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The Forever Resorts Loskop Marathon should be a highly contested race this year as the top athletes in the Men and Ladies categories battle it out for the R100 000 record incentive that the organisers are offering at the 26^th Forever Resorts Loskop Marathon.

The Series will take place on Saturday, 16 April 2011. The 50km Ultra Marathon will constitute the last opportunity for runners who entered the 2011 Comrades Marathon to qualify or better their seedings.

Equally exciting this year is the fact that the prize-money has increased to a potential pool of            R340 000, which is equally distributed across the Men’s and Ladies categories.  This brings the total amount of potential prizemoney to R540 000 for the Ultra Marathon only.

Another wonderful addition to this year’s event is the announcement that the Department of Culture Sport and Recreation of Mpumalanga Province has partnered with Forever Resorts to present Mpumalanga’s Premier Road Running event this year.

“We are delighted to be part of this auspicious occasion.  The Department has supported the event in a number of ways over the years but seized the opportunity in 2011 to really embark on a concerted effort to promote and grow the sport of road running in our Province.  We are pleased to partner with Forever Resorts, a major tourism roleplayer in Mpumalanga, and look forward to being part of the action this year,” said Ms Sibongile Nkosi, spokesperson for the Department.

2011 will mark the fifth Forever Resorts Wild Challenge – a half marathon, which makes up the second component of the Forever Resorts Loskop Marathon Series.

To commemorate the fifth Forever Resorts Wild Challenge, the entrants will be able to contribute to the ‘Protect the Rhino Fund’, which has been selected as the official charity of the Series.

The 50km Forever Resorts Loskop Marathon, which starts in Middelburg and ends at the Forever Resorts Loskopdam, was rated as the second best ultra marathon in 2010 by the athletes.  The Loskop Marathon outperformed both the Comrades and Two Oceans Marathons. The Forever Resorts Wild Challenge, a 21,1km country race that is run through the Loskop Nature Reserve, is growing in popularity and was voted the best half-marathon in South Africa in 2010. Another wonderful accolade for the race organisers.

 “We are proud that both our races scored a satisfaction rating of 92% amongst the athletes. The organisers take serious care to limit any possible irritating issues to ensure that athletes get only the best. Both races are growing in popularity and we are expecting an even higher level of satisfaction this year,” said Christo Wagenaar, group marketing manager of Forever Resorts.

Race participation has been limited to 3500 runners for the Ultra and 1500 for the 21,1km Wild Challenge. As a pre-entry race only, entries closed on Friday, 1 April 2011.  A number of top athletes have selected the Forever Resorts Loskop Marathon either as their race for the season or as a training run in preparation for the Comrades Marathon.

 “We are expecting a top line-up of talented athletes at both events this year.  Entries were streaming in ahead of the closing date and as we continue to process and finalise the entries for this year’s races, we are confident that the Forever Resorts Loskop Series will be another record breaking event in a number of ways,” concluded Hein Koch, race director.

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