22 March 2005: No 11/05

OLD MUTUAL TWO OCEANS MARATHON 2005

The 36 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon 2005 will be held on 26 March 2005. The DOD participants this year will be ± 246, of whom 37 will be ladies. The DOD, as a combined club, has the 4^th largest club entry for this year’s Two Oceans Marathon.

The runners will cover a distance of 56 km from UCT (University of Cape Town) via Chapman’s Peak and back.

The Sec Def, CSANDF and members of the Defence Staff Council, as well as the management of the SANDF Road Runners Association, wish all participants a successful race and trust that their personal goals for the day will be accomplished.

The Defence Force will have a special stand at the UCT campus where all the families and friends of the participants will gather to cheer the runners.

The national flag and the SANDF flag will be displayed in front of the Defence Force stand for easy identification.

Two (2) DOD athletes will try to obtain the blue numbers by completing their tenth Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon.

This year 1039 foreign athletes will participate in the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon competition.

The event will be marked by an increasing number of mature athletes.

A total of ± 7830 athletes will participate in the 56 km and ± 7651 athletes in the 21 km distance, respectively.

For more information about the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon 2005 you may contact Col Zirk Lourens at telephone (012) 674 6502.