In past years, it was easy to determine whether you should use your fastest marathon time or an ultra as your qualifier for Two Oceans as the seeding batches were large (typically 2000 to 4000 runners per batch), there were just six batches and there were published “time tables” for each seeding per ultra distance.
The move to dynamic allocation of seeding batches and much smaller batches makes this process a lot more difficult. In 2025 there were 14 batches (each with 800 – 900 runners) and this will be increased to around 20 in 2026. Hopefully this article will make the process transparent and which time to use as easy as possible.
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