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The Comrades Marathon is one of the most competitive ultramarathons on the planet. The 99th running of the historic point to point course recently saw both the men's and women's course records go down. George Kusche was the men's and overall winner with a time of 5 hours 15 minutes 56 seconds over the 85.77 km net uphill course.
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"Episode 493: Comrades Champion | George Kusche" is an episode of Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter. Runtime 49 min. Published July 5, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.