Contemplative
21.1 km
5:50 /km
Half along the sea.
Photo · Cape Town Race Library
Cape Town, South Africa·Africa·OctoberIconic
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
City & coastal, mostly flat, scenic.
Snapped to real footpaths · Garmin · Strava · AllTrails · Komoot · Coros · Wahoo · Apple Watch · outdooractive
- Official distance
- 42.195 km · 21.1 km
- Elevation gain
- +394m
- Mindful tempo
- 5:18 /km — luminous
- Character
- City & coastal, mostly flat, scenic
Table Mountain on one side, Atlantic on the other — Africa's fastest big-city marathon and a Global World Marathon Major candidate.
Because moving beside water borrows its willingness; the current does part of the pacing for you.
Mountain and sea hold the line — you run the seam. Keep gaze soft, wide.
Course
Open in OpenStreetMap Map & elevation profile
Course line · live Xymove map
Xymove · rendering the line
Xymove Map
42.195 km loop
Live · pinch, drag, zoom-33.925, 18.424
Elevation profile
+394 m gainPeak 394 m · 42.195 km
Elevation profile: total gain 394 metres, peak 394 m above start, low 0 m.A physical profile — respect the ascents; let the descents restore the breath.
Cape Town-33.925, 18.424
Race Day
Practical & atmospheric notes
Kind shoulder-season conditions — mild mornings, arm-sleeves off by kilometre eight for most runners.
A warm regional start — clubs in matching kit, coffee vans, a local mayor with a microphone. Human-scale and unhurried.
Loyal, knowledgeable crowd at trail-heads and villages. Deep silence between — the wind and your breath as company.
Water sections between km 18 and km 24 thin the crowd — breathe long, let the current pace you.
Sealed city tarmac — closed to traffic on race day
Elevation and mixed surfaces make this a physical line. Handcycles only with a support team; sturdy adaptive strollers on the flatter opening kilometres.
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Recovery
Sea Point promenade, rooibos, quiet supper.
Along the line
Course imagery
Soul-Tuned Variations
One race, three ways to run it.
Recovery echo
6 km
6:30 /km
Sea Point shuffle.
Stronger
42.195 km
4:30 /km
Even pace, mountain honest.
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