Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 120, July 2019 | Page 16

ROAD RUNNING
How Good Was That!
When the curtain came down on the 94 th running of the annual Comrades Marathon on 9 June, South Africa had witnessed
arguably the best ever run by a female athlete in the history of the race, and one of the most intriguing tussles in the men’s race,
the likes of which had not been seen since the heydays of Bruce Fordyce or Nick Bester. – BY MANFRED SEIDLER & SEAN FALCONER
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