The Two Oceans marathon is a 56 km / 35 mile ultra-marathon and 21 km half-marathon held annually in Cape Town,South Africa on the Saturday if the Easter Weekend. Self-proclaimed as "The world's most beautiful marathon",the race is run against a backdrop of a spectacular scenery through the Cape Peninsula.
The race starts in Newlands, and follows a more or less circular route though Muizenberg, Fish Hoek, over Chap Man's Peak and Constantia Nek, and eventually finishes at the University of Cape Town campus.
Since it's inaugural edition in 1970, the event has grown into a mid-size competition, with nearly 8,000 runners entering the 2007 ultra-marathon event. The half-marathon (21 km) (31.1 mi) is also held on the same day as the ultra-marathon. In 2007 the half-marathon attracted nearly 11,000 entries, making it the biggest half-marathon in South Africa. Approximately 6,000 runners also took part in various fun runs the day before the race. In 2012 these numbers grew to over 9200 for the ultra-marathon and over 16000 for the half-marathon (where more then half the field where women). :)
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The race starts in Newlands, and follows a more or less circular route though Muizenberg, Fish Hoek, over Chap Man's Peak and Constantia Nek, and eventually finishes at the University of Cape Town campus.
Since it's inaugural edition in 1970, the event has grown into a mid-size competition, with nearly 8,000 runners entering the 2007 ultra-marathon event. The half-marathon (21 km) (31.1 mi) is also held on the same day as the ultra-marathon. In 2007 the half-marathon attracted nearly 11,000 entries, making it the biggest half-marathon in South Africa. Approximately 6,000 runners also took part in various fun runs the day before the race. In 2012 these numbers grew to over 9200 for the ultra-marathon and over 16000 for the half-marathon (where more then half the field where women). :)
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