OTTER AFRICAN TRAIL RUN
EASTERN CAPE 28 OCTOBER 2020
WHERE TO NOW? A Challenge runner pauses while a wave floods the path ahead of her. Yellow paint markers indicate that she is indeed still on the Otter Trail, and not on some crazy mission into the Indian Ocean.
The first Otter African Trail Run was held in 2009. No-one had legally run the 42km on South Africa’s most famous hiking trail before. The Collins brothers (John and Mark) decided that it was time to create an official event so others could experience the rugged unforgiving coastlines for themselves – in one day.
The big day arrived. One of the finishers was Comrades gold medallist Nick Bester, who, hobbling on a badly swollen ankle, told me (also nursing a badly sprained ankle) that the Otter was
