South African running 広大な/多数の/重要な robbed of shoes while jogging

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's most famous ultra-マラソン 走者 was 報道によれば mugged 銃をつきつけて while out jogging.

Friday's 報告(する)/憶測s say Bruce Fordyce was robbed of his shoes and watch by two men who pulled up next to him in a car and pointed guns at him in the Johannesburg 郊外 of Westcliff.

The Times newspaper 引用するs Fordyce as 説 the muggers were "welcome" to his old running shoes, 公式文書,認めるing they had done about 1,000 キロメーターs (621 miles) and "smelled like Camembert."

The 61-year-old Fordyce won the grueling 89-キロメーター (55-mile) Comrades マラソン nine times, 含むing eight in a 列/漕ぐ/騒動 from 1981-88.

He told The Times he returned home after the mugging to get another pair of shoes and then 完全にするd his 早期に-morning run.

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