Top of the pile is a massive R200 000 available to the top  South African  male runner, should he improve on the South African record of  2:06:33, while the winner of the women's race can earn a similar amount for breaking Elana Meyer's long standing SA record of 2:26:35.

The first male runner finishing under 2:10:00 will earn an incentive of R75 000, the second runner R50 000 and the third R30 000.

For a time under 2:11:00 the first male will receive R25 000, the second R15 000 and the third R10 000.

The first runner finishing under 2:12:00 will receive an incentive of R 8000, the second R6000 and the third R 4000.

The first woman athlete to finish under 2:33:00 will earn an incentive of R75 000 the second runner R50 000 and the third R30 000.

For a time under 2:36:00 the first woman will qualify for R25 000, the second R15 000 and the third R10 000.

The first woman finishing under 2:39:00 will receive an incentive of R 8000, the second R6000 and the third R 4000.

In the 10km race the top male athlete under 28:00 will bag R10 000 in incentive money with the first runner under 28:30 getting R7000 and the first under 29:00 receiving R5000.

In the women's 10km race the first athlete under 32:00 will bag R10 000 in incentive money with the first runner under 32:30 getting R7000 and the first under 33:00 receiving R5000.

Record and time incentives are not cumulative, and only the top three local athletes in the marathon, and top three performers will receive time incentives, while regular prize monies are still payable in line with the various age categories recognised at the race.

Late entries for the Nedbank Cape Town Marathon and in the 10km will be taken at the City Hall in Darling Street on Friday, 25 September (10h00 - 17h00) and Saturday, 26 September (10h00 to 20h00).  The race will start at 06h30 on Sunday, 27 September.

But this is not the only reason why marathon athletes across the continent are preparing to put their efforts into this race, as the route is designed in such a way that the athletes can expect to run world class times on this circular route, especially if the cape doctor doesn't blow .

Run in the heart of the mother city with views of the best natural & historic sites, the marathon starts in Adderley Street and the course is flat, easy and pleasant as runners head out of town eastwards through Salt River, to Mowbray before returning to the Foreshore and a unique run right through the V&A Waterfront. Onwards, along Mouille Point and Sea Point promenade with views of Robben Island, before a return finish in the city centre on the Grand Parade. For Joe average a generous 8hr cut-off applies.

The 10km event in the best of the best and includes the V&A Waterfront, Mouille Point and the City centre, truly a blistering quick and flat course with a 2hr cut-off.

Top South African male athletes that have entered the event include Nedbank Running club runners like Colin Khoza, Mzwanele Maphekula, Pule Hlabahlaba, Phillip Molefe and two times Nedbank S.A. marathon champion George Mofokeng. The Kenyan Paul Manwa as well as the seasonal Zimbabwe runner, Mike Fokoroni will also line up for the event.

South Africa's Coolboy Ngamole, back from his efforts in Berlin at the recent World championships in Berlin is also showing interest in the race, but it will probably be a bridge to soon after his 2h16min effort there, to expect from him to be amongst the top runners.

The ladies line up will see Tshifhiwa Mundalamo, who was the first S.A athlete home this year in the Nedbank S.A Marathon championships in Durban, trying to better on her 2h47minutes 05 seconds. She will be joined by club mates Ndofhiwa Mandiwana and Paulina Njeya. The Zimbabwean born athlete, Sharon Tavenga, is in great shape and she will be the favorite to beat on the day.

Online entries are available at www.nedbanksponsorships.co.za or www.capetownmarathon.org.za close 18 September. Entrance fees: 42.2km - R65.00, 10km - R35.00.   The 5km  cost R10.00 and will be held on Saturday 26 September at 16:00 at Three anchor Bay.


Regards
Nick Bester- National Manager Nedbank Running Club.

Nedbank Running Club Tent and refresments after the race for Nedbank Athletes

Date: 27 September 2009
Time: 06h30
 
Distance: 42.2; 10; 
Province: Western Province
Start: Cnr Adderly & Darling Streets
Cape Town
 
Enquiries:
Contact 1: Western Province Athletics
(W) 021-6990612
(Email) wpathletics@iafrica.com
 
Entry Details:
You can also enter online at www.nedbanksponsorships.co.za, or at leading local sports stores. Postal entries for the marathon event will be accepted up to two weeks before the event. Hand-delivered entries will be accepted at the offices of ASA or the Western Province offices up to a week before the race. Call the race office to confirm whether late entries will be accepted. No entries are taken on the day of the race. Grand Masters enjoy free entry.
Walkers are Welcome 

Entrance fees: 42.2km - R65.00, 10km - R35.00, 5km - R10.00
 
Route Description:
quick and flat course.    2hr cut-off
Route Type: Circular
Oh Cape Town, how can any city in Africa be more beautiful? It is springtime in the fairest Cape of all. The re-designed course of 2007 is one of the flattest marathons on the South African calendar and is arguably the first truly global city-marathon experience in the country, full of potential, stunning beauty and big-city charm. Your personal best lies in this one.

The start is in Adderley Street and the course is flat, easy and pleasant as you run out of town eastwards through Salt River, Observatory, Liesbeek Park, Mowbray and around the Rondebosch Common. Onward, through Athlone and the leafy suburb of Pinelands on the broad and quiet roads, and past Old Mutual Park at the 19-kilometre mark. This is a good time to settle into an easy rhythm, check your drinking and think about breaking records today.

As you leave Pinelands in a westwards direction, you run back towards the foreshore via Woodstock and the City Bowl. The romance of the harbour, Africa's busiest seaport, comes and goes. Ahead, the historic, highly sought-after tourist destination, the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront beckons.

By the time Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria's second son, tipped the first load of stone into the sea to start construction in 1860, the Mother City was a hive of seafront activity. Thanks to the discovery of diamonds and then gold in South Africa, the harbour had to be expanded. The Victoria Basin was added to the Alfred Basin. This is a heritage site that retains the charm of Victorian industrial architecture, a time when sail and early steam passed by on their way to the East.

The Nobel Peace Prize Laureates statue features to the side of the route. Take a deep breath here, and drink in the pride of our nation. Thank our men of peace. Now it's back to the business of the marathon. Watch the clock as you cross the Clock Tower Bridge. Don't spend too much time at one of the many pubs and restaurants as the route takes you out under the Table View Hotel at 32-kilometres. The distance starts to bite now as you run onwards to the Eastern Pier and Granger Bay. The course remains flat and easy along Beach Road, with the smell of the sea giving you renewed energy, along the promenade through Mouille Point, past the lighthouse and on to Three Anchor Bay.

Three Anchor Bay is nestled at the foot of Signal Hill, with wide lawns and a sweeping view of the cold Atlantic. Out to sea shimmers Robben Island, that infamous home to political prisoners in years past. The promenade takes the scenic route to Sea Point as you check your time and think of your goal, a PB. For in truth, the race is drawing to an end. A quick swing for home and the last two downhill kilometres will propel you to the end of this most memorable marathon. The finish line is in Darling Street, in front of Cape Town's historic City Hall, where former President Nelson Mandela gave his famous Freedom Speech in February 1990. Take a drink and relax on the lawns of the Cape Castle. The beauty of it, the feel of it; a marathon in Cape Town. Bliss. 

Date: 27 September 2009
Time: 06h00
Organisers: Central Gauteng Athletics
Distance: 50; 21.1; 

Start: Blackwood Rd, Hennops Park Centurion
and
Western Service Rd, Woodmead
Mirriam Makeba Street 
 
Enquiries:
Contact 1: Central Gauteng Athletics
(W) 011-8732726
 
Entry Details:
Postal entries are taken up to a month before the race, and most specialist sports stores accept entries up to a week before the race. Blind runners and Grand Masters enjoy free entry.
Walkers are Welcome
 
Route Description:
Route Type: Point to point

Nedbank Running Club Tent and Refresments avalible for Nedbank Athletes after race

Date: 26 September 2009
Time: 06h00
Organisers: Alpha Centurion Runners
Distance: 21.1; 10; 5; 

Start: Rietondale Park
Soutpansberg Road
Rietondale Park, Pretoria
 
Enquiries:
Contact 1: Event Office (Pretoria)
(W) 012-4609065
(F) 012-4601626
(Email) info@sportsvendo.co.za
 
Entry Details:
Pre-entries are also available at McCarthy Volkswagen and Audi dealerships in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Witbank and Middelburg, as well as selected Sportsmans Warehouses. Late entries are taken at the start from 04h30.
Walkers are Welcome
 
Route Description:
Route Type: Circular
This is a fairly flat and easy running course with one or two long, gentle uphill pulls. Both the half marathon and 10-kilometre courses are single laps.
 

 

Date: 26 September 2009
Time: 08h00
Organisers: Vryheid Athletic Club
Distance: 35; 10; 
 
Start: Ntshondwe Main Camp
Ithala Game Reserve
Louwsburg
 
Enquiries:
Contact 1: Ingrid Kusel
(F) 034-9821629
(C) 073-8675712
(Email) ingridkusel@internext.co.za
 
Entry Details:
SMS your e-mail address or fax number to Ingrid Kusel and you will be sent an entry form. Pre-entry close 12 September 2009. Late entries taken at the start on race day. In the interests of conservation, the field is limited to 250 runners.
Walkers are Welcome
 
Route Description:
Route Type: Circular
This attractive and unique challenge follows the tourist route below the escarpment for about the first 15 kilometres. Here runners are treated to amazing views of the Ithala Game Reserve. The following 10 kilometres are gruelling; a downhill clatter with a steady uphill pull back to the start. This last 10-kilometre climb will test the strength of any runner.

Date: 26 September 2009
Time: 07h00
Organisers: Pieter du Preez
Distance: 24; ; 
 
Start: Lady Grey Country Club
 
Enquiries:
Contact 1: Pieter du Preez
(H) 051-6037002
(F) 051-6037002
(C) 083-2949477

Contact 2: Anna-Marie du Preez
(H) 051-6037002
(F) 051-6037002
(C) 076-2142152
 
Entry Details:
Pre-entries close on Wednesday 23 September 2009. The field is limited to the first 199 runners.
Walkers are Welcome
 
Route Description:
Route Type: Point to point
The first four kilometres are slightly downhill as you run through Lady Grey. This is a mountain race, and the route follows the old "Lesotho trekpad" to the highest point near the 11-kilometre mark. This is 2400 metres above sea level. From there, the path leads to the top of the third-highest mountain pass in South Africa, the Jouberts' Pass.

There is some running on gravel road for about two kilometres, before turning left onto a single footpath that leads to the half-marathon mark, and a steep descent back into town and to the finish at the Lady Grey Country Club.

Date: 26 September 2009
Time: 07h00
Organisers: SA Police Northern Free State
Distance: 10; ; 

Start: Riebeeckstad Police
Craib Avenue
 
Enquiries:
Contact 1: Peter Bailey
(W) 057-3918800
(H) 057-3883860
(F) 057-3918824
(C) 084-5883860
(Email) pmbail@absamail.co.za

Contact 2: Ernst van den Berg
(C) 083-5289987
 
Entry Details:
Enter at the start from 06h00.
Walkers are Welcome
 
Route Description:
Route Type: Circular
The first half of this race is more difficult than the second. With a fairly testing pull from the start, the first half is mainly uphill. The second half is downhill, with the final stretch to the finish fast and easy.
 

Date: 26 September 2009
Time: 07h00
Organisers: Whalers Athletic Club
Distance: 21.1, 6; ; 6

Start: Hermanus High School
 
Enquiries:
Contact 1: Ria Acker
(W) 028-3123760
(F) 028-3130814

Contact 2: M Milne
(W) 028-3123760
(F) 028-3130814
(Email)mmilne@hhadmin.co.za
 
Entry Details:
Late entries are taken at the start between 05h30 and 06h45.
Walkers are Welcome
 
Route Description:
Route Type: Circular
The race starts with a short hill in the first kilometre. The route then flattens out as you run through town to the new harbour and onto the coastal road where there are a number of testing pulls. The toughest hill is found near the 18-kilometre mark; the climbing is short, but steep. This is a scenic event, with fine views of the cliffs and the whales frolicking in the waves.

 

Date: 27 September 2009
Time: 07h00
Organisers: Nedbank Bloem Achilles
Distance: 10; ; 

Start: Bloemfontein (TBC)
 
Enquiries:
Contact 1: Bloemfontein Achilles (5-7pm)
(W) 051-4445867
(F) 051-4445867
(Email) bloemachilles.co.za
 
Entry Details:
Pre-entries close a week before the race. Late entries are taken at the club house during the week before the race and at the start from 06h00.
Walkers are Welcome
 
Route Description:
Route Type: Circular
The name suggests a fast and easy course.
 

All 5km proceeds will be donated to a charity
Race packs for the first 1,000 entrants
 
Race Flyer
 
Event Date : 03 Oct 2009
 
Venue : CAPEGATE SHOPPING PRECINCT
Online Start Date : 26 Aug 2009
Online End Date : 01 Oct 2009
Contact : Wilby Steenkamp / Jacques van Heerden / Guest Relations Desk
Contact Number : 084 200 4588 / 082 962 3538 / 021 981 2331 
  
Start Time
10km Run 07:00
5km Walk 07:15
At the Pick 'n Pay Entrance
 
General
10km run - walkers also welcome
First Aid at Start & Finish
Water at each refreshment point +- every 3km
Refreshments on sale at various CapeGate Shopping Precinct stores
Please arrive early to avoid traffic congestion
Race results will be sent to all Western Province Clubs
All other clubs that need results must supply their postal address to the organizer
Tog bag facilities will be available
All 5km proceeds will be donated to a charity
Race packs for the first 1,000 entrants
Race Results: www.raceresults.co.za | www.wpa.org.za
Registration on 2 October at the Centre Court, CapeGate between 17hOO & 20H00 or on the day of the event before the race from 05H30 - 06H50
 
Medals
GOLD 10km Run & League Walk - First 10 males & first 10 females
SILVER : Next 1480
GOLD 5km: First 400
 
 

 
 
 

To be held in Polokwane, Limpopo
Venue: Van Riebeeck Cricket Field, Suid Street, Polokwane
Start time: 07:00 for the 21.1km and 07:15 for the 5km

For more info and for online entries go to the road running calendar page of: www.nedbanksponsorships.co.za