Umlaas Road, at 870m above sea level is the highest point on the Comrades route.  It is situated about 20 kays from Pietermaritzburg.  A common chirp by runners when they reach this spot is that “it is all downhill from here”.  That’s not really the case as there are still a couple of hills to go on the up run, and a whole lot more on the down run.  Mind you, there is an easy ± 7km down hill to little Polly’s on the Up Run from this point.