Bay to Bay 30 km 2027 is a 30 km race on Sunday 17 January, starting at 05:30 at Lower Kloof Road, Cape Town. The course climbs about 370 m in total and has 9 aid stations.
From Camps Bay along the Atlantic below the Twelve Apostles, over Suikerbossie into Hout Bay, and back again to the finish at Maidens Cove.
05:30 to 05:45 in four groups, Lower Kloof Road, Camps Bay. Gather at Camps Bay High School from 04:30
The fields below the Glen Country Club, Maidens Cove. Cut-off 10:00 (4 hours 30). Halfway cut-off 07:45
It climbs about 370 m in total. The highest point is 151 m above sea level, at km 19.9.
Water and Coke in paper cups at 9 tables: km 3, 6, 9 and 12, the turnaround, then km 18, 21, 24 and 27. Refreshments at the finish. No plastic sachets: #ICarryMyOwn
km 3 · 6 · 9 · 12 · 14.8 · 18 · 21 · 24 · 27
Every 3 km
Hyundai Foreshore: Thursday 14 and Friday 15 January, 10:00 to 18:00; Saturday 16 January, 09:00 to 14:00
King and Queen of the Mountain on Suikerbossie on the way back. No headphones. Prize-giving at 09:00 at the finish
05:30 · km 0
You gather at Camps Bay High School from 04:30 and line up in Lower Kloof Road. Four groups start four minutes apart, from 05:30 to 05:45, just before sunrise.
km 2 to 6 · the coast road
The coast road runs south below the great buttresses along the back of Table Mountain, past the Twelve Apostles Hotel at about km 5.4. There are more than twelve of them.
km 6.5 · on your right
Granite boulders, white sand and clear, cold water, part of Table Mountain National Park. The climbing starts here.
km 5.4 to 9.7 · the long climb
About 140 metres of climbing over four kilometres, steepest early on at about 6%. Steady, not steep.
km 9.7 · highest point, 151 m
Past the Llandudno traffic lights, with Llandudno's beach far below on your right, to the top of Suikerbossie.
km 9.7 to 12 · down into Hout Bay
The road drops about 140 metres in two and a half kilometres, past the turn-off to the Suikerbossie Restaurant, with the bay, the harbour and the Sentinel ahead.
km 12 · Valley Road
At the bottom you take the slipway to the traffic circle and turn up Valley Road, into the green Hout Bay valley. It rises gently, about 35 metres in the next three kilometres.
km 14.8 · halfway
About a kilometre past the World of Birds intersection, at km 14.8, you turn for home. Halfway cut-off: 07:45.
km 15 to 17 · Valley Road
The way back runs gently downhill along Valley Road to the traffic circle, about 35 metres lower.
km 17.3 to 19.9 · the big climb
Back at the circle you keep right towards Victoria Road, and at the foot of Suikerbossie the 15 km runners join you. Then 140 metres of climbing in two and a half kilometres, the hardest part of the course.
km 19.9 · King and Queen of the Mountain
The climb to the top of Suikerbossie on the way back is the race's King and Queen of the Mountain. Suikerbossie is Afrikaans for a little sugarbush, a kind of protea.
km 20 to 24 · the long descent
The road drops about 140 metres in four kilometres, with the Twelve Apostles on your right and the Atlantic on your left.
km 23 to 28 · Victoria Road
From Oudekraal to Camps Bay, Victoria Road hugs the coast and is almost flat. If the south-easter blows, as it often does on summer mornings, it's behind you here.
km 27.5 · Bakoven
Little coves tucked between giant granite boulders, with Lion's Head ahead.
km 28 to 29 · the beachfront
Back along the palm-lined beachfront, in full daylight now. It's the lowest point of the course, just above sea level.
km 30 · Maidens Cove
Past the corner where you started, a small rise past Glen Beach, then the finish on the fields below the Glen Country Club, between Camps Bay and Clifton.