An Interview with Bruce Fordyce

The word “legend” is often overused, but in the world of ultra-distance running, the 65-year-old South African Bruce Fordyce is truly a legend. He is the nine-time winner of the 89k Comrades Marathon, three-time winner of the London to Brighton road race, former 50-mile world record holder (4:50:51 in 1983, held for 36 years until Jim Walmsley broke it by 43 seconds in 2019). But as Bruce’s website (bruce-fordyce.com) states, he speaks almost as well as he runs, so it was a pleasure to ask him some questions about his running career.

You first won Comrades on your fifth