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Takudzwa Chitsiga
Zimpapers Sports Hub
FOR the fourth time, Kudzai “Great Khalister” Pasipanodya will be part of over 100 Zimbabweans who will take part in the Comrades Marathon in South Africa on Sunday.
Pasipanodya, an ardent fitness enthusiast, will be part of the world’s oldest and largest ultra-marathon race along with Musabvunda fitness and lifestyle athletes Nyasha Marira, Christopher Tavaziva and Komborero Mwenyendiyani.
This year’s edition, the 98th running of the Comrades Marathon, will be a down run starting in Pietermaritzburg and finishing in Durban.
The race distance is approximately 89km.
“The good thing about the Comrades Marathon is that it can tell you nothing is impossible. You can actually face any challenge,” he says.
“With the Comrades Marathon, you can actually say, I don’t have any limits.
“You cannot have any challenge that you will say you cannot face. If competition is coming, you will say we are ready.”
Hundreds of athletes from Zimbabwe, including renowned long-distance runners Mike Fokorani and Jonathan Chinyoka, will compete in the race, which attracts over 20 000 participants.
Stephen Muzhingi, who has retired, is a former winner of the 90km race and remains the only Zimbabwean to do so.
“Muzhingi remains an inspiration; he did the unthinkable,” said Pasipanodya, who is a top executive at a giant local battery manufacturer.
He is also a fitness enthusiast who runs the popular fitness outfit Musabvunda.
This will be his fourth Comrades Marathon in a row.
“A marathon helps me tackle a number of corporate issues,” he said.
“If there are challenges in the economy, challenges in the processes, in the production, challenges in the product and everything, you will always be thinking that we can always find a solution,” he said.
Mathew Masinge