UKZN Comrades Refreshment Table a Winner on the Day!

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UKZN staff and students ran a refreshment station at Old Main Road in Botha’s Hill for runners in this year’s Comrades Marathon.

Staff from Corporate Relations Division and Extended Learning as well as students from the Physiotherapy Department in the College of Health Sciences supported runners as they made their way from Pietermaritzburg to Durban.

Many of the runners slowed down only slightly for refreshments, mindful as usual of time pressures to complete the race.

The table worked feverishly to keep up with the high volumes of runners with Physiotherapy students offering quick massages to loosen tight and cramped muscles. 

One of the runners who stopped at the station was Mr Rajen Munesar, a member of staff in UKZN’s Finance Division who was competing in his ninth Comrades.

It was a long and tiring day for all those working at the station but an enjoyable one where everybody worked as a team to ensure things ran smoothly. 

-          Shakila Thakurpersad