Torpedo SwimRun series expands to Atlantic
THE third edition of the Torpedo SwimRun will take place on November 18 along the Cape Town Atlantic Seaboard.
The Torpedo SwimRun Series is growing, with the recent announcement that the newest event, Torpedo SwimRun Val de Vie, will be happening on February 3 at the well-known Franschhoek lifestyle estate, and will draw both competitive athletes and beginner swimrunners who want to try out the sport.
Swimrun is a relatively new sport that originated in Sweden, and offers off-road and open-water adventure along coastal and inland waterways, with routes designed around the natural environment and with distances varying from race to race.
Former Olympic swimming gold medalist Ryk Neethling, marketing director for Val de Vie has entered the November Torpedo SwimRun Cape event, and is happy to be hosting a Torpedo SwimRun on the Franschhoek estate next year.
“At Val de Vie we are promoting a healthy outdoor lifestyle and to that end we host trail runs, have developed more than 40km of mountain bike (MTB) trails, host the polo as well as our monthly markets.
‘‘To add a Torpedo SwimRun event is a great fit for us,” he said.
Richard McMartin, co-founder of Torpedo SwimRun, said: “One of the reasons we are so thrilled about Val de Vie as our next event, is that this one will make SwimRun so much more accessible to new participants: the swimming is in dams with the longest swim being 400m, and it is not as technical as Cape and Wild.
We are also able to cater for a larger number of athletes.
‘‘The longest run is 3km. With 2kms of swimming in total, and 8km of total running, the whole race is 10km.”
Entries are now open for Torpedo SwimRun Val de Vie at https://torpedoswimrun.com/val-de-vie/