History
IN 1899, 13-year-old Vic Clapham enrolled as an ambulance volunteer, and did duty in the Anglo-Boer War.
Years later, as a World War I veteran, Clapham got permission to stage the first Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, in honour of the soldiers who perished in the Great War.
Little did Clapham realise that the race, which began in 1921 with 34 runners, would morph into an internationally revered ultra marathon and provide a degree of healing to some of the country’s long-running race and gender biases.
About 20 000 runners are expected for
