STATISTICS
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In our statistics section this month, we get down to crunching the numbers … From the whimsical and the playful to the truly impressive, we’ ve extracted some interesting figures from the Yellow and Blue Numbers currently entered for the 2026 Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon.
Blue
T H E
N U M B E R S
31,059
How‘ old’ in days our most senior Blue Number Club runner in the Half, Willemien Smuts( 85), will be on race day.
20,882
The difference in age, expressed in days, between our youngest and oldest Blue Number entrants in the Half.
37,138,563
The combined age on race day, in number of days, of our 1795 Blue and Yellow Numbers currently entered for the Half.
56 it seems!
39
The average age on race day of all Blue and Yellow numbers currently entered into the Half – meaning experience has the edge ever so slightly over youth,
The number of Blue Number entrants who have each earned 20 or more Half Marathon medals, led by Marlene James and Richard Hook, each on 25 medals and going for 26 to tie the record currently held by Allan Knighton-Fitt.
107 22 241 42
The number of Blue and Yellow number entrants who, incredibly, also have 20 or more Ultra Marathon medals to their names!
The number of Half Marathon BNC entrants currently on 19 medals and who will be aiming for their Double Laurel Light Blue Numbers.
The number of Half Marathon BNC entrants with 15 or more Half medals already to their names.
The percentage of female runners amongst the Blue and Yellow Numbers currently entered for the 2026 Half Marathon.
13
This elite group of BNCs, who are entered for the TTOM 2026 Half Marathon, and have each amassed an astonishing 30 or more Ultra marathon medals to
boot as well!
442
The combined number of TTOM medals that this select group of TTOM stalwarts have between them.
67
The average age of the 13 BNC runners with Triple Blue Numbers in the Ultra that will be running the Half.
321,640
The combined age, in days, of these 13 select BNC members.
NAME
ULTRA MEDALS
HALF MEDALS
ULTRA BLUE NR
HALF BLUE NR
AGE ON RACE DAY
Kaare James 31 10 196 2338 82 years, 249 days
Ian Mcdonald 30 3 126 0 74 years, 298 days
Barry Holland 33 0 135 0 74 years, 40 days
Achim Herma 34 4 1174 0 69 years, 129 days
Peter Taylor 32 3 638 0 68 years, 323 days
Gavin Maile 30 0 1195 0 68 years, 13 days
Neil Hoffman 30 0 1658 0 66 years, 179 days
Maxwell Godloza 35 2 1119 0 66 years, 134 days
Mark Tolsma 30 2 1340 0 65 years, 7 days
Shane Hinchliffe 36 0 1172 0 64 years,
Tembelani Figlan
317 days
30 0 2054 0 60 years, 221 days
Johan Grant 36 0 1147 0 60 years, 68 days
Schalk Smit 30 1 2052 0 59 years, 67 days
34 Totalsports If this Two page Oceans of BNC Marathon Stats rocks 2026 your boat – pun intended – you should also check out The Ship’ s Log page at the back of this magazine.