Pietermaritzburg — Bongmusa Mthembu and Camille Herron used Sunday’s 93rd edition of the Comrades Marathon to show their excellence. Mthembu clocked 5hr 35min 34sec to lead the field home for the 86.7km trip from Durban to Pietermaritzburg while Herron’s winning time was 6:27:35. With his second title following his 2014 down-run win, Mthembu became the first South African athlete to complete the Comrades up and down run double since Bruce Fordyce in 1987, while Herron is the first American since Ann Trason in 1997 to win the race. Mthembu also became the first black South African to complete the up and down double. Herron, who broke down in tears of joy while also nearly failing to finish the race, said she wanted to match her compatriot’s efforts. Herron did all the hard work from Pinetown when she took the lead, only for her to think she had won by just entering the Scottsville Race Course. A fellow runner had to remind her that she still had to finish, but at that point she was n...
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