dave303e Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Jewbacca is going to AR world Champs on Reunion first week of November, 500km of fun for him, super jealous of all going including my team mates that race is going to be an epic... Reunion 100miler is also on my to do list, think Karkloof is a lot easier to run as a first race to be honest, think Reunions elevation gain is over 12000m. Edited October 11, 2018 by dave303e Chris_ and Andrew Steer 2
Frosty Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Can you enter on the day?Yes you can, between 05:00 and 06:45 Khronis 1
Ferret69 Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Comrades 2019, quick Recap from Press Conference 9th June - Up Normal start, Scottsville finish 86.73kms 12hr cut off Entries open 19 October R600 for Sa residents - R3800 for Foreign New Qualifying of 4h50 - 6h45 for Oceans 2 New Medals Roche Kelly Medal- Womens Wally - from 11th - 7h30 Robert Mtshali Medal - 9hrs to 10hrs They seem to keep watering this race down Have they never heard of the saying - If it aint broken don't fix it... Hacc, ScottCM and Lexx 3
Lexx Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) That just sucks. Don't get the idea for the 9-10h medal. One of these days they will bring in a half marathon as well... Edited October 11, 2018 by Lexx
Mudsimus Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 What happens to everyone that ran a 4h50 or Slower Cape Town Marathon?
Andrew Steer Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Comrades 2019, quick Recap from Press Conference 9th June - UpNormal start, Scottsville finish86.73kms12hr cut offEntries open 19 OctoberR600 for Sa residents - R3800 for ForeignNew Qualifying of 4h50 - 6h45 for Oceans 2 New Medals Roche Kelly Medal- Womens Wally - from 11th - 7h30Robert Mtshali Medal - 9hrs to 10hrs They seem to keep watering this race down Have they never heard of the saying - If it aint broken don't fix it...I like the Womens Wally and the 4:50 cut-off time should also have people a little better prepared. Don't really get the 9-10hr medal, but it's good to have the medal names a little more representative of South African running heading forward. Lexx and Barry Stuart 2
Andrew Steer Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 That just sucks. Why do they want to increase the qualifying time. Don't get the idea for the 9-10h medal. One of these days they will bring in a half marathon as well...Qualifying time has been decreased by 10 minutes... Lexx 1
Barry Stuart Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 I really like the new medals, especially the women's Roche Kelly. A lot of incentive for women currently hovering around the 8 hour mark. I think they've added some additional excitement for runners between the 9 and 11 hour mark as well. All good changes, I think. Andrew Steer, GSNieP, Lexx and 1 other 4
Lexx Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Qualifying time has been decreased by 10 minutes...Yip, Saw that, blond moment Andrew ....Try to multitask at work. lol Edited October 11, 2018 by Lexx Jackes and Andrew Steer 2
Jackes Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) I really like the new medals, especially the women's Roche Kelly. A lot of incentive for women currently hovering around the 8 hour mark. I think they've added some additional excitement for runners between the 9 and 11 hour mark as well. All good changes, I think.I agree. There are runners that will never run a BR, but will have an incentive now to work for a sub 10. Agree with the qualifying time as well Edited October 11, 2018 by Jackes GSNieP and Barry Stuart 2
Stretch Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Roche Kelly Medal- Womens Wally - from 11th - 7h30Robert Mtshali Medal - 9hrs to 10hrs Both bad A Wally is hard...a sub 7:30 for women is easier. The equivalent should be sub 7 at least The second one.. Just stupid.. But I guess it's to try alleviate the mass of people at the end... But that's not gonna help. If you wanna get something more special than a bronze . Then train hard and get a sub 9...
ScottCM Posted October 11, 2018 Author Posted October 11, 2018 Kenyan marathon runner Samuel Kalalei was handed a four-year doping ban on Wednesday after testing positive for banned blood booster EPO, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced as the African powerhouse suffered another body blow. https://www.sport24.co.za/othersport/athletics/kenyan-marathon-runner-handed-4-year-doping-ban-20181010?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sport|MorningGlory&utm_term=www.sport24.co.za/othersport/athletics/kenyan-marathon-runner-handed-4-year-doping-ban-20181010
Ferret69 Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Both bad A Wally is hard...a sub 7:30 for women is easier. The equivalent should be sub 7 at least The second one.. Just stupid.. But I guess it's to try alleviate the mass of people at the end... But that's not gonna help. If you wanna get something more special than a bronze . Then train hard and get a sub 9... Cant Agree more Stretch , I'm with you on all Points above. In Essence this means no Women will ever get another Silver Medal again... the Wally should have been 11th - 7hrs and leave them with a silver Gap. Are they going to change it to a Ladies silver at 8 or 8h30 next year? In their Grave attempt to not look sexist I think they may have gone too far. Also when the BR was introduced all it did was slow the average field down as the 8hr guys no longer had that incentive to train extra hard to get to 7h30... The 9 to 10hr medal will do that again for the Borderline Bill Rowan athletes. Edited October 11, 2018 by Ferret69 Stretch and Lexx 2
Ferret69 Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) What happens to everyone that ran a 4h50 or Slower Cape Town Marathon? Good Point... sure there will be a few arguments over this once the entry window opens and you have to submit a qualifier. Edited October 11, 2018 by Ferret69
Andrew Steer Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 Both bad A Wally is hard...a sub 7:30 for women is easier. The equivalent should be sub 7 at least The second one.. Just stupid.. But I guess it's to try alleviate the mass of people at the end... But that's not gonna help. If you wanna get something more special than a bronze . Then train hard and get a sub 9...Agree it should of been sub 7... The other medal is largely to make the medal names more inclusive - which is also something pretty important I reckon. Change is always needed... I mean at one point not so long ago the womens winner only got a silver medal. Imagine how that would go down these days
Chris_ Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 We really don't need any woman special medals. Surely surely we're in an age where we can stop treating woman as inferior athletes. Ferret69 and Hacc 2
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