging.
A celebration of our Rainbow Nation rising together.
30 days to go Comrades!
Ska Fela Moya!
#WhatsUPComrades #ComradesMarathon #Comrades2026
39.62s!!!🤯🤯
World Record ☑️
Jamaica 🇯🇲 runs a blazing 39.62s to win GOLD in the mixed 4x100m at the World Relays in Botswana!
They take the first GOLD (and Diamonds) in Botswana, breaking their own World Record from the heats.
Canada 🇨🇦 was 2nd in 40.23s, and USA 🇺🇸 3rd in 40.33s.
HOT TAKE:
Running a marathon doesn’t make you healthier than someone who runs 5K consistently.
If your goal is health… you probably don’t need anything beyond 5K.
Most of the real benefits—heart health, weight control, stress relief—are already there.
You don’t unlock some “extra health level” at 21K or 42K.
That’s where people get it twisted.
Long distances aren’t about health anymore… they’re about testing yourself.
Discipline. Ego. Curiosity. Limits.
And that’s fine.
But let’s stop pretending marathon training is the “healthier” choice.
Sometimes it’s just harder… not better.
I've always told my PhD students that a PhD is a marathon and not a sprint. Now that Sabastian Sawe has run the London Marathon in under 2 hours, I'll need to think of something else to tell them.
Important one Gentlemen, ‼️
Don’t make the mistake of increasing your costs when you start to earn more money.
Rather keep your expenses the same and save the difference instead.
A South African just made TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI.
Benjamin Rosman. Wits Professor. MIND Institute. On the same list as Musk & Zuckerberg — not as a businessman, as a theorist. 🇿🇦
We don't just produce talent. We produce the people who shape how AI thinks.