Waiting List Draw for May Lottery
One entry for the OTTER RUN and one entry for the OTTER RETTO have been given to the lucky winners of the May Lottery. OTTER RUN: Julian Moore OTTER CHALLENGE: Gregory Jarvies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgTV9m6RDIE&feature=youtub...
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1st Scout Run for the RETTO
Saturday 5 May 2012, Magnetic South Course Director, Chris Crewdson, was joined by three members of the crack MCSA Mountain Rescue team (a committed bunch of absolute ROCK STARS) based in the Plett/Crags area who volunteer their services year on year...
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Training for the RETTO in CPT
by John Brimble, 3 times OTTER Finisher Living in Cape Town, your problem for training is one of so many choice. But what wonderful choices. So grab your GU, put some GU electrolytes in your hydration system and get out on the trails. Run...
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RETTO Prologue has been revealed
The Stormsriver Prologue for the OTTER African Trail Run - which will start in Nature's Valley and finish at the Stormsriver Mouth has been revealed during last week's OTTER Launch. With the OTTER being raced for the very first time fro...
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At the media launch of the Otter African Trail Run 2012
Wednesday night saw the media launch of the 2012 Otter Trail Run held at the 2 Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town. With the predator’s exhibit as a backdrop, I couldn’t help myself thinking how fitting this slightly intimidating, yet thoroughly fas...
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1st “UP” Run of the OTTER launched in CPT
The inaugural Otter Run was staged in September 2009 in conjunction with the Southern Storm. The first Otter African Trail Run, Which attracted some of the best endurance athletes in Africa, was described by hardened trail runners as the “pinnacl...
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A Fishy Trail Tale
by Kyle Smith Marine Ecologist, SAN Parks Those of you who have at some stage either hiked the Otter trail or have previously been privileged to compete during the African Otter Trail run will know what I mean when I say that the Tsitsikamma coas...
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Vanessa Haywood, Otter Finisher, 07:08:15
Dear Magnetic South Team, I can't thank you all enough for an absolutely amazing couple of days in Nature's Valley! My 1st Otter Trail Run is something I will never forget! I still can't believe I actually experienced what I did. The route i...
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Records Tumble at OTTER
It is no wonder the OTTER African Trail Run has been dubbed ‘The Grail of Trail” by local organisers Magnetic South. This magnificent coastal run traverses the beaches and sea cliffs of the Eden District from Storms River Mouth to the laid-back v...
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Exceptional men’s field to run The Otter
Rarely are there more than a handful of trail runners at any one event with the ability to take line honours. To put this into perspective, most events are a bit like a 100-metre final with Usain Bolt running against seven runners who didn’t qualif...
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BIG GUNS GATHER FOR “THE GRAIL OF TRAIL”
What is arguably the strongest field of trail runners ever assembled on South African soil will be gathering in the Garden Route National Park for the annual Otter Run presented by Hi Tec. Winners of almost every major trail run in the country includ...
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Tips to stay stronger longer at Otter
Sport scientist & Otter combatant Ryan Hodierne The flat sections toward the end of the Hi-Tec Otter African Trail Run, that 42km up-and-down epic along the gazillion stairs of the spectacular Garden Route's Tsitsikamma National Park are the ...
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John’s Training Advice
John Collins - ran the OTTER - African Trail Run in a time of 4h:56min:43sec "Being a father of a 2 & 4 year old & having a wife who also enjoy s trail running curbs my training time substantially. My situation is not unique, in fact, it...
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Fiona McIntosh’s experience on the Otter Run
Dawn on 20 September 2009. 179 crazy individuals dressed in skimpy shorts and Hi-tec bibs are huddled together eagerly awaiting the start of the inaugural Hi-tec Otter African Trail Run. Everyone is chatting and joking but it doesn’t hide th...
read moreThe Otter African Trail Run 2010
The OTTER African Trail Run, sponsored by global outdoor apparel manufacturer HI-TEC , was yesterday presented for only the second time within the scenic Garden Route National Park. This unique and exhilarating race, run in a single day along the 5-d...
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