Entries for Novice Comrades Runners opened on Sunday, 1 November at 9am and within 27 hours the CMA received the targeted 5 000 entries for novice runners.

As a result entries for the 2010 Comrades is now officially closed. Any novice runner who has posted his/her entry by close of business Monday, November 2, will still be accepted - the envelope must be postmarked and dated.

Should a postal entry be postmarked and dated after November 2, the entry will not be accepted.

"As we currently stand we have reached the 5 000 novices targeted for the event. I was confident that we would receive the 5 000 within a four week period, but never anticipated we would reach it within 27 hours of opening the entry process," said Gary Boshoff, CEO Comrades Marathon Association. - Sapa