Archives for February, 2010
Posted on Feb 25, 2010 under Running |
I am very happy to find out that the Men’s Health Lighthouse Ten is going to happen again in 2010 as it was very difficult finding details on it.
The Men’s Health 10km Lighthouse run takes place on Wednesday, 3 March 2010 along the Sea Point promenade at 6:15pm.
The eight in a series of annual lighthouse races the 10km run starts at the Mouille Point Lighthouse in the direction of the V&A Waterfront. It then doubles back along the promenade toward Bantry Bay before returning to the finish at the Lighthouse.
Over 1800 runners are expected to complete the popular Men’s Health 10km run and collect this years “Hangklip 1960” medal. A refreshment tent and a live DJ will keep the spectators entertained as they cheer their loved ones along as the sun sets on the horizon.
Registration opens at 4:45pm on Wednesday, 3 March. Costs: licensed seniors (R25), licensed juniors (R15), unlicensed seniors (R40), unlicensed juniors (R25). The event is organised in conjunction with the Atlantic Athletic Club.
RULES AND INFORMATION for the 2010 Men’s Health Lighthouse Ten Run
1. Race starts and finishes at the Mouille Point Lighthouse, Beach Rd, between the V&A Waterfront and Sea Point.
2. Participants must be 15 years or older on race day.
3. Licensed club members must wear their 2010 licence numbers on the front and back of their vest.
4. Unlicensed participants must purchase a Temporary Licence at registration and wear this on the front of their upper garment.
5. In addition to overall (open) prizes, participants will only be eligible for an age category prize in the age category they enter. Corresponding numerical age category (J, 40, 50, 60) tags must be worn on the front and back of their club vest. Participants may enter the age category corresponding to their chronological age or any younger category down to senior.
6 Juniors (born 1991 or later) will count towards open team prizes, provided they wear club colours and J tags.
7 Club colours must be worn to qualify for team prizes.
8. Traffic officials and marshals must be obeyed at all times, failing which disqualification may follow.
9. There will be 3 water points on the course and Coke at the finish.
10. Race entry cards to be worn and be visible for the duration of the race.
11. Registration from 16h45 on day of race only.
12. Temporary licensed participants are eligible for age category prizes provided they enter the relevant age group, wear the appropriate age tags and provide proof of age.
13. Official cut off is 1 hour 30 minutes.
14. Prize giving will start at 19h45.
15. No seconding from a moving vehicle or bicycle will be permitted.
16. Each kilometre will be marked.
17. Results will be posted on the WPA website
18. Athletes enter entirely at their own risk. The organisers and sponsors are not responsible for any loss, damage or injury to participants.
19. Medals will be handed to the first 1800 finishers.
20. Tog bag facilities will be provided. Organisers will take reasonable care but will not be responsible for any loss. Do not leave valuables in your bag.
Posted on Feb 24, 2010 under Peninsula Marathon, Race results |
Finally we got the official results from last Sundays 2010 BDO Peninsula Marathon for the 42 km distance:
To look for your result, just start typing your name into the search box of the respective distance you went for:
Full Marathon results (42.195 km)
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Half Marathon results (21.0975 km)
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This is the complete awards list for the Marathon runners:
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FEMALE AGE GROUP |
: OPEN |
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LISA |
BAUMANN |
983 |
39 |
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MPWP |
03:14:39 |
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FARWA |
MENTOOR |
2156 |
36 |
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F |
BONITCG |
03:16:44 |
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JOANNA |
THOMAS |
2049 |
41 |
40-49 |
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VOB |
03:21:03 |
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MALE AGE GROUP: |
OPEN |
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MTHANDAZO |
QHINA |
1439 |
32 |
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ADIDAS |
02:33:59 |
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ZONDWA |
NOMBEXEZA |
1387 |
26 |
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M |
AAC |
02:41:07 |
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MKHULULI |
MBEJENI |
1963 |
27 |
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AAC |
02:45:07 |
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: |
40-49 |
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JOANNA |
THOMAS |
2049 |
41 |
40-49 |
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VOB |
03:21:03 |
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URSULA |
FRANS |
1476 |
41 |
40-49 |
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ADIDAS |
03:22:16 |
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CARINA |
VAN DER MERWE |
1051 |
45 |
40-49 |
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WHALERS |
03:36:34 |
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MALE AGE GROUP: |
40-49 |
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CLIFFORD |
DRURY |
2126 |
40 |
40-49 |
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MPWP |
02:48:23 |
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JIMMY |
DRURY |
2127 |
40 |
40-49 |
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MPWP |
02:52:43 |
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WILLIE |
MTOLO |
2164 |
45 |
40-49 |
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MPCGA |
02:56:52 |
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: |
50-59 |
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JULIETTE |
SAVINI |
845 |
52 |
50-59 |
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DURBAC |
03:43:26 |
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LORRAINE |
ROGERS |
1350 |
50 |
50-59 |
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DURBAC |
03:45:22 |
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HANNELIE |
STADLER |
1353 |
50 |
50-59 |
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STRAND |
03:56:55 |
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MALE AGE GROUP: |
50-59 |
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ZAMA |
WITVOET |
492 |
52 |
50-59 |
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RCSGUGS |
03:02:45 |
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HENRY PAUL |
CIEVERTS |
164 |
51 |
50-59 |
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TOPF |
03:06:37 |
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DESMORE |
OPPEL |
267 |
50 |
50-59 |
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DURBAC |
03:07:11 |
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FEMALE AGE GROUP: |
60-69 |
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VERONICA |
VAN NIEKERK |
939 |
64 |
60-69 |
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ELGRAB |
03:53:29 |
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CHIPPY |
STEEL |
785 |
64 |
60-69 |
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HOUTBAY |
04:33:02 |
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NORMA |
WHEELER |
1071 |
62 |
60-69 |
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WHALERS |
04:35:44 |
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MALE AGE GROUP: |
60-69 |
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BARRIE |
DOWNES |
995 |
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FOREST |
03:53:07 |
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KENNY |
WILLIAMS |
113 |
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60-69 |
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PINE |
03:55:31 |
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TONY |
ABRAHAMSON |
73 |
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FOREST |
04:03:00 |
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FEMALE AGE GROUP |
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CASPAR |
GREEFF |
379 |
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AAC |
04:10:19 |
Peninsula Marathon 2011 results
Posted on Feb 24, 2010 under Running |
Runner.co.za was approached by Dr. Joanne McVeigh from Wits Medical School to call for South African runners to partake in a study looking at bone density in a variety of athletes. We hope that this call appeals to you and ask you to contact here if you’re interested in the study:
Are you training or straining?
Exercise, specifically the weight-bearing kind, is one of the best things we can do to help build and maintain healthy bones. Exercises, like running, walking and weight-lifting, put strain on the skeletal structure and our bones respond by supporting that stress.
Retired athletes have been shown to have an increased bone mass when compared to people who were not physically active in their youth. Recently, there has been evidence to show that competitive road cyclists are 7 times more likely to develop osteopenia of the spine when compared to runners. Osteopenia is the term indicating some bone loss. It is the precursor of osteoporosis, which is a high degree of bone loss.
Are you interested in finding out your bone mass?
We are running a research project which will assess the bone mineral density of male athletes participating in weight bearing (running and mountain biking) and non-weight bearing (swimming and road cycling) sports. We are researching whether the different types of physical activity have different effects on bone mineral density (bone strength).
We are looking for male athletes (runners, mountain bikers, road cyclists and swimmers), aged 18-29 and participating in their chosen sport for a minimum of 5 hours per week. If you choose to partake in our study, you will be asked to come into the Wits Medical School (Parktown, Johannesburg) for a visit lasting approximately one and a half hours. We will take some measurements and perform a Dual Energy X Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scan on your bones where bone mineral density and body fat percentage will be measured. This scan provides valuable information regarding the status of your bone health and is worth over R2000. Your participation in this study will contribute to medical knowledge that may help us to establish whether athletes who participate in non-weight bearing sports are at risk for osteoporosis later on in life. You will not be paid to participate in this study but your transport costs will be reimbursed adequately. Our study has been approved by the board for Human Ethics at the University of the Witwatersrand.
For more information please contact Dr Joanne McVeigh: Jo-anne.McVeigh@wits.ac.za or 011 717 2154
Posted on Feb 22, 2010 under Comrades Marathon |
There are only two important races if you are doing a Comrades Marathon:
1. Your qualifier
2. Comrades Marathon
Every time I hear runners saying sentences like this I shake my head: “I ran a personal best almost every race in my training for Comrades and then on the day I crashed – I can’t understand it?”
Deciding to run the Comrades Marathon is a huge commitment. A person joins a club and gets caught into the notion that one must run every race possible before Comrades
Please take note of the following and if you don’t believe me, ask Bruce Fordyce, Norrie Williamson, Johnny Halberstadt, Alan Rob, Andrew Kelehe and so on.
Races are an important part of training for Comrades. Not to see how fast you can run, but to see how slow you can run.
Let me explain further:
In training you must do speed work, hill training, gym work, recovery runs and slow runs plus your “normal pace” run.
You do not get fast by attempting a PB (personal best) on every race. You get fast by doing specific speed work training over a short distance. FACT!!
The only thing you will get from running flat out every race is burn-out and an injury. Races are there to get your long run in for the week, test various supplements, test new socks, test new drinking patterns, getting used to waking up early, getting used to the crowds at the start and more testing and then some more. When you finish a race, you must finish “fresh” enough to run a further 5km’s with ease. In fact, a good tip is after you finish the race, run back against the “traffic” of runners for a km and then back-at a very slow pace.
With a variation in your weekly training, your times will come down by themselves.
Another tip – do a time trial at your club without your watch. Set yourself a medium pace time and see if you can come in at that time. This will teach you a very important lesson about how you feel at what pace and the ability to judge what pace you are running at during a race. You won’t have to watch the marker boards every km to see your pace, you can judge for yourself and just check with the boards every 5km’s. This is very important for Comrades to be able to pace yourself through the day, and like some of us, into the late afternoon.
In summary: Use the weekend race as a training run and stay fresh for the qualifier and the big day.
Source: 2003 Webarchive of runner.co.za – a timeless piece of writing!
Posted on Feb 04, 2010 under Peninsula Marathon |
We are now happy to provide with you an exact route profile and description, kilometer by kilometer for the 2010 BDO Peninsula Marathon:

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In Main Road to Fish Hoek, at the southern side of the Dido Valley robot intersection next to the robots, facing north. |
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Runners run on the right hand side of the road whilst running out along Main road until they reach Hillside road where they |
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cross over to the left hand side of the road and continue on that side until the Glencairn Expressway intersection |
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In Main Road to Fish Hoek, opposite Dixie’s on LHS |
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In Main Road to Fish Hoek, 100m before lookout point on RHS after Glencairn, and opposite large granite rock on LHS |
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In Main Road to Fish Hoek, 35m after yellow fire hydrant on LHS. Cross over to left at Hillside road |
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In Main Road to Fish Hoek, at Ballycline steps on lhs |
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Kommetjie Road, Fish Hoek, 5m before pedestrian crossing at False Bay College, just past bus stop on RHS |
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Kommetjie Road, Fish Hoek, 3m after robots at intersection with 17th Ave |
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Kommetjie Road, Fish Hoek, 8m after chevron sign on LHS just after 20th Ave ( road to FHAC) |
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Kommetjie Road, Fish Hoek, 100m before robots at Glencairn Expressway intersection |
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Runners turn left at these robots and cross over immediately to the right hand side of the road as they run over Black Hill |
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Black Hill, 15m after start of white slabs on RHS before arm curve barrier and 30m after 90km/hr sign on LHS |
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Black Hill, 100m before roadway on RHS to gate into TMNP area, just before top of Black Hill |
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Black Hill, 100m after half marathon 13km mark, opposite embankment on LHS, after crest of hill |
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Black Hill, half way down Black Hill, 30m before speed limit enforcement sign on LHS and 30m after M6N sign on RHS |
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Black Hill, near bottom of Black Hill, 20m after 90km/hr sign on RHS before Total garage |
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Runners then turn right onto Main Road and continue running on the right hand side of the road until they reach Red Hill |
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Main Road to Simonstown, at ‘No stopping” sign opposite entrance to Glencairn Station on LHS |
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Main Road to Simonstown, 8m before third entrance to old Marine Oil refinery on RHS |
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Runners then run over Red hill staying on the left hand side of the road. |
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Red Hill Road, 20m after Main Road intersection, just after entrance to bus depot on RHS |
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Red Hill Road, amongst Blue gum trees, 12m before hairpin bend sign on RHS |
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Red Hill Road, 70m after hairpin bend sign on RHS |
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Red Hill Road, 150m before hairpin bend sign before view site on LHS |
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Red Hill Road, 75m after Brookland Water scheme turn off on RHS |
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Red Hill Road, at top of Red hill |
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Red Hill Road, just after top of Red Hill, at entrance to Winford farm on RHS |
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Red Hill Road, half way down red Hill 30m before parking area for bus stop on RHS |
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Red Hill Road, on way down Red Hill 15m before last set of shacks on RHS, opposite large burnt our pine tree on LHS |
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Runners bear left at the bottom of Red Hill and then cross over to the right hand side of the road and continue on that |
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side of the road until the finish in Simonstown |
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Road to Cape Point, (M62) 80m before Cape Point Vineyards sign on LHS |
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Road to Cape Point, (M62) 100m before entrance to Cape point nursery on LHS |
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Road to Cape Point, (M62) 5m after fire hydrant and 20m before transformer on pole on RHS |
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Road to Cape Point, (M62) 1m before white culverts |
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Road to Cape Point, (M62) 50m after white bridge |
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Road to Cape Point, (M62) 80m before culverts on either side of the road, in row of pine trees |
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Road to Cape Point,(M62) 80m before white culvert on RHS on hill up to Cape Point entrance |
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Road to Cape Point, (M62), 6m after horses sign on RHS, 100m after Cape Point Ostrich Farm entrance on LHS |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), just after descent to SmitWinkels Bay, 80m after big pine tree on LHS |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), 5m before white bridge on LHS, on RH bend |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), 100m before Millar’s Point on RHS, and opposite steep embankment on RHS, 2m after manhole |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), on LH bend opposite rocky cliffs on LHS and 100m before parking area on RHS |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), 15m after two big white painted rocks on RHS, and 20m after driveway on LHS |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), 80m before entrance to Black Marlin restaurant on RHS |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), at driveway next to tall pine tree on RHS |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), half way along metal fence on RHS, 35m before LH intersection sign on LHS |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), 3m before wooden fence on RHS just before start of Cape Times Fresh Air Fund complex |
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on LHS |
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Road to Simonstown, (M62), next to Dunearn on RHS, just before school on LHS |
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Runners the turn right into Martello Drive and then proceed onto the field at the north eastern corner of the field |
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Martello Drive, half way down road to naval sports fields |
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Naval Sports ground fields, Simonstown, on halfway line of soccer field facing south |

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Main Road Simonstown, at intersection to access road to Simonstown Museum on RHS, facing north, and opposite |
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Waterfall Road on LHS |
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Runners run on the right hand side of the road whilst running out along Main road until they reach the Fish Hoek taraffic |
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Main Road to Fish Hoek, half way alon row of white townhouses as you leave simonstown on LHS |
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Main Road to Fish Hoek,8m before white bus shelter on RHS before Dido Valley Road intersection |
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Main Road to Fish Hoek, 10m before Warbler Way on LHS |
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Main Road to Fish Hoek,on hill out of Glencairn, opposite cul du sac on LHS , before Whale viewing are on RHS |
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Main Road to Fish Hoek, 30m before yellow man hole cover on opposite side of road |
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Main Road to Fish Hoek,opposite no 56 Main Road, Fish hoek, “N’yhoba Lodge” |
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The runners then cross over to the left hand side of the road at the Fish Hoek Traffic Circle and run against the traffic |
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along Kommetjie Road |
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Kommetjie Road, 20m after 7th Ave and 5m after start of brick wall on LHS |
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Kommetjie Road, at False Bay Hospital sign, 30m before robots at 17th Ave |
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Kommetjie Road, 15m after 20th Ave Fish Hoek, ( FH Athletic Club) |
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Kommetjie Road, 15m after Black Hill/Chapmans Peak Drive direction boad on LHS, 200m before Black Hill Robots |
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Runners carry on running until the robot on the centre island of the Black Hill/Kommetjie Road intersection before |
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turning left to proceed up and over Black Hill running within the orange shoulder line against the traffic on the RHS |
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On Black Hill, 20m before 90km/hr sign on LHS as you start going up Black Hill, next to woodcutters on RHS |
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On Black Hill, at start of straight leading up to the top of Black Hill |
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On Black Hill, 500m after top of Black Hill, on RH bend and just past rocky outcrop on LHS |
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Half way down Black Hill 50m before M6N sign on RHS |
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20m before 60km/hr sign on LHS near bottom of Black Hill |
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Runners take the access road for Black Hill and then cross over to the left hand side of Main road, and continue running |
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with the traffic all the way to the finish at the Naval Sports grounds |
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Main Road to Simonstown,7m after robot sign on LHS after brick bus shelter on LHS |
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Main Road to Simonstown, 5m after first gate to old Marine Oil refinery, just after graveyard on RHS |
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Main Road to Simonstown, next to blue bench on LHS and 50m before Redhill turnoff |
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Main Road Simonstown, 5m after M4/ Runciman Drive turnoff sign on LHS |
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Jubilee square Simonstown, next to bus stop sign on lamppost on LHS |
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1 m before sidescreen just before entering Naval Sports ground fields ,Simonstown, |
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Naval Sports ground fields ,Simonstown, on halfway line of soccer field facing south |
Posted on Feb 03, 2010 under Peninsula Marathon |
Only a few days left to register for the 2010 BDO Peninsula Marathon and Half Marathon. Closing date for Entries is midnight on 14th February 2010 – to enter for the BDO Peninsula Marathon and Half Marathon click here and register online.
Due to restrictions in the vicinity of the Cape Town Stadium and road works in Muizenberg, the routes for the 42km and 21km will remain similar to those used for 2009, starting and finishing in Simonstown. Both races start at 6am. Although challenging with several hills, they offer ideal training for Two Oceans and Comrades.
A Helpers’ Run will again be held the week before the actual race to allow Celtics members to assist with marshalling or helping at a refreshment station. Times will be recorded and can be used to qualify for Two Oceans and Comrades.
BDO Peninsula Marathon
Useful Information and distances:
Martello Road to start of 21.1km 1500 meters
Martello Road to Jubilee Square 900 meters
Jubilee Square to start 21.1 km 600 meters
42.2 km start from 21.1 km start 2100 meters
Martello Road to start of 42.2 km 3600 meters