The S4J: 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.