Naasief
Cape Town
South Africa

The lyrics of the song vary, as do the transcriptions. Here is one example:
Shosholoza
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum’ eSouth Africa
Wen’ uyabaleka
Wen’ uyabaleka
Ku lezontaba
Stimela siphum’ eSouth Africa

A rough translation:
Move fast
on those mountains
train from South Africa.
You are running away
on those mountains
train from South Africa.

The original version has the country name Rhodesia instead of South Africa, since this song was sung by migrant labourers from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) travelling on the train down to the mines in the Transvaal.

Well done with your finish and to the rest of Team India – you guys will be back again as you have to now do the “up run”!
I ran with Daniel Carroll from just over half-way and was hoping to meet up with him on the flight back to Dubai, but I had to postpone my trip as I had a minor medical problem to sort. Please would you ask him to contact me or leave a contact address on this site.

Thanks & regards,
Alistair

Congratulations! Grt Job. Well done. It is inspiring to read the post. You have narrated it well. You made all of us proud with this great achievement. I wish you good luck & good health for doing more such runs in future.

Rgds,
Namburi

Arun: Thanks

Param: I have heard some of the pros saying that you just train for something like a 42K, after that distance it is all a mental game, true indeed.

Sam: Thanks

Priyanka: I would round off my comments by quoting an oft repeated analogy. For men, running ultras can very closely be compared with childbirth, its an arduous journey, and a relief when its over. And in a few months (or years), you may want to do it again

Navin: Thanks in particular to you, Navin. You have been a source of great encouragement all along this journey! I wish I had a camera with my while running, could have captured a lot more of the fantastic atmosphere, but in hind thought, I might have missed the cutoff then

Chaitanya: Do it atleast once in your life, it is worth all the hassles which come along every step when planning for something like this!

Usha: Thanks!

Rahul A.: Thanks, just posted the photos I took and some official race day photos too.

Kingshuk: It was fantastic meeting you in Mumbai. Lets see if we can meet again in 2011 run. All the best for next year.

Dilip: All my training stuff is there on this blog in several posts, I guess I have shared every high, and every low which I encountered during my training. The up run is the same route as the down run, but around 87KM instead of 89KM. People say that down run is tougher since it is very hard on your quads. I personally fell for me down is probably easier, but even the down as something like 21KM of uphill!

Sanjai: Thanks, it was indeed fun to have so many fellow Indians on board for this attempt, and it was a source of inspiration too. We kept bumping into each other, since our running pace was not too dissimilar. In fact, last 4 of us finished within 6 minutes of each other!

Ashok: Thanks! Greater glory? Maybe more fun every year, different time, different place

Manoj: Thanks for taking the time. I hope I can make it to Bangalore this year, just 50K though

Sunil: Thanks!

Bhasker: I hope to be there in Bangalore this year. Hope the momentum at Comrades and Ultras in general continues from India. This is like a breakthrough year.

Ravi: It was emotional towards the end. I could not hold my tears.

Roshni: Thanks. I hope more folks from India continue to ultra tradition worldwide. You game?

Nitin: The real runs happen on the road outside, not the treadmill. The biggest challenge in running the 89K was just getting out of my house. Once that is done, I can assure you, rest is easy. Thanks!

Fabulous RR and CONGRATULATIONS for running an awesome race! It’s truly amazing how torturous running can be and how that very fact makes us love it even more.

Enjoy your accomplishment…you’ve truly earned it.

It was nice to read your narrative! Great run!