# Episode 493: Comrades Champion | George Kusche

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Podcast: [Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527)
Published: 2026-07-05T22:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The Comrades Marathon is one of the most competitive ultramarathons on the planet. The 99th running of the historic point to point course recently saw both the men's and women's course records go down. George Kusche was the men's and overall winner with a time of 5 hours 15 minutes 56 seconds over the 85.77 km net uphill course. George Kusche : @kuschegeorge Episode Sponsors : ProBio: probionutrition.com/endurance Code: Endurance (20% Off) LMNT: drinkLMNT.com/HPO (free sample pack with purchase) deltaG: deltagketones.com Code: BITTER20 (20% Off) Podcast Details : Support HPO: zachbitter.com/hposponsors HPO Website: zachbitter.com/hpo Zach's Coaching: zachbitter.com/coaching Zach's Journal: substack.com/@zachbitter Find Zach: zachbitter.com | IG: @zachbitter | X: @zbitter | FB: Zach Bitter | Strava: Zach Bitter

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