Sister of Comrades Marathon runner in hospital after going missing speaks out
Her sister Fiona Baldwin said that the end of the race was chaotic and poorly controlled as it ended in a street and not in a stadium as it usually does.
Moira Harding was found on Monday after being reported missing. Photo: Facebook/ComradesMarathon
JOHANNESBURG - The Comrades Marathon runner who was found near the National Sea and Rescue Building at the Point in Durban is recovering in the ICU.
Moira Harding was found unresponsive and hypothermic on Monday morning, after she never returned from the race.
Her sister Fiona Baldwin said that the end of the race was chaotic and poorly controlled as it ended in a street and not in a stadium as it usually does.
Baldwin believes had the race ended at its usual place her sister would not have gone missing.
Harding's Fish Hoek Athletic Club Manager Andre Blom said that thanks to her emergency tag her husband was contacted once she was found.
"She was wearing an ID bracelet; they call it an ICE bracelet in case of emergencies, so it's a rubber band which has a tag in it and on that tag, you would then put in emergency contact details so if any person finds you they can immediately phone that tag number and then they will then be able to get into contact the emergency contact for that person that is how they found her husband."
Blom added that the club had a meet up spot designated however Moira had plans to meet her sister on her own.