The Slanghoek Road Triathlon took place in extreme heat and was declared a non-wetsuit swim. The run for the Standard Distance Triathlon was also shortened to 5 Kms. Still, it was a great day out at the magnificent Breeland Cellars in the Slanghoek Valley.
The Otter African Trail is a 42 Km Trail run from the Stormsriver Mouth Nature Reserve to Nature’s Valley along the world-famous hiking trail of the same name. Every other year, the route is run in reverse, hence the RETTO. Due to high demand for entries and the limited number of runners allowed on the trail, there are two events, the Challenge, and the more competitive Run.
Over 200 ATC’ers tackled the Gun Run Half Marathon on Sunday, 14 October.
Clanwilliam Freshpak Fitness Festival
The Clanwilliam weekend delivered on great fun and great racing in the Freshpak Fitness Festival. Atlantic Triathlon Club, once again, won the Triathlon Club Trophy, which was the cherry on top after seeing so many ATC’ers on the podium:
Congratulations to everyone who completed the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon or one of the related Peace Runs.
In the 12 Km Peace Trail Run, which took place on the Saturday, Andrew Louw was 3rd overall, Kyla Meyerson was the 3rd lady and Peter Shackleton was 3rd under the Veteran Men.
As its name suggests, Torpedo SwimRun Wild was wild, but oh so cool! The event took place over two days in the Wilderness area, with a 6 Km prologue on Friday and a 26 Km Main event on Saturday. The prologue took place within the Ebb & Flow campsite and included a mammoth climb up one of the surrounding mountains, offering amazing views of the valley and lakes.
The Cape Ultra and Sprint races were turned into Duathlons due to the much fuller, but colder, Theewaterskloof dam and low ambient temperature. The water temperature was 11.4 0C and outside temperature was below 10 0C.
The fiercest race in the friendliest city turned out to be the biggest Ironman 70.3 event ever and, in the words of many seasoned international triathletes, was also branded the best Ironman 70.3 event ever!
Thank you very much to all the members who supported our sale on Wednesday, 22 August. Members walked away with incredible bargains.