Entries for the 53rd edition of the globally acclaimed Two Oceans Ultra Marathon and the milestone 25th running of the Half Marathon opened at 10am this morning.
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This prestigious event attracts thousands of runners from across the country, continent and the globe, offering a challenging race along one of the world’s most picturesque routes.
The ballot (lottery/draw) system will once again be used for both the Ultra and Half Marathon for South African runners, in line with international best practice. Runners may go into the draw for only one event.
The ballot are now open and close on Sunday, 23 July at midnight.
At certain stages of the ballots, the draws will be weighted in favour of various categories of runners including Blue Number Club members, Yellow Numbers (those doing their 10th, 20th, etc) and club runners.
The various rounds of the ballot draw all take place on Monday, 24 July.
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Runners entering via the ballot pay only once their name has been successfully drawn in the ballot.
Runners drawn in the ballot have until 5pm on Monday, 4 September to make their payment. Failure to make payment will mean that a runner forfeits their entry. It will then be allocated to another runner.
Any officially timed and measured marathon or longer distance, run after 1 July, can be used as your qualifier. Race Office will be conducting spot checks to verify qualifier information submitted.
For the Ultra Marathon the qualifying time for a standard marathon distance is 5 hours.
In the Half Marathon, qualifying times are used to seed you so that faster runners are at the front; slower runners further back.
We strongly advise you to provide a seeding time. If not, you will unfortunately start at the back.
Seeding is based on a previous 10km, 15km or 21.1km run after 1 July 2023.
To Enter, go to Two Oceans website and follow the prompts.
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