Saturday 17 October · done
10:00 – 14:30
Simon's Restaurant, Groot Constantia
Simon's band, then School of Rock. Collect your pack, stay for food and a drink.
Directions →Race week · Saturday 24 October 2026
Runner Hub
The race day timeline, what to carry and how to get to your start. Final details come in the race briefing.
Registration is part of the experience
Collect your race pack
Two chances to collect, or send a friend to collect for you. Travelling from outside the Western Cape? Email us and we'll make a plan.
Wednesday 21 October · done
16:00 – 19:30
Jack Black Tap Room, Diep River
Last chance to collect. Music, food, drinks.
Directions →- Bring your mandatory gear: it is checked at registration.
- Partner discounts are waiting at registration, so don't stock up before.
- 1st Strikers (the first 100 entrants): your reward is at registration.
- Can't make it? Send a friend, or email [email protected] if you're travelling from outside the Western Cape.
Race-day forecast · Saturday 24 October
Weather on the mountain
Forecasts for the three start areas; Constantia covers the 21, the 10 and the finish. Mountain weather changes fast: pack for the worst, and check again on race morning.
Green Point
42 km start 
–Forecast loading- Rain
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Noordhoek
33 km start –Forecast loading- Rain
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Constantia
21 km start · 10 km · finish –Forecast loading- Rain
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Forecast by Open-Meteo. Official warnings: South African Weather Service.
Saturday 24 October
Race day timeline
- 05:00 Shuttle to Green PointLeaves Constantia Uitsig 42 km
- 05:30 Shuttle to NoordhoekLeaves Constantia Uitsig 33 km
- 06:00 The Cobra Full startsGreen Point 42 km
- 06:00 Shuttle to Beau ConstantiaLeaves Constantia Uitsig 21 km
- 06:30 Cobra Strike 33 km startsNoordhoek 33 km
- 07:00 The Cobra Half startsBeau Constantia, Constantia Nek 21 km
- 08:00 Vineyard Labyrinth startsConstantia Uitsig 10 km
- 08:00 Live broadcast beginsCobra Channel · Live page Everyone
- 11:00 10 km cut-off3 hours after the 08:00 start 10 km
- 13:00 Cut-off at Constantia NekConstantia Glen aid station, before Vlakkenberg 42 km
- 17:00 Final cut-offBefore sunset, for your safety 42 · 33 · 21
- 19:00 Festival wraps upConstantia Uitsig · thank you for running with the Cobra Everyone
Mandatory for every runner
Pack it. Tick it.
Gear is checked at registration and spot-checked on the route. Each missing item costs 15 to 30 minutes. The 10 km list follows the weather in the final briefing.
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The Cobra setlist
Turn it up
The race-day playlist: the songs on the start line, the route and the stage. Press play for your long run.
Open in Spotify →
Cobra setlistSpotify playlistThe Cobra SetlistStart line · the route · the stage
Getting to your start
Park at the finish. Ride to the start.
Parking at the starts is limited, so park at Constantia Uitsig and take the Cobra shuttle. Add a bus ticket in RacePass: log in, open your Cape Cobra profile, choose Merch and add the ticket for your distance.
Open RacePass →
Crew Showdown
Run together. Strike together.
Crews of three, all entered in the same distance. Combined finish times decide it, with male, female and mixed winners per distance and a place in the Hall of Fame.
Your crew’s combined time shows on the Live boards on race day.
Safety · integrity · respect for the mountain
If something goes wrong
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Stay safe
A small first aid kit is recommended. Stay warm, dry and visible.
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Call it in
Phone the emergency number on your bib with your race number, name and location.
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No signal?
Stay where you are. Ask the next runner to alert the nearest marshal. Race HQ coordinates the response.
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Dropping out
Walk to the nearest aid station and tell the station captain before leaving the course.
Race rules
Run it right
Aid & seconding
Aid stations roughly every 5 to 10 km, with water tables between; km marks on each route page. Crews may help only at official aid stations and within 100 m of them.
Your bib
On the front of your body at all times, ideally on a race belt. Never on your back.
Trail code
No litter, no trace, no shortcuts. Give wildlife space and call out on blind corners. Expect baboons and bees.
Results
Provisional results go live after the race; final results within a few days. Protests at Race HQ within 60 minutes of finishing.