Aspen PE City Marathon

The 42.2km Aspen PE City Marathon is taking place on the 4^th of December 2010.   

START TIME:     05h00

START   Lorraine Primary School

FINISH  Lorraine Primary School

ENTRY NOTES   

Online entries are taken at Lorraine Primary School on the day before the race at the start venue from 16h00 to 20h00. Late entries are taken at the start from 04h00.

Enter online at www.entrytime.com

ROUTE DESCRIPTION   

This is a fast, flat course run through scenic, residential smallholdings. Traffic is not a problem. The difference between the highest and lowest point is 70 metres. The 10km race is run out and back over the first 5km of the marathon route.

PRIZES, MEDALS AND GIVEAWAYS

First 5 Male & Female receive gold medals. Next 50 receive silver medals. All other finishers receive bronze medals. There are age-category prizes as well as lucky draw prizes for both races.

Entry fee 42,2 km                     -           R60-00

Entry fee 10km                         -           R25-00

Temporary licence                    -           R25-00

Goodie bags to first 450 entries in 42k and first 150 entries in 10km. T-shirts to first 450 entries in marathon.

EDITORS NOTE   

Walkers are welcome, provided they finish within the cut-off time. The 10-kilometre race starts at 06h00.

This event does not have a Fun Run.

Wheel chairs not allowed.

This is not a Pre-Entry only event.

This is an official ASA event.

This is not a championship event.

GENERAL

The race, in it’s current form, has been run from the Lorraine Primary School since 2004. The route was changed to move the race away from the bustling PE beachfront and what had become busy suburban roads. The Lorraine Primary School is in the quiet residential suburb of Lorraine in Port Elizabeth and is well signposted.

The marathon starts at the school at 05:00 and after 3km the runners will find themselves in the leafy suburb of Theescombe which is a residential smallholdings suburb largely given to small-scale farming and equestrian stables. Another 5 kilometers and we’re climbing up (the only major climb in the route) into Greenbushes – another smallholding suburb pretty much the same as Theescombe.

Traffic volumes are low to non-existent and consequently pose no danger to the runners. The route is marshaled at all major route turns and water points serving Coke and water are stationed every 3km. The route through these 2 suburbs is very scenic and quiet and the course flat with a couple of minor undulations.

At the 30km mark we are back on the out route and after 36km we find ourselves back in suburbia and the last 6 km wind their way back along the route we started out on.

At the finish there are refreshment stalls serving wors rolls and cold drinks as well as a small supermarket only 200m from the school.

This race is enjoying an increase in popularity for runners from other provinces as the fast, flat course is conducive to setting a fast qualifying time for both the Two Oceans and Comrades marathons. The fact that it is held in the Christmas school break allows out-of-town runners on holiday to use it as a qualifier as well.