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JUST one week after extending the entry deadline, the Old Mutual Soweto Marathon is now officially sold out with the target of 25 000 entries having been achieved.
I am delighted to announce that the race is officially sold out. Entries are now closed,” Soweto Marathon Trust chairman Sello Khunou said.
The 23rd edition will take place on November 6 with the start and finish at the FNB Stadium, Johannesburg.
Runners will pass six significant heritage sites on the route. They are:
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, the third largest hospital in the world with 3 400 beds and 6 760 staff members;
Walter Sisulu Square, the birthplace in 1955 of The Freedom Charter, which outlined the vision of a non-racial South Africa based on liberty and civil rights;
The Regina Mundi Catholic Church, which became famous for its role in the anti-apartheid struggle and where Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu presided over the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings;
Morris Isaacson High School, where pupils played a central role in the Soweto Uprising of 1976;
Vilakazi Street, the only street in the world to have had two Nobel Prize winners as residents. They were former president Nelson Mandela and Tutu; and
The Hector Pieterson Memorial, named in honour of the 13-year-old who was one of the first fatal victims of police action during the Soweto Uprising.
There will be three races staged on the day. The standard marathon (42.2km) will start at 6am, the half marathon (21.1km) at 6.30am and the 10km run at 7am. For more information visit or contact or call 061917-1001 and 061-918-1002. The call centre’s operating hours are Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm.