

As a result, he said, he was a "better husband, better father, better community leader. "You just need to be disciplined."Īnd for him, it has been a life-altering race. Part of the attraction is that you do not need money or special equipment to cross the finishing line, he said. "It is very emotional," he said of the moment he returned home brandishing a finisher's medal last year. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver ( ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.Ramathe fixes his watch and sets off, as women in dressing gowns and young men look on in awe.įor Ramathe, this is the second consecutive year he has taken on the challenge, running 90 kilometres through the steep green hills of KwaZulu-Natal province, in the southeast of the country. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Institute of Nutrition, University of Gießen, Gießen, Germanyĭepartment of Pediatrics, Divison of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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