Frith van der Merwe, Comrades Marathon star and English teacher at St Andrew’s College has won three marathons and still holds the Comrades “down” (Pietermaritzburg to Durban) record for the last 20 years. In 1989 she finished first in the ladies section and 15th overall and broke the existing record. Her time was five hours and 54 minutes. Ian Laxton recently visited Frith at St Andrew’s and conducted an interview with her about her Comrades history. The interview will be aired on Sunday 24 May on the day that the Comrades Marathon will be run.
Radio Interviews will be aired on:
KFC Sports Cage @ 6 pm on the following radio stations:
Algoa FM (Port Elizabeth), Hart FM (Cape Town), Jacaranda FM (Gauteng) , East Coast Radio (Kwa-zulu Natal) and O FM (Bloemfontein).
There have been some press interviews in various newspapers which will be published closer to the weekend and during the weekend.
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