Loskop Marathon the biggest it has ever been
The Forever Resorts Loskop Series, comprising the traditional Loskop Marathon and the ever popular 21.1km Forever Resorts Wild Challenge, is taking place on Saturday, 22 April 2017 and is fully subscribed.
POLOKWANE – As the Comrade Marathon this year celebrates its ninety second run, the Loskop Ultra 50km is as popular a qualifying race and it is expected that some of Southern Africa’s top athletes will participate this year.
The Loskop Ultra is a Comrades Marathon qualifying event and has a similar overall profile to that of Comrades. The expletives expressed on Varaday’s at Loskop mirror the cursings muttered under limited breath on Polly Shorts. This makes the Loskop Marathon an attractive challenge to both the elite and the run-of-the-pack competitor preparing for Comrades.
The 2017 race is believed to be the biggest one so far. The Loskop Ultra normally only allows for 3500 athletes and the 21,1km 1 500 runners, but we have allowed for over subscription and currently have 300 more entries for 2017.
Although the first Loskop-marathon was run in 1979, it started off as a shorter 46km Ultra compared to the current 50km and only in 1987 was changed to a 50km Ultra run. This was also the first year that the marathon ended at Loskop Dam, a Forever Resort. The 21,1km Wild Challenge was then introduced in 2007 and the Rhino Fun Run in 2013.
Entries for both events are closed and athletes with enquiries can contact the marathon administrative office on Tel: (013) 243-2683 or Cell: 064 772 9138.
