Two Oceans Marathon organisers have announced that local entries for the 2025 edition of the race will open on Monday, 30 September at 13:00.
Next year’s race mark the 54th edition of the Two Oceans Marathon, with ‘the world’s most beautiful marathon’, set to take place on 5 and 6 April 2025 (Ultra and Half Marathon respectively).
Two Oceans Marathon will take place before Easter
The Two Oceans Marathon for several decades took place on the Easter long weekend, before moving to the weekend after – or a fortnight later – in recent years.
However, the 2025 race will take place two weeks BEFORE Easter, with Easter Sunday scheduled for 20 April.
Gerda Steyn is the reigning women’s Two Oceans Marathon champion, while Onalenna Khonkhobe, also from South Africa, won this year’s race.
Africa’s best loved road race attracts more than 3 000 international runners annually and is widely referred to as a stellar ‘bucket list’ running event the world over.
All entry information, dates, entry opening times and fees can be found at: www.twooceansmarathon.org.za
South African Half and Ultra Marathon entries will go into a draw
Once again, the entry process for South African runners will be via a draw or ‘lottery’ system.
Runners wishing to enter will go into a draw or ‘lottery’ and will be allocated an entry once their name is drawn.
Entrants will receive confirmation of their entry once they have paid for it, subject to meeting qualifier and any other criteria as stipulated, by the relevant deadlines.
Runners may go into the draw for only one event.
For more information on the entry process, visit www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/entry-process
How to enter
Visit www.twooceansmarathon.org.za when entries open for your event or category (Blue Number Club, International or Rest-of-Africa) and click ‘ENTER HERE’.
Create a profile if you do not yet have one on the system and follow the prompts.
Fees
The ratified 2025 entry fees are below.
All South African runners wishing to participate in the Ultra Marathon need to belong to a running club and be licensed accordingly
| ENTRY CATEGORY | ULTRA MARATHON (Includes complimentary Ultra Marathon T-shirt) | HALF MARATHON (Half Marathon runners have the option to purchase a Half Marathon T-shirt) |
| Licensed South African Athletes | R840 | R450 |
| Unlicensed South African Athletes | N/A | R450 + R75 for temp licence |
| Rest of Africa Athletes | R1 030 | R830 |
| International Athletes | R3 080 | R2 160 |
Two Oceans Marathon 2025 draw dates and criteria
The draw for South African entries opens on Monday, 30 September at 13:00 and closes on Sunday, 6 October 2024 at midnight.
The draws will be weighted in favour of certain categories of runners including Blue Number Club members, Yellow Numbers and Athletics South Africa (ASA) club runners.
The draws will take place on Monday, 7 October.
Runners taking part in the draw may pay for their entry only once their name has been successfully drawn and are allocated an entry.
Payment due dates for local Half and Ultra Marathon entries
Runners drawn in the ballot have until midnight on Saturday, 30 November to make their payment. Entries not paid by the payment due date will be forfeited.
International and Rest-of-Africa entries
International and Rest-of-Africa entries open on Tuesday, 1 October at 13:00 and close when capacity is reached.
International and Rest-of-Africa entries do not go via the draw system and entries are secured once payment is received.
Charity entries
Charity entries will open on Friday, 1 November at 13:00.
Fees will be uploaded once the final Two Oceans Marathon 2025 charity partners have been confirmed.
Cape Town International Friendship Run and Trail Run
Event dates, entry fees and all relevant information will be communicated subject to these events being confirmed in due course.
Ultra Marathon qualifiers
Any officially timed and measured marathon or longer distance, run after 1 July 2024, can be used as a qualifier.
When verifying runners as club members, clubs will also be required to verify runners’ qualifying times.
For the Ultra Marathon the qualifying time for a standard marathon distance is five hours.
For qualifying times for distances greater than a standard marathon, please go to: www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/events/ultra-marathon
Half Marathon seeding
The submission of a completed 10km, 15km or 21km race(s) run after 1 July 2024 will be used to determine participants’ placements in the respective seeding pens on race day.
When verifying runners as club members, clubs will also have to verify runners’ seeding times.
More questions?
Read the FAQs at www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/faqs
or contact the race organisers at:
(021) 2000 459 (general queries) or 087 133 2285 (race-related queries), or email Customer Services at info@twooceansmarathon.org.za
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