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20 11, 2023

Cape Torpedo SwimRun Thrills with Cold Water Mother City Adventures

By |2023-11-20T09:30:17+02:00November 20th, 2023|News|Comments Off on Cape Torpedo SwimRun Thrills with Cold Water Mother City Adventures

The wildly cool Torpedo SwimRun took to the roads, trails and icy Atlantic Ocean of Cape Town on Saturday, 18 November. The event boasted three distances; the extreme Ops, the racing Cape, and the introduction to SwimRun Cosy. In the Cape race the mixed category was the day’s focus, with prizes being awarded to the [...]

15 11, 2023

SwimRun Might Be My Favourite Sport

By |2023-11-15T10:05:55+02:00November 15th, 2023|Oceans & Rivers|Comments Off on SwimRun Might Be My Favourite Sport

I did my first Torpedo SwimRun in 2019. It was the Torpedo Wild, which featured an amazing swamble down the Kaaimans River and a mile swim across Island Lake, in Wilderness. Since then, I’ve worked at a few and taking part in a bunch of tours and even a Torpedo Cape race. And, while I [...]

25 05, 2023

Torpedo SwimRun Puts the Focus on Mixed Team Racing for Flagship Cape Event

By |2023-05-25T15:06:13+02:00May 25th, 2023|News|Comments Off on Torpedo SwimRun Puts the Focus on Mixed Team Racing for Flagship Cape Event

Torpedo SwimRun promote their events as “wildly cool”. This is certainly true, especially for the flagship Cape race; which is scheduled for 18 November 2023. Not only does is boast an exceptionally scenic route along Cape Town’s Atlantic Seaboard from Sandy Bay to the iconic Clifton Fourth, but it also includes wild ocean swims and [...]

18 12, 2020

OUTsurance to Present the Torpedo SwimRun Series in 2020 and Beyond

By |2020-12-18T09:50:38+02:00December 18th, 2020|News|Comments Off on OUTsurance to Present the Torpedo SwimRun Series in 2020 and Beyond

OUTsurance, the insurer where you always get something out, will help ensure you get in[to] SwimRuns this year, and beyond. Torpedo SwimRun, South Africa’s premier SwimRun event organisers, are proud to announce OUTsurance as the series’ presenting sponsor. The sponsorship commenced with the Torpedo #GetWrecked Cape Experience by OUTsurance, on the 6th of December 2020. [...]

13 12, 2020

Quénet Siblings KnockOut All Comers at Torpedo SwimRun by OUTsurance

By |2020-12-13T18:17:14+02:00December 13th, 2020|News|Comments Off on Quénet Siblings KnockOut All Comers at Torpedo SwimRun by OUTsurance

Nick and Alexandra Quénet once again proved unstoppable in a SwimRun event when they each won their age group and overall titles at the inaugural Torpedo KnockOut by OUTsurance. The Siblings both blitzed the course, setting the fastest men’s and women’s overall times in qualifying. Then made short work of their 19 to 29 age [...]

18 11, 2019

Quénet Siblings Breeze to Torpedo SwimRun Cape Success

By |2019-11-18T18:17:46+02:00November 18th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Quénet Siblings Breeze to Torpedo SwimRun Cape Success

Nicholas and Alexandra Quénet set a new course record, in windy conditions, on their way to victory in the 2019 Torpedo SwimRun Cape; on Sunday, 17 November. The siblings, from Worcester, both have triathlon pedigrees and utilised the down-wind swim conditions to blitz the rest of the field. In so doing they became the first [...]

16 09, 2019

Swamble Fun and Adventures in SwimRun

By |2019-09-16T13:54:40+02:00September 16th, 2019|Oceans & Rivers|Comments Off on Swamble Fun and Adventures in SwimRun

Seamus Allardice took part in his first SwimRun in Wilderness on the 13th and 14th of September. The concept of swimming and scrambling (or Swambling) down the Kaaimans River was the hook, but the Torpedo SwimRun Wild provided far more adventure than just those four early kilometres. See, how much fun does Swambling look? [...]

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