Izinkulungwane zabagijimi zingase ziphuthelwe yi-Comrades Marathon ka-2027 njengoba isidingo esikhulu sibeka ingcindezi ezindaweni ezilinganiselwe zomjaho.

Abantu abangaphezu kuka-40,000 babonakale belinde ku-inthanethi ngesikhathi kuvulwa uhlelo lokukhethwa kwababambiqhaza (ballot) lwe-Comrades ngomhlaka-9 kuMandulo.

Abagijimi abangu-28,000 kuphela abangabamba iqhaza emjahweni ka-2027, kanti abahleli bathi kungaba nzima ukwandisa lelo nani.

Izinkulungwane zabagijimi ezinethemba lokubamba iqhaza ku-Comrades Marathon ka-2027 zingase ziphuthelwe yithuba njengoba isidingo sifinyelela ezingeni elingakaze libonwe ngaphambili.

Abahleli bethule uhlelo lokukhethwa kwababambiqhaza (ballot) kulo nyaka ngemuva kokuthi zonke izindawo ezingu-22,000 zomjaho ka-2026 ziphele ngesikhathi esingaphansi kwamahora angu-10.

Esikhundleni sokuthi kuqala ofikayo uqala ukuthola indawo, manje abagijimi bangena ohlelweni lokukhethwa ngenhlanhla (lucky draw) ukuze bathole indawo.

Umjaho ka-2027 uzoba yi-Comrades esiphinde amahlandla angu-100 futhi uzoba nenani elikhulu labagijimi abangu-28,000.

Izindawo eziningi zinikezwa ngohlelo olujwayelekile lokukhethwa kwababambiqhaza, olwavulwa ngomhlaka-9 kuMandulo futhi oluzovala ngomhlaka-22 kuMandulo.

Umqondisi womjaho uSue Forge uthe abahleli babone "intshisekelo enkulu engakaze ibonwe ngaphambili.”

Ngosuku lokuqala, uhlelo lwe-inthanethi ngezinye izikhathi belubonisa abantu abangaphezu kuka-40,000 belinde emgqeni, kubika iphephandaba i-The Citizen.

Lokho akusho ngempela ukuthi abagijimi abangu-40,000 ngabanye bafake izicelo ngoba abanye abantu kungenzeka ukuthi bangene besebenzisa amadivayisi angaphezu kwelilodwa.

UForge uthe abahleli bazokhipha izinombolo eziqinisekisiwe kuphela ngemuva kokuba uhlelo lokukhetha luvaliwe futhi nokukhetha sekuqediwe.

Kodwa ngisho noma kunendawo enkulu yabagijimi, izinkulungwane zingase ziphuthelwe yithuba.

UForge uthe kungaba nzima ukwandisa isibalo sabagijimi sibe ngaphezu kuka-28,000.

I-Comrades iwumjaho omude kakhulu (ultra-marathon) ophakathi kwamadolobha amabili, okudala imikhawulo ehlobene nokuphepha kanye nezinto ezidingekayo ukuze umjaho uqhutshekwe ngempumelelo. Abahleli kumele bacabangele ukuthi umzila ungabamukela kanjani ngokuphepha abagijimi abangaki, ukuthi kukhona isikhathi esingakanani, nokuthi izibukeli ziphathwa kanjani.

Umjaho we-Comrades ka-2027 uzoba umjaho wehla usuka eMgungundlovu uya eThekwini ngomhlaka-13 ngoNhlangulana.

Esithombeni esingenhla: I-Comrades Marathon.

Umthombo wesithombe: @ComradesRace/X