Zola Budd enters ultra marathon in South Africa

Former world record holder and barefoot running sensation Zola Budd says she is going to compete in South Africa's Comrades ultra marathon this year.

Budd, 45, says she still finds running "very challenging" and it's the reason she's entered the grueling 90-kilometer race in June.

Budd, who lives in the United States, is visiting her country of birth and received a Johannesburg Press Club Newsmaker of the Year trophy on Friday - 28 years after she won it in 1984, the year she competed at the Los Angeles Olympics. The trophy had apparently gone missing.

Budd sprang to fame for her raw talent as a teenager who ran without shoes but is probably best remembered for a collision with home favorite Mary Slaney in the 3,000 meters final at the '84 Olympics.