Ultra is the 56.0km road ultra at Two oceans Marathon 2026 (South Africa). The race starts on April 11, 2026.
By gradient, 10% of the distance is uphill, 8% downhill and 82% flat. Surface: 97% road. Flat-equivalent effort: 56.8 FlatKM.
Poles bring little benefit here: only about 0.5km of pole-friendly terrain.
There is too little runnable descent to damage the quads: plan the race around climbing and fuelling.
On race day, start temperatures have historically ranged from 17°C to 24°C, with around 24°C at the highest point; the chance of precipitation is about 24%. Heavy rain of 10.0mm or more falls on about 4% of days around this date.
This page has a pacing and nutrition planner, a gradient matrix, an interactive elevation profile and historical weather for Ultra.
