JOHNSON CRANE MARATHON

My tattered, old training diaries inform me that to date I have run 16 Johnson Crane marathons, 9 half marathons and one Johnson Crane 10km. The diaries also remind me that I first discovered this iconic race in 1981. My faded notes from 44 years ago tell me that I “jogged “2:37 minutes for 6th place on 25th January 1981. (Nowadays I would be delighted to run 2:37 for the half marathon.) I shared the 1981 team prize with my Wits teammates (Mark Plaatjes (1st) who would go on to become world marathon champion in 1993, the late and greatly missed Dr. Alan Edwards, (12th) and physiotherapist Graeme Lindenberg 16th) Read more “JOHNSON CRANE MARATHON” →