Brad Sander - 2008

Boots were made for walking...
29 August 1970 St Catherine's Walkathon


Bradley at the age of 8 completed 10 - Mile in 1Hour 37Minutes. 
From this time...He became unstopable
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9 COMRADES 


  • 1985 - 88.6Kms - 10Hrs 6Mns 37S - First Comrades
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1986 - 88.7Kms

  • 1987
1991 - 89.2Kms Last to cross half way Drummond - He became famous with the Mercury picture still today on the Pietermaritzburg Comrades Wall
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1992 - 86.7Kms - 10Hrs 24Mns 36S

  • 1996 - 86.7Kms - Done for his son Antonie born on the 9 June 1996

  • 2000 - 87.3Kms - Bradely and Janice Badenhorst flying the flag for the 75th Comrades (Zululand Observer picture
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  • 2001 -Very painful time - After a motorbike accident and a bad break, Bradley was in plaster of paris for a year. In his despair, he started swimming by taking off the holding boot and completed Midmar Mile
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  • 2004 - Back from England

  • 2005 - 89.7Kms - 10Hrs 57Mns 45S
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2006 - Iron Man Biathlon - Bradley completed his first Midmar/Comorades

    Special Achievements/Run

  • 1989 Durban - 42Kms - 04Hrs 16Mns 32S
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1994 Hillcreast Villagers - 42.2Kms - 04Hrs 18Mns 18S

  • 1994 Daily News - 21/42Kms - 03Hrs 59Mns 54S
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1994 - 56Kms - Two Oceans Marathon
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1994 - 10Kms - France/Le Hutrel - Where he has been the first SA to enter and came back home with a Sponsor trophy by the Bank of France
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1996 Bergville - 52Kms - 05Hrs 56Mns
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2000 - Midlands 100 Miler
 - Empangeni 100 Milers - 78 entrants - 55 completed. 
7 Athlectic Club run over 160Kms, cut off time 26 hours. 
EAC Results - Bradley arrived 50th and completed in - 25Hrs 24Mns
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  • 2004 Bradley became a crocodile
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September 2004 - Runner - Achiever of the month

  • 2005 - Longest Day - Jan Badenhorst would remember that one!
  • 2005 - Durban Ladies Spar Challenge
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2006 Bradley started walking 

  • 2006 - Durban - Big Walk for charity
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2006 - Heatonville - 17Kms - 01Hr 58Mns 44S
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2007 - Bradley joined Durban Master Walker
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2007 - Bloemfontein - SA Champs

    Walking with a difference

  • 2007 - Ballito - 50Kms - Umhlazi Ultra Walk

  • 2008 - Balele -21Kms - Tembe Mountain Race

  • 2008 - Mkuze - 16Kms - Game Reserve

  • 2008 - Muntzini - 16Kms - Bush Walk
  • 2008 - Mfuli - 16Kms - Mountain Race - Most difficult but most challenging of all


On the list of future achievement
:

  • Walking - Soweto Marathon

  • Walking - Comrades Marathon

  • Walking - Paris Marathon


A spark above the rest, Bradley Sander has done a full circle. He started as a walker at St Catherine School then runner for 35 years, and walking for the last 3 years... After all, his boots were made for walking.