UMGIJIMI waKwaZulu-Natal, uNkosikhona Mhlakwana, uzimisele ngokwenza kangcono kunanyakenye, kwiTwo Oceans 56km Marathon yalo nyaka ebanjelwa eKapa.
UMhlakwana uthe uzosebenzisa i-Ethekwini Best of the Best Marathon ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi kulo nyaka uyayinqoba iTwo Oceans.
I-Ethekwini Best of the Best okuhlungelwa ngayo iComrades Marathon nayo iTwo Oceans, izoqalela iphinde iphelele eKings Park Athletics Stadium, eThekwini, ngeSonto. Isibhamu sizoqhuma ngo-5 ekuseni kwibanga lika-42km nakwelika-21km.
Koka-10km nakowabahambayo ebangeni elifanayo, uzoqala u-6 khona ekuseni.
Izinto zimhambela kahle uMhlakwana ogijimela iHollywoodbet AC. Ama-Ravens AC ahlela iBest of the Best amqoke njengenxusa lalo mjaho kulo nyaka.
NgoJanuwari, ikilabhu yakhe iHollywoodbets AC imhloniphe ngomklomelo weBest Male Runner of the Year, yabuye yamhlonipha ngokunqobela le kilabhu indondo yokuqala yegolide kwiComrades nyakenye.
Sekungumlando ukuthi le nsizwa yaKwaMathandubisi, eHowick, ilale indawo yesibili kwiTwo Oceans. Yenza isikhathi esiwu-3:9: 8. Kulo nyaka lo mjaho uzoba ngo-Ephreli 16, eKapa.
KwiComrades wangena kwiTop 10 ephuma indawo yesikhombisa.
Lo msubathi ugcizelele ukuthi kulo nyaka akakubhekile kangakho ukunqoba iBest of the Best kodwa uzimisele ngokusiza abanye abasubathi ekwenzeni isikhathi esingaphansi kwamahora amathathu.
"Uma kwenzeka ngiyinqoba iBest of the Best sekuyoba ibhonasi. Empeleni kulo nyaka ngizobe ngibuyisela emphakathini. Ngifuna ukusiza abafwethu nodadewethu ukuthi bangene kwiTwo Oceans nakwiComrades Marathon. NgeBest of the Best ngizobe futhi ngilungisela iTwo Oceans. Nakuba kuzoba nzima kuyo kodwa kulo nyaka kuyisifiso sami ukuyinqoba," kusho uMhlakwana.
UMhlakwana unxuse abagijimi ukuthi baphume ngobuningi bazoyibamba kwiBest of the Best njengoba ekholwa wukuthi izobanikeza izikhathi abazingayo ukungena kwiComrades Marathon nakwiTwo Oceans.
"Umzila wayo ulula futhi uyashesha. Angingabazi ukuthi bazokwazi ukwenza izikhathi ezizobafaka kwiTwo Oceans neComrades kuyona. Abeze ngobuningi babo, iBest of the Best iwumjaho okhula ngamandla," kubeka uMhlakwana.
Ozoshaya intambo kwiBest of the Best, ku-42km uzohlomula ngoR15 000 bese ku-R21km agoduke noR4 000.
Ku-10km ozonqoba uzoklonyeliswa ngoR2 500. Kwabahambayo kuzoba uR800. Kuzokhumbuleka ukuthi ngonyaka odlule kwabesilisa lo mjaho unqotshwe wuye uMhlakwana ngesiwu-2:16.37.