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: ''This page is about Vic Clapham, founder of the Comrades Marathon. For his son, Vic Clapham the graphic artist well known in South African Scouting, see Victor J. Clapham.'' Vic Clapham was the founder of the Comrades Marathon, the world's largest ultra-marathon, of approximately 90 km held annually between Durban and Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. As a World War I veteran, Vic Clapham conceived the race to commemorate the South African soldiers killed during the war. It was run for the first time on 24 May 1921 and has been run more than 80 times since then, with an average field of over 10,000 runners. ==Early life== Vic Clapham was born in London on 16 November 1886 and arrived in the Cape Colony in South Africa with his parents at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899. Vic Clapham attended Wynberg Boys' High School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vic Clapham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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