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Totalsports Women's Race Series 2

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

Cape Town
ZA

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Race date Aug expected: August 2027
City · Distance: Cape Town · Distance TBD
Entry fee: Fee TBDVaries by event and entry period
Status: SoonSee how to enter ↗

2027Date August 2027 · expected · Soon

2026Date Aug 9, 2026 · Start 08:00

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 7, 2026

About the race How to enter Course Race Prep Travel

Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

The Cape Town edition of the Totalsports Women’s Race, South Africa’s largest women’s running festival, held to mark National Women’s Day (August 9).

It began in the Western Cape in 2001 and later expanded to Johannesburg and Durban.

It is a day when a pink wave sweeps through the city and mothers and daughters run together.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

Stories from those who ran it first.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

No runner reports yet. We'll add them here as they come in.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

WATCH | Jerono claims Cape Town gold on SA debut

Inside Sport ZA

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This may be from a past edition. Check the organizer for this year's course and operations.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

From the 2026 edition

We'll fill this in once the official entry rules are out.

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

Course

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

From the 2026 edition

Runners start · local timeFrom 08:00

City center · not the start line

We have not confirmed the start line coordinates yet. The map shows the host city.

The event offers two distances: 10km (starting at 8:00 a.m.) and 5km (8:30 a.m.).

This urban course starts on Darling Street and finishes at Grand Parade Square, where runners meet finish.

Now a signature event of the Women’s Day holiday weekend, it sells out early every year;

the 2026 edition also sold out in advance.

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

From the 2026 edition

Stations & transport near the venue

Get a myconnect card (MyCiTi's reloadable transit card) from a station kiosk for around R40, then load it with Mover pay-as-you-go value or a multi-day pass — this is the most reliable way to ride the MyCiTi bus network as a visitor.

Getting to the start

Darling Street, Cape Town CBD

Official event page (confirmed via web search since direct fetch was 403-blocked) and a running-calendar aggregator both state the 2026 Cape Town leg starts at Darling Street.

Green Point Stadium is NOT mentioned as the venue anywhere in official race materials found.

VENUE DISCREPANCY vs. Race was part of a 3-city Women's Month series.

Some Green Point Stadium parking guidance exists online but belongs to a different Cape Town race (SPAR Women's Challenge, held in March) —

deliberately excluded here to avoid misattributing it to this event.

Getting to the finish

Grand Parade, Cape Town CBD

Finish confirmed at Grand Parade per official event page and secondary aggregator.

Only a Google Maps link to Grand Parade was found — no dedicated parking or public transport section on the official page.

More details

No shuttle info found.

No parking information published on the official race page.

IC card

myconnect

MyCiTi station kiosks and participating retailers (full retailer list published on myciti.org.za)

Not accepted at the gates — get the local card above

Alternative: 1-Day / 3-Day / 7-Day Pass (loaded onto a myconnect card) —

Worth it if you'll take 3+ MyCiTi rides in a day, e.g. combining airport transfer, race expo, and sightseeing trips.

More details

MyCiTi's own site states EMV (bank card) fare payment was discontinued as of 4 December 2025 in favor of the revamped myconnect card system —

so don't rely on tapping a foreign bank card.

MyCiTi mainly serves the CBD, Atlantic seaboard, and airport route (A01);

it does not cover the whole metro, so many runners also use Uber/Bolt.

Stations & transport near the venue

Green Point Stadium in Cape Town is reachable via the MyCiTi bus network,

which uses a reloadable MyConnect smart card (tap-to-pay, topped up at station kiosks and retailers) or a single-trip card for one-off journeys,

both bought at any MyCiTi station kiosk.

Contactless bank cards are not accepted directly, so buy a card first.

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026 Source · checked Aug 17, 2026

READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

Darling Street, start line, is in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD and can be reached on foot from city-center hotels.

It is also close to the Civic Centre stop on the MyCiTi bus network.

Because entries sell out quickly, check the registration opening date on the official website in advance and sign up promptly.

Times are local to Cape Town. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP

The race is one day,
the trip can be longer.

From a hotel that makes race morning easy,
to the meals and views you'll enjoy with the medal on.

Accommodation · 251m

8.9/10(23)

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104 The Legacy

Apartment · 305m

8.8/10(33)

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Time for you, before and after the finish

Cape Town: Cape of Good Hope, Penguins & Table Mountain Private Tour

₩214,387

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Eating well is part of the tripA meal before the race, a dinner to celebrate the finish.View on map Seeing Cape Town with the medal onThe city you ran — this time, a little slower.View on map

TRAVEL ESSENTIALS

Trip prep too,
light and in one place.

Checklist Local eSIM · Yesim Flight delay or cancellation compensation · AirHelp Pace calculator

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RUN TOGETHER

With runners who dream of
the same start line.

Be the first runner
Leave this room's first post

Cape Town runners' room

FAQ

When does Totalsports Women's Race Series 2 2027 take place?

Not officially announced yet.

It's expected in August 2027;

the 2026 race was held on Sun, August 9, 2026.

What time does Totalsports Women's Race Series 2 2027 start?

The race starts at 08:00. (From the 2026 edition)

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Totalsports Women's Race Series 2

About Totalsports Women's Race Series 2 — what makes it special

A day you'll remember,long past the finish line.

The road to your own record

When the city cheers

The trip that follows the run