2013 Old Mutual Two Oceans 56km – This year David Gatebe (RSA) and Natalia Volgina (RUS) won in 3:08:54 and 3:38:38 respectively.

01 April: With the 2013 Old Mutual Two Oceans 56km only having been held on Easter Saturday, 30 March, the dust had not settled before race organisers were announcing a major boost for the next edition on 19 April 2014: a million-rand bonus for breaking the course records .

These have stood at 3:03:44 to Thompson Magawana (since 1988) and 3:30:36 to Frith van der Merwe (since 1989). Next year marks the race's 45th anniversary and the 15th year of sponsorship by the financial services company, Old Mutual.

The closest anyone has come to the records has been the Zimbabwean three-time winner Marko Mambo, in 2005, with 3:05:39 and the Russian Olesya Nurgalieva, with 3:34:53 in 2008. According to Ralph Mupita, CEO for Old Mutual Emerging Markets, “We want to encourage top runners from around South Africa and the rest of Africa to come and compete in the biggest road running event on the African continent.”

This year David Gatebe (RSA) and Natalia Volgina (RUS) won in 3:08:54 and 3:38:38 respectively.

Runners from South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe filled the top-10 men's places and additionally from Russia, Great Britain, Uganda and Kenya the women's top-10.

Source: AIMSworldrunning.org