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Three Cranes

NONTOTHUKO MASHIMANE (in pink) and DUDU NGCOBO ran all three days of the 99km Three Cranes Challenge together. Nontothuko recalls:

"We had been running for about 12km (of the 32km) on the first day, and when we saw Sven (the photographer) we were so excited. He really captured how we felt.

"Dudu and I are trail buddies. We have been running ultras together since 2016. Two weeks after Comrades we decided to tackle that monster stage race Kruger2Canyon. That's where we made a deal to always run together, to make

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