| Distance & Entry Fee |
Hip-athon: 22.5km Mountain Bike Cycle & 7.5km Trail Run - R80.00 (either individual or team)
Mountain Bike Race: 22.5km Mountain Bike Cycle - R80.00
Hipplet Run: 5km fun run / walk from the Zeekoevlei Environmental Education Centre - R5.00 (enter on the day before 9h00)
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| Start Time |
Hip-athon: Start at 09h00. Cut off is 12h30.
Mountain Bike Race: Start at 07h30. Cut off is 09h30.
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| Registration |
Hip-a-thon:
On the day: From 06h00 to 09h00
Location: Zeekoevlei Environmental Education Centre on Peninsula Road.
Mountain Bike Race
On the day: From 06h00 to 07h15
Location: False Bay Ecology Park on Zeekoevlei Road.
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| Entry Instructions |
Hip-athon: Before the 9h00 start of the race, Hip-athon entrants are to drop off their bikes first at the start of the bike section of the route - the False Bay Ecology Park Environmental Education Centre off Strandfontein Road. Then drive to the parking area in a field off Fisherman's Walk. The start of the race is a short 500m walk to the Zeekoevlei Environmental Education Centre on Peninsula Road. Add a half-an-hour to your driving time for the bike drop-off.
Mountain Bike Race: Before the 7h30 start of the race, Adventure Mountain Bike entrants are to drive to the start of the bike section of the route - the False Bay Ecology Park Environmental Education Centre off Strandfontein Road.
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| Directions To Mountain Bike Start |
Hip-athon Bike Drop-off & Mountain Bike Race Start
From Strandfontein Road, turn into Zeekoevlei Road - right if you are coming from Cape Town and left if you are coming from Pelican Park. Look out for the sign for Zeekoevlei and the False Bay Ecology Environmental Education Centre. Drive through the entrance gate to Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve's eastern shore and follow a small road for 2 kilometres. At a stop street you will see the environmental education centre. Drop off your bike in the holding facility at the courtyard. Lock your bike, using your own lock, if you wish.
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| Directions To Start Of Hip-Athon |
| Return the way you came on Zeekoevlei Road. At the T-junction with Strandfontein Road turn left and then left again onto 14th Avenue. Take the last road right into Buck Road. After the stop street take the 2nd road left into Fisherman's Walk. Travel just under 2 kilometres and opposite Fish Rd, turn right into the field and follow marshals to the parking area. Follow signs to registration area (about 500m walk).
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| Race Route |
Hip-athon: After the start at the Zeekoevlei Environmental Centre, follow the arrows and marshal instructions. The run takes you on gravel and sand tracks through unpopulated terrain into the pan area. The change over to bikes is at the False Bay Ecology Park Environmental Education Centre. The cycle is all-terrain. Negotiate the mud, gravel, sand dunes, and trails through the pans alongside Strandfontein beach. Then on to the old Zeekoevlei tar road and back along the eastern shore of Zeekoevlei, detouring along the shoreline to the Zeekoevlei weir. Finish the way you started on the dirt road back to start/finish line.
Mountain Bike Race: Starts and ends at the False Bay Ecology Park Environmental Education Centre. The cycle is all-terrain. Negotiate the mud, gravel, sand dunes, and trails through the pans alongside Strandfontein beach.
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| Prizes |
Location: Prize giving will be held at the Zeekoevlei Environmental Education Centre on Peninsula Road, during the Zeekoe Fees, which will follow the sports events.
Medals: No medals will be awarded, but there will be completion prizes and small extra prizes for the top five males and females.
Time: Prizes will be handed out at 13h30 at the Zeekoe Fees, at the Zeekoevlei Environmental Centre on Peninsula Road.
Each entry (individual or team) receives a free Hip-athon T-shirt and a plant. Spot prizes will also be awarded.
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| General Information |
. There will be a change area where bikes must be dropped off before the race.
. Take your security ticket for your bike with you on the run.
. There will be marshals and water provided along the run route.
. Bring your own water for the bike ride.
. Security will be present all day so bikes can be fastened onto vehicles after your ride while you enjoy the Zeekoe Fees.
. Toilets will be available.
. Medical services will be available.
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| Organiser |
Organisation: The Friends of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei (FoZR)
Enquiries: Dee Cranswick on 083 2525 680
More Details: http://www.zeekoevlei.co.za/?page_id=385
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