Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 117, April 2019 | Page 28

Are you the ultimate trail
junkie looking for your
next big adventure?
Do you thrive on challenging courses that push you to the limit?
Then the Vino de Montana Mountain Run is the event for you!
Taking place from the 13 th to 15 th September from the Hawequas
Scott Adventure Centre near Wellington in the Cape, there is plenty
of time to train for this amazing event, but we advise you to enter
right now, as space is limited to just 300 runners!
This brand new three-day stage race will take in the picturesque
Limiet Mountains, where the Du Toits Kloof Pass snakes its
way towards Worcester, and the race commemorates the Italian
prisoners of war who began the construction of the original pass
during the Second World War.
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The Run will consist of three stages covering
approximately 70km over three days:
• Day One will be a 5km prologue.
• Day Two will be 35km long, including
sections of the original Du Toits Kloof Pass
and up to the Italian Cross, the inspiration
for the event!
• Day Three will be 30km, taking runners
through the Palmiet Mountain Range -
challenging, but offering views that will take
your breath away.
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ISSUE 117 APRIL 2019 / www.modernathlete.co.za