After more than 30 years can someone break Frith’s Comrades record?

‘Bruce Fordyce taught me to write R on my arm to relax’: Frith van der Merwe on 1989 Comrades

18 August 2022 - 21:04 By Matshelane Mamabolo

Having watched Gerda Steyn obliterate her long-standing Two Oceans Marathon record back in April, Frith van der Merwe was resigned to seeing the SA marathon record-holder emulate her by also breaking the Comrades Marathon Down Run mark this month...

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