13 Facts About Bruce Fordyce

Bruce Fordyce is best known for having won the South African Comrades Marathon a record nine times, of which eight wins were consecutive.

Bruce Fordyce won the London to Brighton Ultramarathon three years in a row.

In 1977, when Bruce Fordyce first ran the Comrades Marathon, he placed 43rd out of 1,678 entries.

Bruce Fordyce placed 14th in 1978,3rd in 1979,2nd in 1980, and was the winner for an unprecedented eight consecutive years from 1981 to 1988; he won it again in 1990.

Bruce Fordyce held the record time for the "up" run and his record of 5:24:07 for the "down" run stood for 21 years from 1986 until it was broken in 2007 by Russia's Leonid Shvetsov.

Bruce Fordyce has thus completed 30 Comrades Marathons, including the remarkable result of posting identical times in 1985 and 1987.

Bruce Fordyce won the London to Brighton ultramarathon 3 years running from 1981 to 1983.

Bruce Fordyce was the world record holder over 50 miles, when he covered the distance in 4hr 50min 21sec at the 1984 AMJA 50 Mile Ultramarathon in Chicago, IL, until the record was broken by Jim Walmsley on 5 May 2019.

Bruce Fordyce holds the 50-mile record for the United States All Comers Race.

Bruce Fordyce has claimed this protest as "one of the proudest moments in my life".

Bruce Fordyce is a motivational speaker and the chief executive officer of the South African Sports Trust.

Bruce Fordyce introduced the parkrun running events to South Africa in November 2011.

Bruce Fordyce ran his 500th parkrun at Delta Park, Johannesburg, the first South African parkrun venue, on 14 October 2023.