"The 2012 Comrades will be my 10th Comrades Marathon and I hope to make it a record breaking

one. Last year I ran my fastest time of 6 hours 49 minutes to win a Silver Medal. This year I hope

to win a Wally Hayward Medal by completing the run within 6 hours.

I have decided to run this year's Marathon for charity and have chosen the important cause of

conservation.

I work within the Robberg Coastal Corridor (RCC), one of the integral eco-corridors of the greater

Eden to Addo Corridor Initiative. Situated in the Western Cape, the RCC links the Robberg Peninsula

to the Garden Route National Park and is essential for the conservation of bio-diversity and ecological processes

which are so threatened by the vagaries of climate change and human encroachment, and also for

the preservation of the endangered fynbos.

One of my jobs involves the clearing of alien plant species that threaten the survival of the fynbos, so

recognising the importance of this, I have decided to dedicate all the money I raise from my

run to helping the less advantaged Community of Kranshoek clear its beautiful stretch of

coast within the RCC, of alien plants.

Please will you give generously to this important cause. On my side, I will do my best.

Thank you.

Wendell McCallum"