Events/Sanlam Cape Town Marathon

Sanlam Cape Town Marathon

Running

Date

Sun, 23 May 2027

Venue

Cape Town, South Africa

Countdown

May

Distance

42.195km

Total climb

85m

Africa's first Abbott World Marathon Major, the eighth in the series from 2027. A flat road marathon through central Cape Town, with Table Mountain behind you the whole way.

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The course

The route

The route starts and finishes at Cape Town Stadium in Green Point, running past the V&A Waterfront and the colourful Bo-Kaap, then out and back along the Sea Point promenade before returning through the city.

Weather

Late-May, Cape Town

17°CTypical high

15°CTypical low

12°CColdest in 20 years

36%Days with rain

Highs around 17°C and lows around 15°C, but it has dropped to 12°C. Rain on 36% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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A flat, fast PB course

Typical sessions

42.195km on closed urban roads that stay almost entirely flat, so the distance and your pacing are the whole test, not the terrain

Cool 10 to 16C May weather removes the heat excuse and makes fast times realistic

The race doesn't really start until 30km, where your endurance and fuelling decide the final 12km

Any breeze off the Atlantic on the Sea Point coastal stretch is the one variable worth respecting

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Marathon-pace long run: 28 to 35km with 15 to 20km at goal pace, fuelled exactly as on race day

Long tempo: 40 to 60 minutes continuous at marathon pace

Threshold intervals: 3 to 4 x 3km at threshold pace with 90s recovery

Medium-long run: 14 to 18km easy mid-week, volume without a full long run's recovery cost

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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