Trail runners and their families gathered at Elandsheim on the weekend of May 15-17 for the first three-day Impi Trail Run. Elandsheim and the surrounding area was the spectacular playground for these avid runners!
Zulu dancers opened the event on Friday night as runners prepared to feel like Impi’s themselves over the next few days. The first run was on Friday night. A tough 5km loop up to the cross and back down the hill to Elandsheim, just in time for one of the many delicious meals served by Elandsheim over the weekend. Runners could choose whether they preferred to run the bronze, silver or gold event.

All three events started with a 5km night-run but on Saturday it changed with the bronze running 10km, silver running 20km and the gold running 30km. On Sunday the bronze ran 10km and silver and gold ran 20km. Each day had very different, but stunning, scenery!
The trails were on technical riverbeds, up rocky passes, through rural homelands and open bushveld. All the time runners were blown away by the incredible African landscapes so unique to this area. “We are very grateful to our sponsors, Orange Grove Dairies, Racefood, Nature Zone, Bell and Doc Meer. Runners couldn’t rave enough about their awesome weekends’ experiences and this is sure to draw an even bigger field of runners in the years to follow,” said organiser, Jenni Soutar.
Congratulations to Hilary Bruss and Clint Mansfield, the winners of the gold event. Second place went to Brydey Weber and Keagan Donaldson. The winners of the bronze event were Joshua Donaldson and Anne Savory.