Cosy
Cosy Bay to Clifton
7km SwimRun
Blue Grade
Individual Event
SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2024
(Sunday 1 December - bad weather backup day)
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Torpedo Cosy
A unique SwimRun experience at the foot of the 7th Natural Wonder of the World.
SwimRun Cosy entry includes:
- Premium bus to startline at Tidal Beach (between Cosy Bay and Bakoven)
- Torpedo swim cap
- Full water and land safety
- Complimentary race photographs
- Follow the second half of Africa’s 1st SwimRun across world-famous sites – Bakoven, Camps Bay and Clifton
- A taster of a SwimRun bucket list experience
- An introductory blue grade race in the Torpedo SwimRun African Series
- Atlantic freezing cold waters - #wildlycool only for the brave
- Finishline at Clifton 4th Beach
Required to enter:
- Individual
- Competent athlete with experience in cold ocean water
- Compulsory Gear: Wetsuit (short arms and legs permitted) + Running Shoes + Whistle (bring your own)
- All entrants are required to complete and pass an online Ocean test prior to racing. The test covers safety elements, emergency protocol and race rules. The questionnaire is by Christina Geromont who completed a thesis on SwimRun, and her paper "Swimrun race, athletes, safety and performance: A brief review" can be found here.
Age limit:
- 14 (additional requirements for 14 - 18yr)
Swim and run distances:
- 3x Runs – Total = ±5.5km
- 3x Swims – Total = ±1.1km
- Total Combined = ±6,6km
Torpedo gear provided:
- Torpedo swim cap
- Torpedo race vest (to be returned)
- Mobii timing chip (to be returned)
- Emergency number wrist band
Energy point on the route:
- Bootlegger: Energy Point – Bootlegger coffee shop Bakoven (Victoria Drive)
- Spar Hout Bay: Finish Line Squillos – at Clifton 4th
Event cost:
- R800 per person
- Limited entry to 200
Optional extra gear permitted:
- Swimming hand paddles
- SwimRun pull buoy
- Team pull rope
- Swim goggles
- Fins (15cm permitted)
- Extra Cap (for the cold water and to hold your goggles in place)
Swim and run segment details:
Swim and run segment details:
There are seven sections of swimming and running along this iconic coastline. From white-sand beaches, to freezing Atlantic sea, a shipwreck, the granite boulder fields, kelp forests, and Maidens Cove beneath the 12 Apostle mountains – it’s the #wildlycool Torpedo Cosi.