81 YEAR OLD BRICKLAYER FINISHES HIS 10TH  COMRADE MARATHON  

81 YEAR OLD BRICKLAYER FINISHES HIS 10TH  COMRADE MARATHON  

81 Year old Johannes Mosehla from Tshehlwaneng completed 87.7 kilometers run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in 9:26:10. Picture Credit: Supplied.

Tshehlwaneng:An 81-year-old bricklayer has become the oldest person to complete South Africa’s storied Comrades Marathon, finishing this year’s 87.7-km run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in 9:26:10.

Sunday’s history-making run by Johannes Mosehla, who hails from Tshehlwaneng in the of Makhuduthamaga  Limpopo South African , marked the 10th time the speedy senior has completed the Comrades Marathon, the world’s largest ultra-marathon. According to comments Mosehla made at Monday’s awards breakfast at Durban’s Elangeni Hotel on Monday, this year’s Comrades won’t be his last.

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