Race Information

EVENT DATE: 10 September 2011

ENTRIES TO OPEN FOR 2011 RUNNERS: MAY
ALL 2010 RUNNERS WILL RECEIVE AN INVITATION. PLACES NOT TAKEN UP BY THESE RUNNERS WILL GO TO RUNNERS ON THE WAITING LIST

ENTRY FEE:
R700 (entry fee) & R400 (compulsory donation fee) = R1,100
Please note: Entry fee and compulsory donation fee need to be paid at the same time. We will no longer take compulsory donations after the event.)

To REGISTER: You must register in person and have your ID book or drivers licence with you to register.

To be placed on the waiting list please contact heidim@wildlands.co.za.

ENTRY DETAILS:

• Once your name comes up onto the list to be invited to run you will be sent an invite on email.
• Should you be able to participate, fill in the entry form online and make payment either online or as an EFT. Send proof of payment to heidim@wildlands.co.za.  Upon completion of your online entry form you will receive a confirmation letter.
•  If payment has not been done you will be contacted with our details. If payment is still not made after this your entry will be deleted and handed to the next person on the waiting list.
• Should you not be able to participate for that year please inform the organizer so that your entry may be given to the next person waiting. We cannot guarantee an entry for the following year once you withdraw.
• We will no longer apply the 5 year rule (where you have 5 years to run Monties 3 times in order to receive your permanent number). This has caused huge problems with our waiting list and also with our online entry system. Everyone that ran last year will once again receive an entry for 2011.
• If you are currently on 5 year cycle and did not run last year, and you are still interested in receiving your green number please send me an email
• All runners from 2011 onwards will have the choice to run Monties as many times as they like consecutively (3 runs will result in a permanent number). If you choose not to run or cannot run you will go back on the waiting list and the next person on the waiting list will be allocated your spot
• Each year there is a drop off rate of between 20 - 30% of runners, which means each year there will be new entrants from the waiting list that will get the opportunity to run
• PLEASE NOTE: 3 runs will get you your permanent number!
• ENTRIES ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE - SHOULD YOU NOT BE ABLE TO RUN, YOUR POSITION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE NEXT RUNNER ON THE WAITING LIST.

REGISTRATION:

Registration will take place on Friday 9 September 2010 from 4pm - 7pm and 10th September 2010 before the start of the race at The Royal Natal Park soccer field (in the National Park) from 05h45 - 06h15.

Tea and coffee will be provided for runners, friends and family before the start of the race. Tea and coffee will be on sale on Friday evening. There will also be a cash bar

PRE-RACE BRIEFING:

A pre-race briefing which MUST be attended by all participants will take place at 6pm during registration inside the marquee on Friday evening. Final instructions regarding route changes (if necessary) and a weather report will be given on Saturday morning 10 minutes before the start of the race.

GATE ENTRY FEE:

Natal Entry Fees
All participants, family and friends must pay the KZN Wildlife entrance fee on entry into The Royal Natal Park unless you are staying at Mahai Campsite or Thendele Camp where your entry is included in your accomodation fee.

Runners who attend registration on the Friday evening will only have to pay the entry fee once. They will not have to pay again on the Saturday morning.

PLEASE NOTE: that family and friends who attend registration on Friday and come to the race on Saturday morning will have to pay entry fees on both days.

IMPORTANT: Your Park entry fee includes an emergency/rescue levy in the event that you sustain an injury during the event which requires you to be airlifted out by helicopter.

Start Time and Seeding

The start of the event is staggered to relieve congestion on the mountain paths which was a problem on some earlier events. Each runner is seeded into one of 4 start groups (A, B, C and D) based on their most recent marathon time. If no marathon time was given in the entry form then a 6 hour marathon time is given to the runner. The intention is to start the quicker runners first to reduce overtaking. In order to accommodate runners of different speeds starting together we allow voluntary re-seeding, but emphasise that it is imperative that if you start in a group for which you were not seeded, that you advise the officials at the start otherwise you are assumed to have started where originally seeded.

• Start of Group A : 6.15 am
• Start of Group B : 6.20 am
• Start of Group C : 6.25 am
• Start of Group D : 6.30 am

Finish Cut-Off

You have 10 hours to complete the event. Because of the staggered start this means that there are 4 separate cut-off times.

• Cut-off for Group A : 4.15 pm
• Cut-off for Group B : 4.20 pm
• Cut-off for Group C : 4.25 pm
• Cut-off for Group D : 4.30 pm

Catering for Friday and Saturday night

PASTA EVENING – FRIDAY 9TH

• SPAGHETTI BOLOGNAISE
• GREEK SALAD
  
• COLESLAW
  
• ROLLS & BUTTER PATTIES
• VEGETABLE LASAGNE (SPECIFICALLY FOR THE VEGETARIANS)
• FRESH FRUIT SALAD
• ICE CREAM

PRICE: R75.00 PER HEAD ADULT/ R35.00 CHILDREN U/12

POST RACE DINNER – SATURDAY 10TH

• LAMB HOTPOT
• RICE
  
• FRENCH SALAD
  
• ROLLS & BUTTER PATTIES
  
• VEGETABLE BAKE (VEGETARIAN OPTION)
  
• MALVA PUDDING
  
• CUSTARD

PRICE: R85.00 PER HEAD/R40 CHILDREN U/12

All meals to be booked before 2 September 2011 with heidim@wildlands.co.za.
Please note that no extra meals will be available once at the event.

Honorary Officers shop at the venue:

• Various snacks, drinks, ect will be available at the event for purchase for the duration of the event  - so please support themJ