Following on from the highly successful first ever running of the 5 day Otter Hiking Trail in September 2009 – Knysna based, event organisers, Magnetic South have confirmed the 2010 dates. read more

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With 45 days left until the inaugural Southern Storm with the Otter Run on day 1 I hope that your preparations are going terrifically. We have one more test run of the Otter planned prior to the event and, not being able to participate in the Southern Storm myself, I am certainly looking forward to that. Event Sponsorship The big news is that we are now very proud to be able to announce Hi-Tec as our primary presenting sponsor for the Otter Run. Hi-Tec's Trail Eruption is the official Otter Run trail running shoe. As I alluded to in our first newsletter; ...read more

By submitting this form you agree to the rules of the race and are over the age of 18 years or are the Parent or Guardian of the athlete entered above. I agree to the rules, conditions, especially the waiver, and I participate entirely at my own risk and agree that they shall have no claim whatsoever against the sponsors or, any other organising body, any individual organiser or official, any marshal, assistant, helper or agent, sponsor, any local authority or their employees, owner of private land or farms utilized for the ...read more

Magnetic South offices are currently inundated by a surge of enquires relating to the Southern Storm. These “Storm Chasers” are desperate to be part of the few that get to experience this atmospheric and historic event first hand, and are enquiring about being assured of a place in the event. It appears that the twin appeal of being able to combine trail running and mountain biking (duathlon) in the same multi-day event on trails still ‘virgin’ to Trail Events, has been underestimated. The true trump card… day 1 of the Southern ...read more

        Entries are fully booked - you can place your name on the waiting list. __________________________________________________________________   ________________________________________________________________         ________________________________________________________________ ...read more