The Comrades Marathon isn’t about the first 2000 runners —it’s about the 23 000 at the back who stick together to cross the finish line. Those are the comrades. This is the philosophy of 46-medalled Wietse Van Der Westhuizen, a pillar of the running community, father, eternal optimist, and now, cancer patient. Determined to cross the finish line again, how will this obstacle affect his life and the lives of those he has uplifted around him.