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Post-Comrades Recovery

   What Your Body Really Needs After 85.78 Kilometres Welcome, fellow runners and fitness enthusiasts. The finish line of the Comrades Marathon carries a particular feeling that is hard to describe to anyone who has not been there. For months your life revolves around training runs, early mornings, nutrition plans and endless conversations about kilometres. Then it is over. The medal is around your neck. The photographs appear on social media. And the training schedule that dictated every weekend simply disappears overnight. Many runners spend so much time preparing for race day that recovery barely gets a thought. That is a mistake and a surprisingly common one. Running nearly 85.78 kilometres puts serious stress on the body. Muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and even the immune system take a beating over those many hours on the road. Recovery is not a matter of resting for a few days before returning to normal training. It is the process through which the body actually...
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Western Province Race Calendar 2026
    

Jul 2026 Race Events

Date Event Name Location Contact Telephone
4 Jul 2026 Eersterivier 15 kmNot Listed Gary Pekeur 074-4342332
18 Jul 2026 Cape Town Festival of Running Ultras & 5x5 Relays - 2 Days Sea Point Promenade Race Organiser 076-4896043
19 Jul 2026 Cape Town Festival of Running Half Marathon Sea Point Promenade Race Organiser 076-4896043
26 Jul 20256 Pinelands 10 km The Oval, Pinelands Club Wendal Smith 073-1774394

Aug 2026 Race Events

Date Event Name Location Contact Telephone
1 Aug 2026 Elsies River 10 km  Not Listed Bertram Windvogel 082-3987148
2 Aug 2026 WPA Cross Country League 7  Not Listed  Not Listed  Not Listed
9 Aug 2026 Totalsports Women's Race - Cape Town Grand Parade Francois Gouws 083-2368265
16 Aug 2026 John Korasie 30 km Simons Town Sports Field Sinethemba Masana 060-5033936
22 Aug 2026 Bonteheuwel 10 km Bonteheuwel Civic Andy James 082-7076040
29 Aug 2026 Chillie, 5 km & 10 km - 2 DaysNot Listed Phumlani Tina 082-6741368
30 Aug 2026 Velocity Family Day 5 km & 21 km Groot Phesantekraal View Shopping Mall Mario Philander 072-2541880

Sep 2026 Race Events

Date Event Name Location Contact Telephone
5 Sep 2026 Tekkie Challenge Jan Kriel School Lou Boltmann 072-8854811
6 Sep 2026 Khayelitsha 5 km &10 km Mandela Park Stadium Nandi Mginqi 073-5941607
12Sep 2026 OUTsurance Gun Run - 18.8 km Trail Run Van Riebeeck Park Lynn Davis 082-9990333
13 Sep 2026 OUTsurance Gun Run Half Marathon Vlei Road Lynn Davis 082-9990333
20 Sep 2026 Chapman's Peak Half Marathon 12 km & 21 km Hout Bay Richard 082-6436186
24 Sep 2026 Nantes Heritage Day 10 km Vangate Sports Complex Leon Hendricks 082-4113913
26 Sep 2026 Goodwood Harriers Heritage 5km &10 km Challenge Upper parking Deck N1 City Mall Edward Stevens 083-2290602
27 Sep 2026 Voet of the Vine Route Half Marathon Zevenwacht Mall Briggett Smit 082-8563022



Oct 2026 Race Events

Date Event Name Location Contact Telephone
78 Oct 2026 Silver Queen Runway 10 km Night Race Ysterplaat AFB Sinenthemba Masana 060-5033936
10 Oct 2026 BAKgat 10 km Not Listed Ronel Connoway 083-5005649
18 Oct 2026 Slave Route 5km, 10 km & 21km  Grand Parade Zarina Meyer 083-2485655
24 Oct 2026 Melkbos 15 km  Melkbos  Not Listed Not Listed
25 Oct 2026 Don Lock Memorial Run Claremont Glen Muller 082-9973252                                

Nov 2026 Race Events

Date Event Name Location Contact Telephone

1 Nov 2026 Landmarks Half Marathon & 6 km Fun Run WPCC Sports Centre Mark Stybis 083-2315919
7 Nov 2026 Sportsmans Warehouse Winelands Marathon & Half Eikestad Primary Izette Mostert/Frances Abrahams Not Listed
8 Nov 2026 ARD Three-Vlei 5 km & 10 km Fairmount High School Mubeen Davids 076-0192207
14 Nov 2026 Chas Everitt Edgemead 5 km & 10 km Edgemead High SchoolFrancois Gouws 083-2368265
15 Nov 2026 Totalsports VOB Grape Run 14 km & 21 km Constantia   Not Listed Not Listed
21 Nov 2026 Mitchells Plain Titans 10 km & 21 km Rocklands Sports field Rocklands Sports field 084-9683425
21 Nov 2026 WPA Masters and Combined Events Not Listed Not Listed Not Listed
22 Nov 2026 Phoenix Emancipation of Enslaved People 10km Castle of Good Hope Fred van der Merwe 081-3637891
25 Nov 2026 Metropolitan 10 km Not Listed  Naazneen Samsodien / Leilahn Albertyn 082-8586419 / 083-2656172
28 Nov 2026 WPA Open Meeting Green Point/Parow Not Listed Not Listed
29 Nov 2026 AVBOB 15 km Pick 'n Pay Centre, Table View Leon Thelander 083-9996450

Dec 2026 Race Events

Date Event Name Location Contact Telephone
5 Dec 2026 Robben Island Memorial Run 10 km Robben Island  Not Listed Not Listed
8 Dec 2026 Growthpoint Properties Sundowner 10 km Greenpoint Cricket Club Ashley Johnson 083-5464520
16 Dec 2026 RCS Gugs Reconciliation Day 10 & 4.2 km NY49 Stadium Aubrey Shoko 082-4764656
26 Dec 2026 Tokai Manor House 16 km Cape Academy Gavin Craig 076-5696898
31 Dec 20265 Runners' Memorial 8 km Mouille Point Lighthouse Francois Gouws 083-2368265

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