One of many greatest races in South African highway operating – the Two Oceans Extremely Marathon – will happen on Saturday, 5 April.
The 56km slog will begin at 05:15.
A discipline of round 14 000 runners, together with five-time defending girls’s champion, South Africa’s Gerda Steyn, will take to the beginning line on the nook of Principal Street and Dean Avenue in Newlands.
The end might be on the College of Cape City’s rugby fields.
Under is the record of the beginning instances between 05:15 (Group A) and 05:39 (Group N).
Word, there aren’t any group I.
Sixth consecutive win
No shock that Steyn, who’s trying to find a sixth consecutive win, will begin in Group A.
Steyn has received each version of the ladies’s race since 2018.
The 2020 and 2021 races had been cancelled as a result of Covid-19 pandemic.
Steyn set the present race document of 3:26:54 in final yr’s race.
There might be a R250 000 incentive for Steyn – or anybody else – to interrupt that point, on high of the cash on provide for these ending contained in the High 10.
Steyn took to Instagram on Friday to indicate off what she’ll be carrying – and she or he’ll be exhausting to overlook!
As reported by The South African web site, Steyn switched to the Hollywood Athletics Membership in January this yr and can thus run of their distinctive purple colors.
Steyn can have her identify ‘Gerda’ emblazoned on her quantity, however is formally, for these wishing to trace her progress, quantity A6067.
Steyn captioned her social media publish with: ‘Wow, I can’t consider it’s the day earlier than Two Oceans 2025!!!
‘I’ve executed everythinnnnggg to be prepared for race day and am simply excited to get to that begin line!!!
‘All the most effective to each runner, it’s going to be scorching in additional methods than one nevertheless it’s additionally going to be sooo implausible!!
‘See you on the end line!!’
Anticipate Gerda to be ready on the end line for the second girl to finish her race …
Two Oceans Extremely Marathon begin instances
| A | 05:15 |
| B | 05:17 |
| C | 05:19 |
| D | 05:21 |
| E | 05:23 |
| F | 05:25 |
| G | 05:27 |
| H | 05:29 |
| J | 05:31 |
| Ok | 05:33 |
| L | 05:35 |
| M | 05:37 |
| N | 05:39 |
Two Oceans Extremely Marathon route map
In the meantime, the Two Oceans Half Marathon over 21.1km will happen on Sunday, 6 April with the primary runners setting off at 06.15.
The beginning and end are the identical because the extremely marathon.
The half marathon has reportedly attracted near 17 000 entrants.
Under are the beginning instances from 06:15 (Group A) and 07:00 (Group R).
Word, there aren’t any teams I and O.
Two Oceans Half Marathon begin instances
| A | 06:15 |
| B | 06:18 |
| C | 06:21 |
| D | 06:24 |
| E | 06:27 |
| F | 06:30 |
| G | 06:33 |
| H | 06:36 |
| J | 06:39 |
| Ok | 06:42 |
| L | 06:45 |
| M | 06:48 |
| N | 06:51 |
| P | 06:54 |
| Q | 06:57 |
| R | 07:00 |
Two Oceans Half Marathon route map
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