Cape Town Gun Run

Get ready for one of the Mother City’s favourite fun runs and half-marathons

Hordes of runners are set to take off from the starting line of one of Cape Town’s most popular half marathons and fun run races this October. The 2017 Gun Run invites runners (of varying degrees of fitness) to race through the streets of the Mother City, along the Sea Point Promenade and around Camps Bay as part of one of three fast, flat races on Sunday, 8 October 2017.

Since its inauguration in 1993, the Gun Run has become a firm favourite on the sporting calendar. Runners can participate in either the half-marathon (21.1km), the 10km or the 5km race. This year the races will start on Beach Road, Mouille Point, and end on the field of the Hamilton’s Rugby Club on Vlei Road. To ease the congestion, the starting times are staggered so the half marathon starts at 6:30am, the 10km race at 7:30am and the 5km fun run at 8:30am . As is tradition, the Cape Field Artillery will signal the end of the event with the firing of the battlefield gun at 10am.

Aside from the more active running activities, a host of entertainment is scheduled for the day, most of which will revolve around the KFM music stage. Food and drink vendors will also be on site to satiate any appetite runners (or supporting friends and family members) may have worked up. What’s more, athletes are encouraged to stay after the race for the prize giving and lucky draw; all the participants stand a chance of winning a purse of R10 000 in cash!

ENTRIES & REGISTRATION FOR THE 2017 CAPE TOWN GUN RUN

Entries can be submitted via post, fax, and in-store at participating outlets or online through TopEvents.co.za. Do note, entries for the half marathon and 10km race close on Sunday, 24 September 2017 and no late entries will be accepted, but participants in the 5km can enter on race day.

Please note that there is an admin fee for online entries. If you are not a member of an ASA affiliated club, and do not have a 2017 licence, then you will have to purchase a temporary licence for the race.

Registration and number collection takes place on Friday, 6 and Saturday, 7 October 2017 from 12pm to 6pm on Friday, and 9am to 4pm on Saturday at participating venues (see below), and not on the day of the event – unless by prior arrangement.

• Sportsmans Warehouse Sea Point: +27 (0) 21 439 7172
• Sportsmans Warehouse Canal Walk: +27 (0) 21 552 0163
• Sportsmans Warehouse Rondebosch: +27 (0) 21 689 8171
• Sportsmans Warehouse Somerset Mall: +27 (0) 21 851 1318
• Sportsmans Warehouse Tokai: +27 (0) 21 713 0180
• Sportsmans Warehouse Tygervalley: +27 (0) 21 914 1801

For more information, email info@topevents.co.za or phone +27 (0)21 511 7130.

Interested in other runs and races in Cape Town? Check out our overview of running events in the Western Cape.

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