If you are participating as a temp-licenced runner, you are not insured, and TOM will not be held responsible for any consequences or any loss. We strongly encourage all runners to join a running club and be fully licenced.
South African runners/runners who are not from South Africa but are living or working in SA must join an official Running Club for both the Ultra Marathon and Half Marathon. Running Clubs will provide their members with official ASA Licence Numbers. Only Rest-of-Africa and International Runners not living or working in South Africa are exempted.
Temporary Licences can be purchased only through the TOM entry application process. Please be advised that the Temporary Licence is not a physical item, but rather linked to the your tracker on your race number.
If you did not join a Running Club to receive your ASA Licence Number or purchase a Temporary Licence through the TOM entry application process, you will unfortunately forfeit your entry. It is important that you update your current year ASA Licence Number or selected the Temporary Licence option on your profile.
No problem. Please email Race Office at info@twooceansmarathon.org.za
In the email, kindly provide the name of your qualifier so it can be added on our side. If you’re an international, you can type in the name of the race yourself. Should you still need assistance you are, of course, free to email us.
What counts as a qualifying race? We accept any local race generating an officially measured time from gun to mat, or mat to mat, and that has submitted proof of official course measurement to our Race Manager. Contact info@twooceansmarathon.org.za for more info. If your international race is not listed, also please contact info@twooceansmarathon.org.za
If you’re a not a South African but you are residing (living) in South Africa, you must enter as a local runner.
If you’re a Blue or Yellow number holder, you receive priority entry status. Blue and Yellow club number entries open prior to entries for the general public. We will email you your entry link and along with all the other information you may need.
Please ensure that your TOM runner profile is up to date.
Entries are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Your invitation to enter on this date is exclusive and non-transferable. You must make payment by midnight on the date stipulated, or by the time capacity is reached.
If you did not manage to secure one of the priority BNC entries available, you’ll automatically be added to:
• Ultra Marathon ballot draw 1, in which TOM Ultra Marathon runners with 7 or more medals will stand a higher chance of being selected for an entry, or
• Half Marathon draw 1 for ASA club members.
Enter at www.twooceansmarathon.org.za You will see a big sign saying ‘Click here to ENTER’. This will ONLY be visible once Entries have opened.
Firstly, create your https://admin.twooceansmarathon.org.za/Identify.aspx if you have not done so yet.
When entries open, go to our homepage, www.twooceansmarathon.org.za
You will see a sign that says ‘ENTER HERE’. This will only appear once entries are actually open.
- Both the Ultra and Half Marathon go via the ballot/draw system: you will apply to go into an entry draw or ‘lottery’.
- You will have several days in which to apply.
- During this application period, you cannot pay for your entry.
- You can only pay for your entry once your name has been drawn.
- We will let you know by email if your name has been chosen in the draw by computer-generated random selection.
There are two Ultra Marathon draws, and two Half Marathon draws.
Ultra Marathon draws:
1. The first Ultra Marathon draw is for runners who have 7 or more TTOM Ultra Marathon medals.
2. The second draw is for everyone else.
Half Marathon draws:
1. The first Half Marathon draw is for runners who belong to running clubs. This is called the ASA club draw.
2. The second draw is for the rest of the runners who do not belong to a running club. This second draw is called the general draw. If you were not drawn in Half Marathon draw 1 as a club member, your name will automatically go into draw 2.
You will forfeit or lose your entry if you do not pay for it. Once you have paid for your entry, you must also ensure that all your other information is up to date. If not, you will unfortunately also forfeit your entry.
The criteria for being an African runner is based on your country of residence (i.e. where you live and/or work now), not on your nationality. So, if you live and/or work in an African country other than South Africa, you must enter as an African runner.
If you have not yet created your TOM profile, do so here https://admin.twooceansmarathon.org.za/Identify.aspx
If you already have a TOM profile, ensure that all your information is up to date.
When entries open, you will be able to enter at www.twooceansmarathon.org.za
Watch this TOM website as well as our official social media platforms for entry opening dates. You’ll secure your entry on a first come, first served basis. You must pay before capacity is reached, in other words, before all the African entries are sold out.
The criteria for being an African runner is based on your country of residence (i.e. where you are living and/or working now), not on your nationality. So, if you’re a South African living in another African country, you must enter as an African runner.
The criteria for being an international runner is based on your country of residence (i.e. where you are living and working now), not on your nationality. So, if you’re a South African living abroad, you must enter as an international runner.
If you have not yet created your TOM profile, do so here https://admin.twooceansmarathon.org.za/Identify.aspx.
If you already have a TOM profile, ensure that all your information is up to date.
Once entries open you will be notified via e-mail, entries will close once capacity is reached.
You will be able to enter on our homepage at www.twooceansmarathon.org.za
You’ll secure your entry on a first-come, first-served basis. You must pay before capacity is reached, in other words, before all the International entries are sold out.
You will be able to pay by debit card, credit card or instant EFT when paying for your entry. You can also pay in store at these retailers; Boxer, Builders Warehouse, Cambridge Food, Game, Makro, Pep, and Pick ‘n Pay.
Online payments
If you choose to pay online and not in-store, you can pay via Mastercard or Visa.
In-store payments
To pay in-store, choose ‘retail store’ as your payment method on the TOM entry system when entering. You will receive an 11-digit payment reference number. Use this reference to pay at the till in-store.
No. An unsuccessful group application will affect the whole group of runners. We also believe that individual applications make for a fair and transparent process.
The ballot/draw system is a draw. It is like a lottery. When you apply to ‘enter’, you are applying to go into the draw. You therefore apply to have your name picked or drawn. This is what it means to ‘submit a ballot/draw application’.
There are two Ultra Marathon draws, and two Half Marathon draws.
Ultra Marathon draws:
1. The first Ultra Marathon draw is for runners who have 7 or more TOM Ultra Marathon medals.
2. The second draw is for everyone else.
Half Marathon draws:
1. The first Half Marathon draw is for runners who belong to running clubs. You must be in good standing with your club. This is called the ASA club draw.
2. The second draw is for the rest of the runners who do not belong to a running club. This second draw is called the general draw. If you were not drawn in Half Marathon draw 1 as a club member, your name will automatically go into draw 2.
You don’t pay anything when you apply. You only pay if your name is successfully drawn. You’ll get an email letting you know if your application has been successful, i.e. if your name has been drawn.
Once you submit your ballot application or apply to go into the draw (same thing), a computer selects which names are randomly drawn. In other words, it’s like the lottery but instead of drawing lucky numbers, the names of lucky runners will be drawn.
You will be refunded, but this refund will only happen once the runner who has taken over your entry has paid for it via the TOM entry system.
You’ll receive an email with all your Race details prior to the Race.
The demand for entries for both the Ultra Marathon and Half Marathon by far exceeds the number of entries available. In line with international best practice, we have changed to this ‘draw’ system which is the ‘fairest’ as it levels the playing fields.
The advantage to you as a runner is that you won’t lose out just because you couldn’t get in on a first come, first served basis.
If your internet connection is slow or you don’t have internet access, you no longer have to worry as you have several days to go into the draw. You now have a smooth, inclusive, fair and audited process without the rush and anxiety of having to get into the entry system ‘first’.
You also have a much longer time in which to pay with the ballot system.
Verify Your Entry
Please click on the link below to verify your entry.
Verify Race Entry/Check Results (twooceansmarathon.org.za)
Current Entries Status
ULTRA MARATHON
Important Notes
- Your entry category is based on your residential address.
- Entries are not accepted at the Expo.
- All international runners must run a qualifying marathon and submit their results by the Profile Update Deadline.
- All Rest-of-Africa/International entrants must run a qualifying marathon and submit their results before the Profile Update Deadline.
- International and Rest-of-Africa entrants are invited to participate in the International Friendship Run, which may or may not be held in any given year. This is a free event, and additional guests can be added to your entry at a nominal fee. Remember to enter this event from your Entry Dashboard.
HALF MARATHON
Important Notes
- Your entry category is based on your residential address.
- Entries are not accepted at the Expo.
- International and Rest-of-Africa entrants are invited to participate in the International Friendship Run (IFR), which may or may not be held in any given year. This is a free event, and additional guests can be added to your entry at a nominal fee. Remember to enter this event from your Entry Dashboard.
No, you have an equal chance of being drawn whether you submit your name on the first day, last day, or any day in between. Just make sure your name is in by the last day on which you can go into the draw.
You will receive an email and/or SMS after each draw to let you know if you were chosen in the draw. Good luck! You will also be able to check your profile to see if you were chosen in the draw. Please remember to update your profile information.
Blue Number Club members have completed 10 or more Ultra Marathons or Half Marathons, and Yellow Number holders have completed nine Ultra or Half Marathons. Giving them the first chance to enter on a first come, first served basis is our way of saying ‘thank you’ for their loyalty to TOM.
We usually have about 3 000 international entrants taking part in our events. These international participants from as many as 89 countries bring even more attention to TTOM as a world-class, global sporting spectacular.
They play an important role in promoting the City of Cape Town as a top international sporting, event and tourism destination. This plays a big role in creating the huge economic benefit TOM brings to the Western Cape economy. TOM contributes R672 million to the economy of the Western Cape annually.
All our runners are important to us. But the other reason we can exclude international entrants from the ballot system is that their numbers are still small enough. As this number grows in future, we will change how international runners have to enter should this be necessary, in order to make sure that our entry process is as fair as possible for everyone.
If you miss the payment deadline, you will unfortunately forfeit your entry.
Remember that you can also log in to your profile to check if your application was successful or not once the draws have taken place, so you know if you need to pay or not.
Before the payment deadline, you’ll get reminders that you need to pay, and by when. This is why it is so very important to make sure that the cellphone number and email address you provide on your Profile on the Race Admin Entry System is correct.
Remember to check all the payment deadlines under ‘Events’ on our website homepage.
