Running the 35-mile Two Oceans: distance running South African-style

The Two Oceans – billed as the world’s most beautiful marathon – takes in spectacular views of the Atlantic and Indian oceans on a circuit of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. Nick Mead experiences an ultra with a big city feel

“You’re running the Two Oceans? That’s 35 miles isn’t it? Lekker. What are you training for? Comrades?”

I forget how many times I had that conversation in the run-up to the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town last month – but it happened a lot more than you’d imagine if, like me, you come from a country where completing a regular marathon is seen by most as an end in itself.

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