{"id":152998,"date":"2017-05-31T19:14:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T17:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/152998\/frith-van-der-merwe-talks-comrades-benoni-lg_keved\/"},"modified":"2017-05-31T19:14:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T17:14:50","slug":"frith-van-der-merwe-talks-comrades-benoni-lg_keved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/05\/31\/frith-van-der-merwe-talks-comrades-benoni-lg_keved\/","title":{"rendered":"Frith van der Merwe talks Comrades, Benoni with #LG_KevEd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benoni City Times sports journo Logan \u201cLG\u201d Green and BCT editor Kevin \u201cKevEd\u201d van der List are heading down to Durban tomorrow ahead of the 2017 Comrades Marathon up run on Sunday (June 4) where they will be representing Caxton East Rand\/South, catching up with East Rand runners and supporters, and just experiencing all the sights, sounds and smells of Zululand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_296898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296898\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-296898\" src=\"https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2017\/05\/IMG_0689-Medium-520x400.jpg\" width=\"455\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">Logan Green (left) and Kevin van der List.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The chaps will be documenting every step of the journey and will bring you all the Comrades thrills and spills via our social media platforms.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Like our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/benonicitytimes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">benonicitytimes.co.za<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, who better to speak to than Benoni\u2019s very own \u201cComrades Queen\u201d, Frith van der Merwe?<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Van der Merwe, of course, still holds the Comrades women\u2019s down run record (with a time of 5:54:43 in 1989) and still holds the Two Oceans women\u2019s\u00a056km record time of 3:30:36 (also in 1989).<\/p>\n<p>The boys sat down with the Benoni High School English teacher and Farrarmere resident to talk about those records, all things Comrades and, of course, Benoni.<\/p>\n<p>Is she nervous that her record might be broken some day?<\/p>\n<p>What ever happened to her trademark red ribbon?<\/p>\n<p>What advice does she have for aspiring Comrades runners?<\/p>\n<p>Why she does not have an up run record?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_296878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296878\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-296878\" src=\"https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2017\/05\/CeUtiihXEAAW2ON-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"298\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-296878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Frith van der Merwe shattering the women&#8217;s down run record in Benoni Northerns Athletic Club colours \u00a0in 1989. Photo: comrades.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>WATCH our VIDEO interview with Frith here:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/k8sA8Lpaitk' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">WATCH Frith&#8217;s message and advice for Comrades runners:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Frith van der Merwe&#039;s message to 2017 Comrades Marathon runners #LG_KevEd\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C5-uS6foECc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Also READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/258988\/benonians-humbled-by-comradesordominating-the-down-run\/\">Benonians dominate the Comrades down run<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/273039\/blog-ive-got-the-runs\/\">BLOG: I\u2019ve got the runs<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Follow us on these platforms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/benonicitytimes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a> and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For news straight to your phone invite us:<br \/>\nWhatsApp: 079 431 1217<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benonicitytimes.co.za\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">benonicitytimes.co.za<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='13e3789a1e18f1d07d5cecfbdf6ecfa2'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comrades Fever has got us good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":152999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Logan Green and Kevin van der List","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[14743,3275,14744,14745,14746,14747,3645,7594,1119,1800],"class_list":["post-152998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-2017-comrades-marathon","tag-comrades-marathon","tag-frith-van-der-merwe","tag-frith-van-der-merwe-interview","tag-frith-van-der-merwe-video","tag-kevin-van-der-list","tag-logan-green","tag-road-running","tag-sport-2","tag-two-oceans"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["2017 Comrades Marathon","Comrades Marathon","Frith van der Merwe","Frith van der Merwe interview","Frith van der Merwe video","Kevin van der List","Logan Green","road running","sport","two oceans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}