Comrades Race Cap 2017

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Media Release: Toyota to sponsor the 2017 Comrades Marathon race cap

Leading South African auto-manufacturer Toyota has come on board as the sponsor of the official Comrades Marathon headgear this year. Toyota has been a sponsor of The Ultimate Human Race for the past seven years.

The Toyota Comrades race cap has been designed with the Comrades runner in mind. It is manufactured from lightweight material with moisture management properties to ensure the most comfortable, cool headgear on race day – Sunday, 4 June 2017.

CMA General Manager, Chris Fisher says, “We extended an offer to Toyota to sponsor this high visibility element - the Comrades branded keepsake. We felt that for seven years now Toyota had sponsored not only the vehicles but the Last Mile as well, so for us it was the natural extension to their sponsorship rights.”

Fisher adds, “According to the rules, the Toyota Comrades cap is the preferred (but not compulsory) branded headgear permitted on race day. With 20-thousand caps being presented to runners at either of the two registration points in Durban and Pietermaritzburg, this new look cap will definitely make a statement on race day – this year they will be white and red with the Toyota brand on the sides.”

Runners can collect their Toyota Comrades cap and New Balance Comrades race t-shirt together with their Bonitas race numbers, Final Race Instructions, the official Comrades souvenir magazine and goodie bag at the Comrades Expo in Durban or the Pietermaritzburg registration venue between 1 and 3 June 2017, depending on which registration point they had selected on the entry form.

The 2017 Comrades Marathon will be the 47th up-run in Comrades history, starting at the Durban City Hall at 5h30 and ending 12 hours later at the home of the Golden Horse Casino, the Scottsville Racecourse on Sunday, 4 June 2017.

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Statement issued by the Comrades Marathon Association’s Media Officer, Delaine Cools on Monday, 6 March 2017

For an interview, please call:  CMA General Manager, Chris Fisher on 071 883 6919

For more information, please call Delaine on 033 897 8650

Source:  delaine@comrades.com