The Otter African Trail Run The Otter Run presented by Salomon and GU has been dubbed “the Holy Grail of Trail Running.” At 42km it is a full trail marathon that traverses South Africa’s most iconic hiking trail; the Otter Trail, arguably one of the most beautiful trails on the planet. The Otter Run is the only time when trail running is permitted on the Otter Trail.
On the 17th of October one of the most remarkable feats in South African sporting history took place in the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park. Swiss runner Marc Lauenstein challenged the Otter African Trail Run’s unthinkable four hour barrier. To put this in perspective there are not more than a handful of […]
written by Bruce Clark – RUN WRITE In the long jump event at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Bob Beamon jumped so far he created a new word. “Beamonesque” entered sporting lexicon and is now used as an adjective to describe spectacular athletic feats. Out of nowhere Beamon produced the jump of the century. In an […]
Biggest Trail Running PayOut in SA The Garden Route National Park was the arena of possibly one of the most extraordinary athletic achievements in South African sporting history when Swiss Trail Runner Marc Lauenstein became the first person to run the Otter African Trail Run presented by Salomon and GU in under four hours. It […]
International Trail Running Superstar heads for the Garden Route next month to challenge the “Grail of Trails ® ”mythical four hour barrier. The Otter African Trail Run, presented by Salomon and GU, is taking place next month in the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park. 450 runners will line up at the Stormsriver […]
Thanks to Buff® South Africa, international Buff® athlete Emma Roca is coming to rock the 2015 Otter African Trail Run, and will show South Africans a little bit about finding balance and living your passions. Emma was born in Barcelona in 1973 and is now a married mother of three children with a degree in […]
by Kane Reilly, best times: 2012 Retto (5th overall in 4h48min) and 2013 Otter (4th in 4h28min). Published in http://www.gomulti.co.za Kane Reilly has been moving closer to a podium in recent years, and 2015 may be his year, according to former Otter winners. Photo: Jacques Marais/Sony The 42km distance of the Otter’s pristine Garden Route trail […]
by André Gie, Otter 2010 winner. Published in http://www.gomulti.co.za Andre Gie’s face says it all at the end of one of the early Otter African Trail Runs. Photo: Jacques Marais/Sony If you look at the times run, (which are frikking crazy impressive these days by the way), the Otter is not a race about […]
Alien invasive species have been prioritised as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Unfortunately, many invasive species are here to stay despite huge amounts of money being spent on control, eradication and rehabilitation. As a result there is an increasing call for greater control of the introduction and spread of invasive species. Sometimes seeds […]
Preparation for the OTTER African Trail Run can be quite daunting due to its relentless reputation – and yet 94% of all athletes that do the OTTER for the first time report that it was even harder than they expected. What makes the OTTER so hard? It is not the Marathon distance – it […]
Over the last three years with my association with Magnetic South and the African Otter Trail Run I have tried to highlight and create greater awareness around the importance of the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area. Just a reminder, the entire