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Ultra-trail Cape Town
At a glance
- Race day
- The 2026 race
- Start
- 17:005:00 PM
- Distance
- 5.0 km3.1 mi
- 5K · Ultra
The course
The UT100 is 99.1 km from and back to Gardens Rugby Club, front-loaded with two climbs, Table Mountain and Karbonkelberg, in the first 50 km and 4,972 m of elevation gain.
- Two big climbs in the first 50 km99.1 km, two climbs in the first 50 km, 4,972 m of gain.
- Six races over one November weekendSix distances, 20 to 22 November, single digits to 30 degrees.
Course notes 2 short reads on the course
Whole courseGradientTwo big climbs in the first 50 km99.1 km, two climbs in the first 50 km, 4,972 m of gain.
The organiser describes a front-loaded technical race from Gardens Rugby Club to Hout Bay and back around the mountain, with views over Table Mountain and the Twelve Apostles and fast forest on the return. It starts at 4:00 on Saturday 21 November 2026, with nine aid stations and a 26 hour cut-off. The Nic Bornman medal goes to the top ten men and women, and the Originals medal to anyone who finishes within 15 hours, the cut-off of the first race in 2014.
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Whole courseTacticsSix races over one November weekendSix distances, 20 to 22 November, single digits to 30 degrees.
The 100 miler takes runners from the northern mountains to the southern ones with 7,516 m of vertical gain, and the shorter races cross Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, the 12 Apostles trail, Llandudno, Hout Bay, the Constantia winelands, Kirstenbosch and Devil’s Peak. The organiser warns of single-digit temperatures in the early morning on top of Table Mountain and 30 degrees or more later in the day. Runners must be 20 for the 100 miler, 100 km, 55 km and 35 km, 18 for the 23 km and 16 for the 16 km.
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Race weekend
Thursday 19 November Expo
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10:0010:00 AM–19:007:00 PM
Registration and expo, day 1 The Avenue, Two Oceans Aquarium, V&A Waterfront. Registration for UTCT 100 miler, UT100, PT55, TM35, EX23 and KS16.
Friday 20 November Race day
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10:0010:00 AM–19:007:00 PM
Registration and expo, day 2 The Avenue, Two Oceans Aquarium, V&A Waterfront. Registration for UTCT 100 miler, UT100, TM35 and EX23. -
17:005:00 PM
UTCT 100 miler start Gardens Rugby Club
Other races (2)
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06:006:00 AM
Peninsula Traverse 55 km start Llandudno. Finish at Gardens Rugby Club; winners expected at 12:30. -
08:308:30 AM
Kickstarter 16 km start Beau Constantia. Finish at Gardens Rugby Club; winners expected at 09:47.
Saturday 21 November The day after
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04:004:00 AM
Ultra-Trail 100 km start Gardens Rugby Club. Winners expected at 13:30. -
09:009:00 AM
Explorer 23 km start Alphen Trail. Finish at Gardens Rugby Club; winners expected at 11:12.
Sunday 22 November 2 days after
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13:001:00 PM
Prize giving, all races Gardens Rugby Club
Cut-offs and other races (3)
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05:555:55 AM
Ultra-Trail 100 km final finishers The 100 km cut-off of 26 hours. -
06:006:00 AM
Table Mountain 35 km start Gardens Rugby Club. Winners expected at 09:35. -
14:002:00 PM
UTCT 100 miler final finishers
Times as published by the organiser, in Cape Town time, checked . Confirm on their site before you travel.
The forecast for Friday
Race morning, on the record
Add to calendar .ics file, times in Cape Town time
Entry
Race fuel
Energy gel
No gel needed at this pace
Finish
One every 40 minutes, by the clock:
Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.
For your long training runs:
Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side. Enough for race day and two test long runs.
Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.
Order by 30 October to test them on two long runs first.
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Anti-chafe
Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml
An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.
Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.
Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.
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Number belt
Compressport Race Belt
Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.
Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.
Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.
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Electrolytes
SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20
One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.
One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.
Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.
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Blister plasters
Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6
One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.
Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.
Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.
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Keep exploring
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