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Dry Kit
A hoodie, change of top and a towel. The Up Run finishes in winter — the moment you stop, you cool down fast.
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Multiple vehicles, one team, and tens of thousands of memories arriving safely at the finish line.
Our Partnership
As a Sponsor and the longest-serving logistics partner of the Comrades Marathon, Biddulphs International has been ensuring that every runner's tog bag arrives safely at the finish line for over four decades. It's a responsibility we carry with pride.
Moving families and businesses around the world since 1928, we bring the same care and precision to The Ultimate Human Race that we bring to every move. Whether it's a household across the country or tens of thousands of tog bags from Durban to Pietermaritzburg — you can count on Biddulphs.
85.8 km of road. Tens of thousands of bags. Forty-one years of getting them home.— The Biddulphs Comrades Promise
The Route · Up Run
The 2026 edition is an Up Run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg — 85.8 km, a net climb of about 670 m, with the famous “Big Five” hills strung along the route. Tog bags travel the same road by truck, ready to meet runners at the finish.
Elevation Profile
Durban (5 m) → Pietermaritzburg (676 m)
The Tog Bag Journey
Hand your numbered tog bag to a Biddulphs marshal at the truck nearest your seeding pen. Bags are tagged, loaded and locked in for the trip to PMB.
Our convoy leaves Durban early, takes the inland route via the N3, and reaches the finish before the first gold medallists cross the line at Pietermaritzburg.
Follow the yellow "TOG BAGS" signs after your finish-line photo. Show your tog-bag number, collect, and start the recovery. Our team members stay on site until the last bag is claimed.
The Race Day Kit
What to pack in the tog bag we'll carry for you. Five small decisions that make a big difference between the gun in Durban and the line in Pietermaritzburg.
01A hoodie, change of top and a towel. The Up Run finishes in winter — the moment you stop, you cool down fast.
02Out of the race shoes the moment you cross. Eight kilometres of Polly Shortts deserves it.
03Charged, with a back-up bank and a cable. So your people can find you at the line — every time.
04Something familiar. Recovery starts the moment you stop running — keep it simple, keep it yours.
05A Biddulphs bag tag with a unique number, plus a matching tag to wear behind your race number. Show it at the finish to claim your bag.
International runners collect their Biddulphs bag tags at Expo registration. Everyone else, your tag goes on at drop-off on race morning — our team members handle it.
Find us at the expo →Race Day · 14 June 2026
The Scale
Every year, the Biddulphs team collects, transports and delivers thousands of tog bags from Durban to the finish in PMB — so runners can focus on the only thing that matters: the line.
Pre-Race · 11–13 June
The Comrades Expo at the Durban Exhibition Centre is the largest running expo in South Africa — and the official race-pack collection point. International runners collect their Biddulphs bag tags at registration, and our team is gathering tog bags here and in Pietermaritzburg ahead of race day.
Visit the official expo page →Since 1928
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