Planner

Day Date Time LSD Route Note
Sat 3 Jan
Sun 4 Jan 6:00 Noordhoek - Chappies
Sat 10 Jan Constantia Hohenort 15
Sun 11 Jan 6:30 Ou Meul , Pinelands
Sat 17 Jan
Sun 18 Jan 6:30 Ladies Mile Spur - Constantia Bay to Bay 30km/15km
Sat 24 Jan Fish Hoek Redhill Marathon & Class...
Sun 25 Jan 6:30 Pantry Tokai Junction
Sat 31 Jan Green Point Hoka Half Marathon
Sun 1 Feb 6:30 Lion's Circuit
Sat 7 Feb Bergvliet Firgrove Challenge
Sun 8 Feb 6:30 Fish Hoek Beach - Noordhoek
Sat 14 Feb
Sun 15 Feb 6:30 Ladies Mile Spur - Wynberg Peninsula Marathon & Hal...
Sat 21 Feb
Sun 22 Feb 6:30 Tafelberg Rd/Kloof Nek Milkwood
Sat 28 Feb Cango Marathon & Half
Sun 1 Mar 6:30 CV 15 Helpers Run
Sat 7 Mar CV 15 Race
Sun 8 Mar 6:30 Ladies Mile Spur - Constantia Cape Town Cycle Tour
Sat 14 Mar
Sun 15 Mar 5:30 40km Two Dogs long run, from Fis... AVBOB 30km
Sat 21 Mar
Sun 22 Mar 6:30 Apostles - Gardens Zandvlei Boyes Drive Cla...
Sat 28 Mar
Sun 29 Mar 6:30 Westlake Golf Course Spar Women's Grand Prix
Sat 4 Apr
Sun 5 Apr 6:30 Hout Bay to 2 Oceans Finish
Sat 11 Apr Two Oceans Ultra
Sun 12 Apr 5:30 NO LSD Two Ocans Half
Sat 18 Apr
Sun 19 Apr 6:30 Mouille Point Lighthouse Spookhill 15km
Sat 25 Apr Outeniqua Marathon & Hal...
Sun 26 Apr 6:30 Noordhoek - Chappies
Fri 1 May Rhodes Wellington 21km
Sat 2 May False Bay 50km (Potentia...
Sun 3 May 6:30 Pantry Tokai Junction UCT 10km Memorial Run
Sat 9 May
Sun 10 May 7:00 Forries - Zoo Route ABSA 10km
Sat 16 May
Sun 17 May 7:00 Ou Meul , Pinelands
Sat 23 May CT Marathon 10km & Trail
Sun 24 May 7:00 UCT - Marathon route CT Marathon 42km
Sat 30 May
Sun 31 May 7:00 Lion's Circuit
Sat 6 Jun
Sun 7 Jun 7:00 Westlake Golf Course
Sat 13 Jun
Sun 14 Jun 7:00 VOB Clubhouse Comrades Marathon
Sat 20 Jun
Sun 21 Jun 7:00 NO RUN - Support the TM16 Table Mountain 16km
Sat 27 Jun
Sun 28 Jun 7:00 Tafelberg Rd/Kloof Nek
Sat 4 Jul
Sun 5 Jul 7:00 Fish Hoek Beach - Noordhoek
Sat 11 Jul
Sun 12 Jul 7:00 Tafelberg Rd/Kloof Nek
Sat 18 Jul CT Festival of Running 5...
Sun 19 Jul 7:00 Kalk Bay - Simonstown CT Festival of Running 2...
Sat 25 Jul
Sun 26 Jul 7:00 Mariners Wharf - Hout Bay Pinelands 10km
Sat 1 Aug
Sun 2 Aug 7:00 Landmarks from Dean Street
Sat 8 Aug
Sun 9 Aug 7:00 Ladies Mile Spur - Constantia Total Sports Women's Day...
Sat 15 Aug
Sun 16 Aug 7:00 NO PLANNED RUN John Korasie 30km
Sat 22 Aug
Sun 23 Aug 7:00 VOB Clubhouse
Sat 29 Aug
Sun 30 Aug 7:00 Forries - Zoo Route
Sat 5 Sep
Sun 6 Sep 6:30 Mouille Point Lighthouse
Sat 12 Sep Gun Run Trail & 10km
Sun 13 Sep 6:30 Noordhoek - Chappies Gun Run 21km
Sat 19 Sep
Sun 20 Sep 6:30 Pantry Tokai Junction Chappies Challenge 21km
Sat 26 Sep
Sun 27 Sep 6:30 Ou Meul , Pinelands
Sat 3 Oct Blouberg Marathon 42km
Sun 4 Oct 6:30 Kommetjie - Scarborough Blouberg Half & 10km
Sat 10 Oct
Sun 11 Oct 6:30 Apostles - Gardens
Sat 17 Oct
Sun 18 Oct 6:30 Mariners Wharf - Hout Bay Slave Route Challenge
Sat 24 Oct
Sun 25 Oct 6:30 Holy Trinity Church - St James Don Lock Memorial
Sat 31 Oct
Sun 1 Nov 6:30 Lion's Circuit Landmarks Half
Sat 7 Nov Winelands Marathon & Hal...
Sun 8 Nov 6:30 Grape Run Helpers Race
Sat 14 Nov
Sun 15 Nov 6:30 No Run - Support the Grape Run Grape Run
Sat 21 Nov
Sun 22 Nov 6:30 Kalk Bay - Simonstown
Sat 28 Nov
Sun 29 Nov 6:30 Mouille Point Lighthouse
Sat 5 Dec Zandvlei Boyes Drive Cla...
Sun 6 Dec 6:30 Landmarks from Dean Street Roben Island Memorial
Sat 12 Dec
Sun 13 Dec 6:30 Westlake Golf Course Bottelary 21km
Sat 19 Dec
Sun 20 Dec 6:30 Forries - Zoo Route
Sat 26 Dec 6:00 "Dave's Birthday Run" Tokai Manor House
Sun 27 Dec 5:00 Possible Chairman's Run
Sat 2 Jan
Sun 3 Jan 5:00 Possible Chairman's Run
Sat 9 Jan Possible Hohenort 15km
Sun 10 Jan

The Routes

1 Kommetjie - Scarborough:
  • Location: Shell garage, Kirsten avenue
  • Water: Seconding is required
  • GPS:  -34.140558,18.329224 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 22km (with an optional extra 6km: turn at point C)
  • Route:
2 Tokai - Kalk Bay:
  • Location: Tokai, cnr Tokai and Dalmore roads
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.06201,18.435262 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 22km
  • Route: Tokai, Pollsmoor, Westlake golf course, Kalk bay and back
3 Noordhoek - Hout Bay:
  • Location: Noordhoek farm village (Parking lot off Village lane).
  • Water: We drink from the rivers en-route
  • GPS: -34.096858,18.37664 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 20km
  • Approximate route:

  • Location: Noordhoek farm village (Parking lot off Village lane).
  • Water: Seconding required
  • GPS: -34.096858,18.37664 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 19km
  • Approximate route:


5 Bergvliet - Kirstenbosch:
  • Location: Spur car park, Ladies mile, Bergvliet.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.048508,18.454403 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 19km
  • Approximate route:
6 Camps Bay - Suikerbossie:
  • Location: Opposite Camps bay High School Opposite Camps Bay Police Station
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -33.944406,18.37752 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 20km 18km
  • Route: Suikerbossie and back

 7 Kalk Bay - Simonstown:
  • Location: Main Road, Kalk Bay. From Kalk Bay station.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.124524,18.45175 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 25km (or less if you want)
  • Route: Kalk Bay to Simons Town Golf club and back (just past Boulders). On the way back, we run along Fish Hoek beech if its low tide.

 8 Tafelberg road - Signal Hill:
  • Location: Tafelberg road. Meet at the Kloof Nek car-park.
  • Water: Bring your own.
  • GPS: -33.942995, 18.395618 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 19km
  • Route: Depart from Kloof Nek, run past the cable station to the end of the tar, then we retrace our steps, and go all the way to Signal hill. We then return to the start at Kloof Nek.

  • Location: Noordhoek Farm Village
  • Water: Seconding is required
  • GPS: -34.096824,18.377295 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 41km (with an optional extra 4km)
  • Route:

  • Location: At the Light House, Beach Road Mouille Point
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -33.901704,18.399621 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 22km
  • Route:
11 Zoo Parking Lot:
  • Location: At the entrance gate of Rhodes Memorial The parking lot facing the exit from UCT, 500m closer to UCT from where we used to park. This new meeting place is opposite the security hut at the booms at the South Exit from UCT. It's right next to where we used to park - just closer to UCT (and much bigger and hopefully safer). Don't take the Rhodes Memorial exit from the M3, but rather the 'UCT' exit. (Assuming you're coming from Constantia side, this is the exit after the Rhodes Memorial turn-off.)
  • Water: Bring your own 
  • GPS: -33.961061,18.459785 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 20km 
  • Route: 

  • Location: Parking lot at the entrance of Ruyterplaats Estate Near Suikerbossie Restaurant
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.0124,18.351105 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 19km
  • Route: Camps Bay and back

  • Location: Parking lot at Fruit & Veg City, Tokai
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.062775,18.458979 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 20km
  • Route: To Kalk Bay via Sandvlei and Muizenberg, then back via Boys drive or Main road.

  • Location: Westlake business park, outside SA National Parks offices on Westlake drive (50m from the traffic lights at the intersection with Steenberg road.)
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.080376,18.439774 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 26 or 30km
  • Route: Boyes drive, Kalk Bay, (optionally Blackhill,) Sun Valley, Oukaapse Weg. The short option cuts out Blackhill, and goes directly from Fish Hoek to Sun Valley.


  • Location: At the Light House, Beach Road Mouille Point
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -33.901704,18.399621 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 18km
  • Route: A loop around Lion's Head taking in some nice views and lots of variety. Contains some sections on jeep track.



16 Constantia route from VOB:
  • Location: Meet outside the VOB clubhouse.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.019532,18.447814 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 22km
  • Route: A loop through Upper Wynberg, past Monterey, through upper Constantia, and back to the clubhouse via Groot Constantia and Klein Constantia.


  • Location: Meet at the VOB clubhouse in Constantia
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.019532,18.447814 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 22km
  • Route: From Signal hill, along Tafelberg road, the contour path, left down to Rhodes Memorial, Union Avenue, Paradise Motors, Tenant Road, Wolfe Street Wynberg Hill, to the Club House..

18 Apostles - Gardens:
  • Location: Camps Bay tidal pool / police station
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -33.955286,18.376549 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 19km
  • Route: From Camps Bay we run along main road into Sea Point. Near to the swimming pools, we run up to Ocean View drive and follow it to Buitengragt and then on to Camp street in Gardens. Once in Gardens we proceed through Higgovale to Kloof Nek, and then down through Camps Bay to the start.

  • Location: Mariner's Wharf.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.046962, 18.348208  OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 21km
  • Route: From "Mariner's Wharf" we run up towards "Suikerbossie", and from there through Ruyterplaats Estate to World of Birds and then down Valley road. Once back on Victoria road, we go to Hout Bay main road and follow it about half way up the hill to Chapmans Peak. The turning point is a waterfall where we stop for water. We then take the shortest route back to the start.


  • Location: Noordhoek Farm Village.
  • Water: Seconding required
  • GPS: -34.080376,18.439774 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 29km
  • Route: From Noordhoek Farm Village, over Ou Kaapse Weg, along Spaanschemat, up Ladies Mile, Parish, Southern Cross, Rhodes Drive, Rhodes Avenue and ending at the gate to Rhodes Memorial just before UCT.
  • Important Note: This is not an out-and-back route. We will initially meet at the finish, and then share lifts to the start in as few cars as possible. i.e. Don't just go to the start - you might not get a lift back to your car!

  • Location: Fish Hoek beach corner.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.140706, 18.431885  OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 20km
  • Route: From the parking lot near to the rocks at the end of Fish Hoek beach, we run along main road towards Sun Valley and Kommetjie, bearing left. At the 4-way intersection with the Glencairn expressway we turn left and head over to Glencairn. From Main road Glencairn, we turn right into the Glencairn valley, and follow the road in a circular loop up to Da Gama park and down through Dido Valley to Main road where we turn left and return to Fish Hoek beach via the catwalk, ending the run with an optional swim and ice cream.
22 Fish Hoek - Muizenberg:
  • Location: Fish Hoek beach corner.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.140706, 18.431885  OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 20km
  • Route: From the parking lot near to the rocks at the end of Fish Hoek beach, we run towards Muizenberg (on the beach if the tide is low and the sand firm). We follow Main road to St James where we proceed along the cat-walk. Once in Muizenberg, we run along the canal and Sand Vlei, crossing the railway line at the Lakeside station bridge. We then continue along Main road, returning via Boyes drive, ending the run with an optional swim and ice cream.


  • Location: Fish Hoek beach corner
  • Water: Seconding is required
  • GPS: -34.14074, 18.43185 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 48km (or 42 if you stop in Muizenberg)
  • Route:

24 Fish Hoek - Clovelly - Monkey Valley:
  • Location: Fish Hoek beach corner.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -34.140706, 18.431885  OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 21km
  • Route: From the parking lot near to the rocks at the end of Fish Hoek beach, we run towards Muizenberg (on the beach if the tide is low and the sand firm). We turn left at Clovelly and follow the jeep track above the golf course all the way to Sillvermine, continuing on to Noordhoek where we meander through Monkey valley, and finally retrace our steps back.



25 Landmarks from Dean Street Newlands:
  • Location: Dean street Newlands, intersecting Main street.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS:  -33.97105, 18.46398 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 21km
  • Route: The route follows the route of the Landmarks Half marathon (approximately) but starts in Dean Street in Newlands at the circle where it intersects with Main street.


26 Westlake Golf Course to Kalk Bay:
  • Location: Westlake Golf Course parking lot.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS:  -34.0834268, 18.4432253 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 18km
  • Route: From Westlake Golf course we run towards Muzenberg, crossing the railway line at Sandvlei where we loop around Muizenberg High. We then follow the coastline as far as Kalk Bay where we turn up Boyes drive to return  to the golf course.


  • Location: Start at the Light House in Mouille Point.
  • Water: Bring your own
  • GPS: -33.9016, 18.4002 OpenStreetMap
  • Distance: 20km
  • Route: This route follows an approximate route of the well known 'Slave Route' half marathon, however it starts and ends in Mouille Point, and does not go through the Castle.

 
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