Comrades Marathon entry closing date extended

Taken from the Irene Running Club communication;

Entry Closing Date extended!
The CMA officially closed entries for the 2009 Comrades Marathon on Tuesday 31 March 2009.

Since the closing date on Tuesday, the CMA has been inundated with telephone calls, emails and faxes from desperate runners wishing to still enter Comrades 2009. Most if not all have stated that they had not entered due to the misleading reports that Comrades may be cancelled.

CMA Management had a difficult decision to make, and for the first time in Comrades History, entries will be re-opened. We must stress that this is for a limited period only, due to various misleading factors. The new closing date is MONDAY, 6 APRIL 2009 at 18H00.

To date the CMA has received 9700 entries and literally has hundreds to process over the next few days. A final official figure will be released on mid April 2009.

CONFIRMATION – COMRADES ENTRY CLOSING DATE EXTENDED TO 6 APRIL 2009, VIA ALL AVENUES. (CMA, ONLINE ENTRIES, MR PRICE, POSTAL ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED)
COMRADES WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SUNDAY 24 MAY 2009, starting at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall and finishing at Sahara Kingsmead Stadium in Durban.

Statement release by Comrades Marathon Association on Thursday, 2 April 2009