Cape Town Marathon
Cape Town, South Africa · Marathon
Sunday 23 May 2027
AT A GLANCE
Route map & elevation
Cape Town Marathon is a 42.2 km road marathon course in Cape Town, South Africa with 110 m elevation gain. Route map and elevation profile below.
Prepare for Cape Town with JRNY
01 · THE TRAINING BLOCK
Every run, one timeline
JRNY pulls your Strava runs into a week-by-week timeline for Cape Town Marathon. You see the block taking shape, whatever plan you're following: a coach, a book, your own, or one you've pasted in. Add tune-up races and see how this block compares to a past marathon.
Week-by-week timeline with countdown and tune-up races
Bring any plan. Upload it to see what's ahead, or just sync and watch the block build
Volume, long runs, and compare against a past marathon
02 · RACE PREP
Sharpens into race day
As race day gets closer, JRNY shifts to race prep. For Cape Town Marathon, that means route, elevation and weather. Set your goals, build a race-morning timeline, and use our course finder so friends know where to be.
Cape Town Marathon's elevation profile and race-week weather in JRNY
Goals and a race-morning timeline on Your Plan
Use jrny.run/finder/cape-town-marathon to help friends and family support you
03 · COMPARE
Compare your Cape Town block with a past marathon
Line up your Cape Town block against a past marathon, aligned by weeks to go from race day, so taper sits over taper and peak over peak. Two lines, the numbers beside them. JRNY shows you where you are. You read it. Once you've got a past marathon in JRNY, Compare does the rest.
Aligned by block position, not calendar date
Volume, long runs, heart rate and weekly average
Your call on what it means
Ready for Cape Town Marathon?
Sync your Strava runs to map your week-by-week block ahead of Sunday 23 May 2027.