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10 April 2017
  
Old Mutual Two Oceans 2017

All Nedbank Running Club athletes invited!

Please join us at the Nedbank Running Club marquee at the finish venue of the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday 15 April 2017.

You will be met by one of our Nedbank hospitality team representatives just after you exit the medal table shoot at the finish which will give you your meal and drinks vouchers. They will be wearing Nedbank T-Shirts with Future Life and Biogen logos at the back.

They will direct you to the Nedbank hospitality marquee that is situated next to the finishing strait on the far south end on the mountainside of the venue.

Just look out for the Nedbank feather flags and gazebos. - Click here to see map!

There will be massage students who will be giving you a rubdown if needed

Our loyal partner FutureLife will have their traditional smoothie corner for you. FUTURELIFE® HIGH ENERGY Smart food is scientifically formulated to be South Africa’s first and only low GI meal that is high in Energy, has 25 vitamins and minerals, 19 Amino Acids, is high in Omega 3, and contains clinically tested Moducare.

Our Energy partner Biogen will provide the necessary recovery and energy drinks and recovery bars. The Pro Series category of the Biogen brand includes: nutritional supplements (protein powders, mass gainers as well as delicious and convenient protein bars and ready to drink options), energy & endurance options (preparation, performance, and recovery), and weight management (a host of different products to compliment your diet) as well strength and performance products to get that little bit extra in training.

There will also be Stratum Benefits sponsored water for you to experience! For those who don't feel excited about drinking water there will be beers, ciders, and cold drinks.

NB. Please note we have more than 900 Nedbank runners entered for the Two Oceans marathon and we cannot accommodate all the families inside the Nedbank hospitality marquee because of limited space.

Your entrance ticket is your meal and drinks voucher and your Nedbank Running kit.
There will be gazebos outside the marquee to use as well and we will put beanbags there for extra space!

Granite events will do the catering for the food and we do have beef and chicken burgers on the menu!

Enjoy your race and see you after you collected your medal in the Hospitality marquee where you can meet some of the Nedbank Green Dream athletes!

 

TWO OCEANS NEDBANK RUNNING CLUB TEAM TOPS

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Dear Nedbank Running Club Members

To those who ordered the Two Oceans Nedbank Running Club Team tops, you can collect them on Friday 14 April at the Two Oceans expo from the FutureLife stand or at the Nedbank Running Club Marquee on 15 April after the race

Two Oceans 2017
 

Old Mutual Two Oceans 2017

TOP LOCAL ATHLETES CAN EXPECT TOUGH COMPETITION FROM INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENT

Elite athletes from all over the world, African and South Africa will descend on the Mother City to take part in the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon which takes place on Easter Saturday 15 April 2017.

The athletes are expected to deliver a top class performance both in the Half and the Ultra Marathon.  
Caroline Wöstmann and Charné Bosman (Nedbank Running Club) have dominated ultra running in this country for the past few years, with Wöstmann taking line honours in the past two Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathons.

Bosman has chosen to focus her training on the Comrades Marathon later in the year, while Wöstmann will be lining up come Easter Saturday but can expect some tough competition from those who are only focusing on the 56km Ultra Marathon.

This year there is a top contingent of international and African athletes that have confirmed their entries.  These include Belarusian Marina Damantsevich (Nedbank Running Club) and Ethiopians Almtsehay Kakissa (Nedbank Running Club) and Elisabeth Arsedo (Nedbank Running Club) who all boast personal bests of sub 2 hours 40 minutes for the standard marathon.

The fastest marathoner in the women’s field is Damantsevich who has come to Cape Town with one goal, and that is to win and take home the first prize of R250 000.  She boasts a marathon personal best of 2:30:07 (Warsaw Marathon 2015) and has run a host of sub 2 hour 35-minute marathons during her running career.

When asked if she plans to break the record, her coach Anatoliy Bychkov said that the record is an extremely tough one to break and that the runner needs to be comfortable running a sub 2 hour 26 minute marathon to do so.  Bychkov added that they plan to have her ready to break the record in 2018.

There is an additional prize purse of R1-million courtesy of Old Mutual for the athlete who breaks the record originally set by Thompson Magawana and Frith van der Merwe.  Magawana set the men’s record of 3:03:44 in 1988, while Van der Merwe set the women’s record a year later in 1989 when she ran 3:30:36.  The closest any runner has come since then is Zimbabwean Marko Mambo, who ran 3:05:39 in 2005.  Russian Olesya Nurgalieva ran the second fastest women’s time in 2011 when she crossed the finish line in 3:33:58.

For more information, visit the website www.twooceansmarathon.org.za and join the online conversation on social media platforms – Facebook www.facebook.com/TwoOceansMarathon, Twitter www.twitter.com/2oceansmarathon or Instagram at www.instagram.com/2oceansmarathon, and follow the #RunAsOne hashtag.