{"id":76765,"date":"2025-06-20T11:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/?post_type=program&#038;p=76765"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:21:48","slug":"comrades-legende-louis-massyn","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/en\/program\/comrades-legende-louis-massyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Comrades-legende: Louis Massyn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In June this year<strong> Louis Massyn<\/strong> became the first person to complete the gruelling Comrades Marathon 50 times. 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