Skins
Sandy Bay to Clifton
16km SwimRun
No Wetsuit
HC (beyond categorisation)
Team Event
SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2024
(Sunday 1 December - bad weather backup day)
SUBMIT SWIM CV
Torpedo Skins
An extraordinary race at the foot of the 7th Natural Wonder of the World.
12 transitions between water and air with a predicted 20 degree Celsius difference. Without the use of a wetsuit to shield the temperature shock, this sudden change in environmental conditions imposes a high physiological stress on the body resulting in a low probability of finishing.
SwimRun Skins entry includes:
- Torpedo merchandise by Vye
- Torpedo swim cap
- Premium bus to startline above Sandy Bay
- Full water and land safety
- 3 Energy points on route
- Complimentary race photographs
- Africa’s 1st SwimRun across world-famous sites – Llandudno, Oudekraal, 12 Apostles, Camps Bay and Clifton
- A SwimRun bucket list experience
- Torpedo's first HC (beyond classification) grade event
- Atlantic freezing cold waters - #wildlycool only for the brave
- Finishline at Clifton 4th Beach
Required to enter:
- Team of two
- Two equally competent athletes start and finish together and cannot be separated by more than 10m
- Running Shoes + Whistle (bring your own)
- Submit your (and your partners) cold water CV above. Detail all races, swims and specific ocean non-wetsuit cold water experience.
- 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:
- 16 (additional requirements for 16 - 18yr)
Swim and run distances:
- 6x Runs – Total = 12km
- 6x Swims – Total = 4km
- Total Combined – 16km
Torpedo gear provided:
- Torpedo swim cap
- Torpedo race vest (to be returned)
- Mobii timing chip (to be returned)
- Emergency number wrist band
Hydro points on the route:
- Racefood: Hydro Point 1 – Top of Llandudno climb (Victoria Drive)
- Bootlegger: Hydro Point 2 – Bootlegger coffee shop Bakoven (Victoria Drive)
- PURA Hydration: Finish Line – at Clifton 4th
Event cost:
- R2,450 per person (R4,900 per team)
- Limited entry to invited teams
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 twelve 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 Skins.