This film takes us through a journey of one of the greatest ultra-marathon races of all time, and one of the oldest. The 100th anniversary was celebrated in 2021. it has grown to an average of 15,000 participants each year. The film is based on the 2022 Marathon with 13,000 runners. The race alternates each year from Pietermaritzburg - Durban and vice versa. Since Durban is at the coast and is approximately 89 kilometers from Pietermaritzburg, (incidentally the same runtime as the film) it is either a down- run to the coast or the opposite. Most runners who have done both know how to pace themselves in different directions. The film covers a lot of ground from the early years when there were far less runners than today (34 mostly white male runners in 1921). Due to Apartheid segregation laws black South African participants were not officially allowed to enter until 1975 although some did participate earlier, and the officials just ignored the situation. The historic footage of the earliest race is quite extraordinary, and the coverage of the many subsequent races and the multiple stories of the winners including Sam Tshabalala’s famous win in 1989 were very engaging. Stories of the fastest women participants, and those who did not finish or were over the cut-off period allowed, as well as the rules for entry, the heat conditions etc. all added to the enjoyment. It dragged a bit towards the end of the film, and I expect it was because they wanted to have the length of the film equate with the distance of the Comrades marathon.