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Run Ferdi, run!

Ferdinand Rabie, winner of South Africa's first Big Brother competition, plans to tackle the Comrades. Both Ferdi and his biokineticist, Pea Blaauw, will keep you updated with their blogs. You can either follow his progress online, or train with him. And then you can bet how far he will be able to run in the Comrades.
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