You do not need to be a member of an athletics club to compete in any of the distances.
Runners need to adhere to the minimum age limit as indicated in each respective event details.
Entries are confirmed when proof of payment is received.
Once all entries have been sold you will be placed on a waiting list and receive an automated email as and when space becomes available because of cancellation.
Entries on the day will be accepted ONLY IF the maximum number of entries has not been reached by pre-entries and only runners who pre-entered will receive finishers' medals.
If late entries are available they will incur a R40 late entry fee on top of the normal fee.
Book onto one of the Mountain Challenge Series - Ultra, Extreme or Lite - and enjoy a discounted entry package
Book onto any one of the events individually
LITE Series
EXTREME Series
ULTRA Series
EVENT
MONTH
DISTANCE
ELEVATION
DISTANCE
ELEVATION
DISTANCE
ELEVATION
May
24km
1105m
38km
1855m
38km
1805m
Aug
15km
1013m
24km
2150m
24km
2150m
Sep
24,5km
1668m
35km
1675m
55km
3494m
MCS TOTAL
61,5km
3786m
97km
5680m
117km
7499m
Your accumulative time will determine your overall position in the series.The male and female runner with the best overall time in the MCS Ultra will be crowned the MCS Champion.
2010 Oct: The first Helderberg Mountain Challenge (HMC) takes place
2011 May: HMC sees the edition of the 24km HMC Extreme
2011 Aug: 736 runners take part in the first Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge (JMC)
2012 Aug: Wildrunner presents its 100th event
2013 Mar: The JMC becomes the first SA Long Distance Trail Running Championship.
2014 Apr: The Mountain Challenge Series (MCS) becomes a 3 event series including the the new Marloth Mountain Challenge (MMC) 55km Ultra Skymarathon.
2014 May: Duncan O’Reagan (2:58:56) and Katya Soggot (3:35:56) set new records for the 24km Helderberg Extreme.
2014 Sep: The inaugural Marloth Mountain Challenge takes place in Swellendam in tough conditions. 34 solo runners and 23 teams compete the 55km run.
2015 Mar: A fire breaks out in the Jonkershoek Valley and destroys 80% of the Cape Pine plantations, the 5th edition of the Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge continues with minor route changes.
2016 Feb: The MMC Lite is introduced. Runners take on the first leg of the MMC Ultra 24,5km.
2016 Sep: AJ Calitz and Bernard Rukadza (his own record) smash the 55km record, the new record is set at 7:05:41
2017 May: Record number of entries at the Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge selling out at 1200 entries.
2017 Sep: AJ Calitz breaks the Sub 07:00:00 mark for the 55km Ultra! Carla Van Huyssteen breaks the womans record and wins the Bos Sport Mountain Challenge Series Outright!
2018 May: Bernard Rukadza breaks the finish tape and the record, new record set at 3:26:21 for the 38km JMC.
2018 Aug: Hayley Preen breaks the HMC 15km Lite Ladies record and brings the time down to 1:36:00
2018 Oct: MMC 35km Extreme Mens record falls by more than 20 minutes! Jono Black sets new record at 3:46:19
Registration & Entry Info
Registration & Entry Info
Your options are:
Book onto one of the Mountain Challenge Series - Ultra, Extreme or Lite - and enjoy a discounted entry package
You do not need to be a member of an athletics club to compete in any of the distances.
Runners need to adhere to the minimum age limit as indicated in each respective event details.
Entries are confirmed when proof of payment is received.
Once all entries have been sold you will be placed on a waiting list and receive an automated email as and when space becomes available because of cancellation.
Entries on the day will be accepted ONLY IF the maximum number of entries has not been reached by pre-entries and only runners who pre-entered will receive finishers' medals.
If late entries are available they will incur a R40 late entry fee on top of the normal fee.
Missed getting a 2018 T-shirt? Fear not! Email info@wildrunner.co.za to purchase one for only R160 before 14 December 2018.
Up/downgrades, substitutes & refunds
Up/downgrades, substitutes & refunds
UP/DOWNGRADES
Upgrades and downgrades are allowed as long as the Series and/or individual race to which you want to move has not sold out yet. For example: if you entered the MCS Ultra and want to downgrade to the MCS Extreme it will depend on the availability of each of the respective races in that Series.
Runners who wish to upgrade or downgrade to a different distance need to email the organisers on info@wildrunner.co.za to request this change
SUBSTITUTES:
In the event a confirmed entrant is not able to make the race and they have their own substitute and wish to transfer their entry, they will need to give their race number to the new entrant to enter with on the day at registration (substitution can also be done at pre-registration).
Substitution will however result in your MCS result falling away.
The substitute will need to pay a R50 substitution fee at registration.
WAITING LIST:
A waiting list will come into effect once all entries have sold out. If we have not received proof of payment for your entry within the time frame specified your entry will be cancelled and transferred to the next person in line on the waiting list.
REFUNDS:
Due to the nature of the industry we are not required to refund entries other than for hospitalisation or death. However, refund requests will be dealt with on their own merits depending on length of notice of written cancellation received before the event and our ability to secure payment from another participant from the waiting list. Please note that we may charge a reasonable cancellation fee if the refund request is approved.
Any refunds made will be paid within 30 calendar days.
