The Great World Race Cape Town Marathon, Sea Point

The Great World Race Cape Town Marathon, Sea Point

The second marathon is six laps of a 7.03 km circuit on the Sea Point promenade in Cape Town, a paved walkway lined with lawns where locals picnic and play informal football and cricket. Table Mountain and the Atlantic coast stay in view the whole way. The race starts and finishes beside the Winchester Hotel, the organiser's base in Cape Town, a day after the runners fly back from Antarctica.

Every marathon of The Great World Race is a race of its own with a time limit of 8 hours, which the race director may change on location. The organiser says each course is measured by AIMS or World Athletics measurers and sanctioned by the national federation, with aid stations, medical support and official timing as at any stand alone marathon. A half marathon option exists for runners who prefer the shorter distance.

This page covers the Cape Town marathon of The Great World Race 2026. On Livebib, family and friends at home can follow a runner's position on the course, the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes on. If the phone loses its signal, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated.