News in a minute | Missing Comrades marathon runner updates [video]

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The Comrades Marathon runner who went missing after completing Sunday’s ‘down run’ was found by construction workers in a hypothermic state on Monday around 07:30 – some 15 hours after she crossed the finish line.

Moira Harding, 54, who was competing in the colours of Fish Hoek Athletic Club in the Western Cape, was found near the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) base in The Point, Durban.

The base is situated roughly 7km from the new Comrades Marathon finish on Masabalala Yengwa Avenue at People’s Park. The workers initially thought she was out training, but soon realised she was in fact in distress

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STILL UNCLEAR HOW COMRADES MARATHON RUNNER ENDED UP AT NSRI BASE

Harding, who lives in Kommetjie, took a respectable 10:52:03 to complete the 89.98km run, well inside the 12-hour cut-off.

At the time of publishing it remains unclear how Harding ended up near the NSRI base, although reports indicate that she is a good friend of one of the station commanders at the base and that it was possible that she could have been walking there to find a safe space.