A Love Letter to The Gauntlet 2025
The Gauntlet was born from a simple idea. That ordinary people can do extraordinary things. That when life gets heavy, when things feel uncertain, when we doubt ourselves, we can still show up. This event represents resilience. Every lap you completed was a quiet promise to yourself. A promise that you won't quit, just because it's uncomfortable. A promise that you will try, even when the odds feel stacked against you. But this event was not just about the runners. It's about the community that surrounds them. The spectators. The volunteers. The Gauntlet came alive because of the people who showed up. Not to run, but to uplift and support one another.
This race is not about podiums, glamor, or perfect times. It's about grit, community and heart.
See you in March. Where you can show yourself what you're made of, yet again.
A Love Letter to The Gauntlet 2025
The Gauntlet was born from a simple idea. That ordinary people can do extraordinary things. That when life gets heavy, when things feel uncertain, when we doubt ourselves, we can still show up. This event represents resilience. Every lap you completed was a quiet promise to yourself. A promise that you won't quit, just because it's uncomfortable. A promise that you will try, even when the odds feel stacked against you. But this event was not just about the runners. It's about the community that surrounds them. The spectators. The volunteers. The Gauntlet came alive because of the people who showed up. Not to run, but to uplift and support one another.
This race is not about podiums, glamor, or perfect times. It's about grit, community and heart.
See you in March. Where you can show yourself what you're made of, yet again.
The 2026 event will take on a whole new shape.
Starting at 18:00 on Saturday, 21 March 2026, runners will head into the night with nothing but headlamps, grit, and the luck of the draw to guide them. For 18 hours, The Gauntlet will unfold lap by lap, each distance dictated by a playing card, each loop revealing a different side of the course, the conditions, and the runners themselves. As darkness settles and the dust hangs low, the event will lean into everything that makes The Gauntlet what it is: unpredictability, community, shared suffering, and the quiet moments of connection that happen between checkpoints.
At 12:00 on Sunday, 22 March 2026, the final horn will sound. Some will have run further than they believed possible. Others will have found their limit. But everyone will leave with the same truth, that The Gauntlet is less about who wins and more about who shows up, who stays in it, and who stands beside you through the long hours.
2026 won’t just be a repeat of 2025. It will be tougher, more intentional, more atmospheric, and built around the kind of experience that stays with you long after the last lap is done.
Thanks for an awesome event!👍👊 I'll definitely be back next year.
RENATO BALONA
Thanks Danny and the whole team for such a lekker day pushing our limits to the max. The vibes were on point, we had a lot of fun. The heat was brutal and that 7km lap 😂. First Ultra in the books! Huge well done to the last 7 standing on that final lap. You guys (and Anya) are incredible 🙌. Every single person that went out there today and gave it their all, well done!!! 👏
JACQUI DICK
Thanks to all of you from our side as well. It was an awesome event, well organized and we were enjoying it 100%.
STEPHAN OHST
Thanks for an epic weekend of "fun" in the sun. Well done to the whole team for getting through event 1 with full gees. Keep my number warm #69, I'll be back again and again. 🤘😎
KARL BERGEMANN
Thanks to everyone involved for the awesome event. Loved it and keen for the next one! 🫡
PATRICK BOWMAN
Thank you @Dani and the rest of team. Your inaugural Gauntlet was a huge success. We thoroughly enjoyed it, just a pity the furnace was so high🥵. Well done to everyone that participated and Congratulations to the last 7. You guys (and girl) are amazing 👏 👏.
Looking forward to the next one. Kind regards, Angelique, Schalk and Igor🐕
ANGELIQUE SMIT