Comrades Marathon is the 90.0km road ultra at Comrades 2025 (South Africa). The race starts on June 8, 2025.
By gradient, 22% of the distance is uphill, 27% downhill and 51% flat. Surface: 100% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 90.3 FlatKM.
The course is runnable enough that trekking poles are not needed.
Quad damage risk is low (index 18 of 100): a few descents worth noting, none of them decisive.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 12°C to 19°C, with around 19°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 13%.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Comrades Marathon.
Other editions of Comrades Marathon2026
