The Two Oceans Marathon NPC is pleased to announce that local entries for the next running of the globally esteemed Two Oceans Marathon will open on Monday, 30 September 2024 at 1 PM. 

2025 Will mark the 54th edition of the Totalsports 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).

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, please go to www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/entry-process.

How to enter

Go to our homepage at www.twooceansmarathon.org.za when entries open for your event or category (BNC, 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.
 
Draw dates and criteria

The draw for South African entries opens on Monday, 30 September 2024 at 1 PM 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 2024.

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 2024 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 at 1 PM on Tuesday, 1 October 2024 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 at 1 PM on Friday, 1 November 2024. Fees will be uploaded once the final Totalsports 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 5 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 01 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?

Please be sure to read our FAQs at www.twooceansmarathon.org.za/faqs or contact us at 021 2000 459 (general queries) or 087 133 2285 (race-related queries), or email Customer Services at info@twooceansmarathon.org.za