Spartan Johannesburg — Kings Kloof (historical)

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Muldersdrift / Johannesburg, South Africa · Last listed edition Sat 27 Oct 2018

Event source(pressportal.co.za, opens in a new tab)

Reports and event feedback

  • OCR for Fun — scenic climbs and carries, with queues and volunteer concerns ↗

    OCR for Fun / joint invited Sprint participant account · 2018

    Enjoys the valley views and sandbag carry but describes a congested opening, difficult climbs, inconsistent penalty enforcement, an empty water station and few volunteers. Finds that many food stalls had closed by their finish.

    Published 23 January 2019, it explicitly describes the first South African Spartan at Kings Kloof; the contemporary announcement and raced report place that event on 27 October 2018. The bloggers disclose an organizer invitation. Exact entry compensation, individual results and the report’s ten-kilometre label are unverified. A joint account is one source; Peter is not an additional review. It describes failed obstacles and penalties, rather than a flawless completion. Its medium-difficulty label is not an overall satisfaction score.

  • Selected Super athletes — technical obstacles and demanding hills ↗

    Bradley Claase, Nedene Cahill and Talitha Scholtz / selected Fourways Review interviewees · 2018

    Claase describes a fast, technical and enjoyable race. Cahill calls it demanding but enjoyable; Scholtz emphasizes the long, difficult hills.

    The original local report is dated 15 November 2018 and identifies the 27 October Kings Kloof event. These are selected Super athlete comments in one containing publication, not three independent reports or a representative aggregate. The publisher’s distances and reported results are not independently verified; individual entry funding is unstated. No numerical overall is stated.

Event details

Dates
Last listed edition: Sat 27 Oct 2018
Formats
Advertised 2018 Sprint — more than 5K · Advertised 2018 Super — more than 13K
Place
Kings Kloof; precise start gate unverified, Muldersdrift / Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Series
Spartan
  • The contemporary organizer press release announces 27 October 2018 at Kings Kloof, with Sprint, Super and a separate children’s programme. Its signature distance labels differ from the later local report’s 7.6/15.3 kilometres and the Sprint blogger’s ten-kilometre label. None is treated as an independent measurement.
  • The original local report corroborates the 27 October event and property. Its selected athlete comments share one publication; the invited bloggers’ joint narrative is another containing source. Promotional quotes and general brand praise are not additional participant reviews.
  • No future Kings Kloof edition or unchanged route is verified. The earlier Jozi X workout, BattleRush training site and other Johannesburg properties remain separate.

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