Eden Meander 10km 2026 is a 10 km race on Saturday 24 October, starting at 07:00 at Eden Meander, George. The course climbs about 66 m in total and has 2 water points.
Nedbank Running Club SWD's Saturday morning 10 km in George: round the Eden Meander Lifestyle Centre, up Knysna Road towards the Outeniqua Mountains, down Mission Road past the Outeniqua Transport Museum, through Levallia and home down Park Road. 66 metres of climbing.
07:00, Eden Meander Lifestyle Centre, corner of Knysna Road and the N2, George. The 10 km and the 5 km fun run and walk start and finish here
Eden Meander Lifestyle Centre. Cut-off 2 hours (09:00). Toilets inside the centre, first aid at the start and finish
It climbs about 66 m in total. The highest point is 231 m above sea level, at km 5.5.
Two drinking stations, about 3.5 km apart, or more if the weather calls for it. Seconding only at the water points. Distance markers every kilometre
km 3.5 · 7
2 water points, about 3.5 km apart (places approximate)
Temporary numbers at Sportsmans Warehouse, Eden Meander: Friday 23 October, 15:00 to 17:00, and race morning 06:00 to 06:50
Pre-entries closed on 20 October (R125 for the 10 km, R65 for the 5 km). No late entries for the 10 km; late entries for the 5 km on race morning, 06:00 to 06:50. Minimum age 14 for the 10 km, 9 for the 5 km
Medals for the first 400 finishers of the 10 km and the first 100 of the 5 km. Open: R500, R300 and R200. R150 for the winners of Junior, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+, Walk and Nedbank SWD. Prize-giving at 10:15, in club colours
Chip timed (IPICO): no chip, no result. Licensed runners in club colours with their 2026 licence front and back. No earphones, animals, racers or wheelchairs on the 10 km
07:00 · km 0
You start at the Eden Meander Lifestyle Centre, on the corner of Knysna Road and the N2, at seven on Saturday morning. Nedbank Running Club SWD's licensed 10 km runs with a 5 km fun run and walk, in support of Carpe Diem School, a George school for learners with special education needs that has grown from 30 learners to more than 360. It is a kind course for the Garden Route: 66 metres of climbing, between 202 and 231 metres above the sea.
km 0.2 to 2.1 · Platinum Drive
A two-kilometre loop to begin: along Platinum Drive past the Garden Route Mall, which opened in 2005, up to Park Road, and back through Eden Meander, which opened in October 2015, to Knysna Road. You run the stretch through the centre again at the very end. George itself was proclaimed in 1811, on St George's Day, and named after King George III.
km 2.1 to 5.5 · Knysna Road
Left onto Knysna Road, which carries the N9 and N12 into George, for the longest stretch of the race: 3.4 km north-west, almost dead straight, from 202 metres at km 2.3 to 230 at km 5. That is less than one metre up in every hundred, but it does not stop. At about km 3.5 the Glenwood golf course, a nine-hole short course, is on your right, and the first water point is about here.
km 3.7 to 5.4 · Knysna Road
The skyline ahead is the Outeniqua Mountains. Their Khoekhoe name is usually read as 'the people who carry bags of honey'. The peak almost straight ahead is George Peak, 1,337 metres, and behind it stands Cradock Peak, at 1,578 metres the highest in the range. The N9 and N12 cross them on the Outeniqua Pass, built by Italian prisoners of war and opened in 1951. At km 4.2 you cross Madiba Drive, once Saasveld Road, where the old Seven Passes Road to Knysna begins: Thomas Bain built it between 1867 and 1883.
km 5.4 to 5.8 · Mission Road
At km 5.46, by the Paddagat Shopping Centre, you reach the top of the course, 231 metres, and turn sharp left into Mission Road. The long shed on your right is the Outeniqua Transport Museum, opened in 1998 in a former goods shed and now officially the Transnet Transport Museum, with some twenty steam locomotives, old coaches and vintage cars. One of the coaches of the White Train that carried the royal family to George in 1947 is here. It was the home of the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe, the steam train that ran to Knysna until floods cut the line in 2006, and then to Mossel Bay until 2010. Next door are the offices of the Garden Route District Municipality, which has its seat in George.
km 5.8 to 7.6 · Levallia
Off Mission Road and through the streets of Levallia: Sauer, Gelderblom, Bailie, Stuurman, Plaatjies, Grower, Volkwyn and Wolhuter Streets, a dozen corners in under two kilometres. At about km 6.6 Rosemoor Stadium is on your right; the municipality began rebuilding it in 2024 with a tartan athletics track. The second water point is at about km 7. The road drifts down from 227 metres to 219.
km 7.6 to 9.5 · Park Road
Left onto Park Road for the run home: 1.9 km south-east, gently downhill all the way, from 221 metres to 207. On a typical late-October morning the breeze comes from the west-south-west, which puts it behind you here.
km 9.5 to 10 · Eden Meander
Off Park Road and back through Eden Meander, the way you came at km 1.2, to the finish beside the start. The first 400 finishers of the 10 km get a medal, and prize-giving is at 10:15. The race ambassador is Lloyd Bosman of Pacaltsdorp, who runs for Nedbank SWD: on his Comrades debut in June 2026 he finished seventh, in 5:28:53, for a gold medal.
Route: the organisers' course map on plotaroute.com (Nedbank Running Club SWD), matched to OpenStreetMap. Times, water, entries and prizes: the official 2026 race flyer