When: SUNDAY, 3 JUNE 2012
Start: 05h30 at the City Hall in PIETERMARITZBURG                                       Finish: 17h30 at Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead in DURBAN
Distance: 89km – 56 miles

The world's greatest ultra-marathon, 90 kilometres long, the Comrades is a South African institution, internationally recognised for the body-sapping challenge it poses and the camaraderie it fosters among its thousands of participants.

For the first time since 1996, the Comrades Marathon will revert to a date in May. This is because the FIFA Confederations Cup soccer tournament will take place in South Africa from the second week of June onwards. This new date has prompted the Comrades Marathon Association to institute a number of changes to next year’s race. The race will be a ‘’down run” from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, starting at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall and finishing at Sahara Kingsmead Cricket Stadium. Because the race will take place about three weeks earlier than normal, the closing date for entries has been set at March 31, and no entries received after this date will be accepted.