{"id":17612,"date":"2013-01-29T00:38:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/organisers-worry-about-record-midmar-mile-field\/"},"modified":"2013-01-29T00:38:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T22:38:07","slug":"organisers-worry-about-record-midmar-mile-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/organisers-worry-about-record-midmar-mile-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Organisers worry about record Midmar Mile field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/organisers-worry-about-record-midmar-mile-field\/midmar-mile-aerial-lr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1413\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1413\" alt=\"The 2013 Midmar Mile is heading for a record field. Photo: Gameplan Media\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/e8307_Midmar-Mile-Aerial-LR.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2013 Midmar Mile is heading for a record field. Photo: Gameplan Media<\/p>\n<p>Pietermaritzburg \u2013 The aQuell\u00e9 Midmar Mile is on course for a record field in its 40th year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a record entry now. We\u2019re not worried about entries anymore, we\u2019re worried we have too many entries,\u201d laughed event organiser Wayne Riddin.<\/p>\n<p>Late entries will still be taken at registration, which takes place at the Cascades Lifestyle Centre in Pietermaritzburg from February 6 to 8. Thereafter entries will be taken at the dam, at an extra cost.<\/p>\n<p>The list of entries received so far suggests that the battle for the men\u2019s title could be one for the ages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the men\u2019s race you\u2019ve got Troyden (Prinsloo) and Chad (Ho), who you are normally expecting to race one another,\u201d Riddin explained. \u201cThey were first and second in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you\u2019ve got S\u00e9bastien Rouault, who is coming out from France. He used to train with Troyden when they were at Georgia University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you\u2019ve got Myles Brown, who is probably considered to be the top South African challenger, and possibly also Mark Randall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s race is headlined by seven-time Midmar Mile champion Keri-Anne Payne, who is also a two-time world champion over 10km.<\/p>\n<p>There will be another world record attempt at this year\u2019s Midmar Mile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already unofficially broken our own Guinness World Record for the world\u2019s largest open water swimming event,\u201d said Riddin, \u201cbut with this being the 40th anniversary we\u2019re expecting a larger entry than normal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would be nice if we could go over the 14 000 finishers\u2019 mark, but even better if we hit 15 000 for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2013 Midmar Mile is heading for a record field. Photo: Gameplan Media Pietermaritzburg \u2013 The aQuell\u00e9 Midmar Mile is on course for a record field in its 40th year. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a record entry now. We\u2019re not worried about entries anymore, we\u2019re worried we have too many entries,\u201d laughed event organiser Wayne Riddin. 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