MUT Miler by UTMB

MUT Miler by UTMB

It opens with a vertical kilometre to George Peak and an out-and-back to Cradock Peak, then descends the original Cradock Peak route to the foot of the old Voortrekker Pass. From there: Keurkop, the Dragons Back ridgeline, down to the Sputnick at the top of the Outeniqua Pass, across into Champherskloof through Klein Karoo fynbos, Montagu Pass, and the Dizzy Heights climb to ridge running above George Dam. The course then crosses the Kaaimans River to Groenkop Nature Reserve and the Groeneweide Trails, leaving the forest at the Saasveld aid station.

There the Miler leaves the 100 km route for the beaches of Wilderness, the organiser’s description includes a dip in the ocean and a run on the sand, before returning to the Garden Route Dam, Tierkop, the Wall and Tonnelbos, the Trail Kiosk and the bridges of George. Finishers earn 4 Running Stones. Aid stations and route data are still marked “to be confirmed”.

A noon start and a 50-hour limit can mean two nights on the mountain, and long stretches where nobody is waiting. On Livebib the runner shares a link to their own broadcast, opened in a browser with no app or account: their place on the line, distance done and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes. In the forest or behind the Outeniqua ridges, when the phone loses its fix, the position is carried forward along the course and marked estimated instead of freezing. The runner decides who sees it.