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www.twooceansmarathon.org.za. The Two Oceans Marathon is a 56 kilometres (35 mi) ultramarathon and 21 kilometres (13 mi) half-marathon held annually in Cape Town, South Africa on the Saturday (Ultra) and Sunday (Half) the weekend after Easter weekend. (previously was on Easter weekend) Known globally as "the world's most beautiful marathon", [1 ...
He is known for his achievements at the Comrades Marathon, run annually between Durban and Pietermaritzburg in South Africa, where he is a 3-time winner (2014, 2017 and 2018) and an 8-time gold medal winner, finishing in the top 10 between 2009 and 2019. In 2019 he added to his racing honours by winning the 56 km Two Oceans Marathon in Cape ...
The 56-kilometre (35 mi) Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town in the southern autumn attracts approximately 11,000 runners. Off-road: The Salomon Sky Run is a grueling 100 kilometres (62 mi) self-supported, unmarked trail race held in a particularly scenic part of the country.
The Cape Town Cycle Tour, with as many as 35 000 cyclists taking part, is the world's largest individually timed cycle race. [3] The other two are the world's largest ultra-marathon running event, the Comrades Marathon , and the world's largest open water swim, the Midmar Mile .
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is a City Marathon (42.2 km) held in Cape Town, South Africa, first held in its current form in 2007. Available distances include the marathon, a 10K, a 5K, and two trail runs of length 22 km and 12 km. The marathon is held on a fast and flat course, starting and finishing in Green Point, near the Cape Town Stadium ...
He competed in the men's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, he dropped out of the race before the 35 km mark and did not finish the race. Gongqa won the 2017 Two Oceans Marathon. He hails from Khayelitsha in Cape Town. In 2019, he finished in 2nd place in the men's race at the IAU 50 km World Championships.
Personal bests. Marathon: 2H12M. 10 000m: 28M55S. 5 000m: 13M46S. 1 Hour running: 20,3km. Two Oceans Ultra marathon: 3H53M at age 45. Comrades Ultra Marathon: 6H44M at age 36. Ferdinand Andries le Grange (Ferdie; 26 August 1948 – October 2013) [ 1] was a South African plastic surgeon and marathon runner who broke African records.
His record stood for less than two years, being broken by David Tsebe. [8] Mtolo participated in several marathons in South Africa and won five of them during his career, including the J.S.E. Marathon (1985), S.A. Marathon (1988), Ford Marathon (1988), Two Oceans Marathon (1990), [9] and Peninsula Marathon (1990). [10]