Oceans king Bongumusa Mthembu switches focus to Comrades
The 35-year first-time winner of the 50th Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town on Saturday says he will rest a bit and then start preparing for the defence of title he won in 2018
Cape Town — Bongumusa Mthembu has his sights on a fourth Comrades Marathon crown. The 35-year first-time winner of the 50th Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town on Saturday says he will rest a bit and then start preparing for the defence of his Comrades title. “That’s my next big race coming up in June, one I plan to win again. I feel good about life right now and am proud to have won the Two Oceans title for us locals in what was a one-two finish. “It’s important for us to win our big races and show that we can mix it with the best athletes in Africa, especially those from Kenya who were touted as race favourites but could only muster a third-placed finish,” Mthembu said. The athlete from KwaZulu-Natal clocked 3hr 8min 40sec for the 56km Oceans route to get home ahead of former Comrades winner David Katepe. The pair will once again meet in the toughest ultra-marathon of all, Comrades, and what a duel lies in store over the 87km up-run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg. “It’s always a...
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