 In September 1970, in London, he set a new record for 30,000 m of 1 h 31 min 30.4 s which still stands today.He was featured in The Sunday Times, on 15 April 2007, which profiled his gold medal winning run in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.Later that year in October, Alder featured on the BBC One series Inside Sport and was interviewed by Ray Stubbs.