Shaun Meiklejohn

During the peak of his career, Shaun Meiklejohn earned 10 gold Comrades medals between 1989 and 1999,^[3] and a top 15 finish in the Two Oceans Ultra-marathon in 1994.^[4] "In 1994 he represented South Africa at the World 100km Champs in Japan, finishing fourth, a result he repeated a year later in the Netherlands. He also won the famous London to Brighton ultra in the UK in 1994." (Modern Athlete, 2010).^[5]

In 2010 he returned to the Comrades starting line for the 22nd time, after a seven-year break from running. His running career since then has been largely focused on raising money for charities such as the Amabeadiebeadie, the Red Cap Foundation, iThemba Projects, and the Pietermaritzburg Community Chest.^[3]

His performance in the 2013, 2014, and 2015 editions of the Comrades Marathons have seen him winning the Masters category, with Bruce Fordyce commenting in 2013 that Meiklejohn's run was "arguably the best performance of [the] year".^[6]

As of 2014, he runs for a Pietermaritzburg-based running club, SAVE Orion Athletics,^[7] has started blogging^[8] about his training and charity work, and is a Director at a training & consulting company, Innovative Shared Services.