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20 days to Mac Mac.

Fuel wrong and you hit the wall. Fuel right and you finish.

Pieter's built a STYRKR pack for every distance so you don't have to guess. 25KM to 200 miles. Find yours.

14 days to Mac Mac.

Nicky Booyens holds the 200-mile record at 83:30. She's run every Mac Mac since it started. This year, she's back for her sixth.

Swipe for what she's learned about finishing the hardest 200 miles in South Africa.

22 days to Mac Mac. Kit, fuel plan, pace strategy - they all come after. First comes the thing that actually decides whether you finish: the prep.

Pieter's been there. Here's what it looks like.

If you know Pieter, you know he doesn't sugarcoat anything.

This June, Pieter is sharing everything. The gear, the nutrition, the honest advice from someone who's been on that trail.

He's the face you want to see if you need advice, and he'll sure show you how to TUFFEN up.

Gear up team! For the next four weeks, OP Athlete is your home base for everything

Race advice, gear, nutrition, and honest insight from someone who knows every brutal kilometre of that trail. Our founder Pieter has been there. He'll be sharing everything he knows. What to carry, what to eat, what to expect when your legs start lying to you at kilometre 60.

Got any questions you'd like Pieter to answer? Drop them in the comments. 🏴☠️

The best run advice in Pretoria doesn't live on Google.
It lives in Moreleta Park.

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680 Rubenstein Dr, Moreleta Park

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Community isn’t just running together.
It’s sharing routes, comparing notes, warning each other about brutal climbs, and sending “you’ve got this” messages before race day.

That’s how stronger runners are made.

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1 Golden Rule: 21.1 km = 2 gels. Fuel before you're hungry.

Most runners hit the wall not because of their legs, but because of their gut. Here's how to fuel a road half marathon without blowing up at km 17.

Save this. Share it. Chat to us in store if you want to dial in your exact race-day nutrition plan, we stock the full range.

What race day nutrition mistakes have you made? 👀

Every runner lining up at Cape Town Marathon is carrying a story.
Early mornings. Long runs. Quiet discipline. Big doubts and bigger hopes.

But you got to this start line, you earned it.
Trust the work. Finish strong. 🏁