To run for Jesus!

How awe inspiring it is to see them. People running for Jesus. Jesus Christ who has received the Name above all else. No one in history like him. He paid for us all. Sacrificed to the bitter end. What a privilege to run for Him. Here are some examples of people who do.

Jan Coetzee of the Warden Marathon Club is one of many who run for Jesus. I met his wife Benita after the Kruger National Park half marathon at a check-out point in a shop in the nature reserve. Invited them to become part of the S4J, which they did. Here is some photos of Jan during this year's Comrades marathon.

Jan Coetzee, jubilant at the finish of the 2013 Comrades marathon

Hardloop vir Jesus "I run for Jesus"

Jan Coetzee completed the Comrades marathon an amazing 25 times!

Yurie Pullenbach is another example of someone passionate about running for Jesus. I saw him during last year's Comrades marathon. We connected since then. Yurie now also is part of the Sudan4Jesus run (S4J) team. Here's a pic of him during the year's Comrades marathon.

Yurie Pullenbach running for Jesus at this year's Comrades marathon.

 And so there are many more living and running for Jesus. We'll share as many of their stories as possible.

Awesome for Jesus at the 2013 Comrades marathon.

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The official S4J-2013 team photo. Click on the photo for a larger view.

However, MANY stories stories need to be told of what God did at this year's Comrades marathon. It was an extremely difficult year due to the heat and strong wind. Apparently about 30% of runners that started the race, DID NOT complete the race within the 12 hour cut-off time. Bear in mind that these are all experienced runners in having qualified for the race by at least completing a marathon in less than 5 hours.

 Here are just a few of the highlights:

• We trusted God for a team of 100 athletes. This He gave. 
• We challenged the team with what we called the "Cape Town to Cairo Challenge". This implied that the team would run at the 2013 Comrades marathon, a combined distance greater than the distance between Cape Town and Cairo in less than 12 hours. By God's grace, they've achieved this.
• We've hopes for one gold medal. God gave the S4J team two gold medals! To put this in perspective: 18,000 runners are allowed to enter the Comrades marathon. Only 20 will be rewarded with a gold medal; 10 for women and 10 for men.
• Louis Massyn ran his 41st Comrades marathon. There are, as far as we know, only 6 runners in the 88 years of the Comrades that completed the Comrades 40 times or more.
• Among the S4J female runners, Martinique Potgieter, came first. She only decided about 6 weeks before Comrades that she would participate in the year's race.

Rufus Photo, S4J runner in the 9th place in the 2013 Comrades Marathon.

Stephen Muzhingi, former Comrades winner three times, came 10th in this years race. Stephen is part of the S4J team

Martinique Potgieter cam first among the S4J ladies runners in a fantastic time of 9 hours 33 minutes.

Louis Massyn of the S4J team completed his 41st consecutive Comrades marathon this year!