The Fair Cape Cares Foundation Trail Run

The Nine Four was born in 2013 when photographer Paul returned to Cape Town inspired by a running crew he'd joined in Berlin. He founded the crew with friends, naming it after 1994, the year South Africa became a democracy. What started as a small group has grown into a unlikely mix of members from across Cape Town's communities, united by a single belief: ego stays at the door. At The Nine Four, running becomes a space free from status and pressure, where society's divisions dissolve into shared effort and connection. Two to three times a week, members gather at the HQ to chase a white rabbit through one of the world's most spectacular running cities, together.

Cool Runnings Recreational Club started in January 2015 when Heinrich and two friends decided Cape Town needed a different kind of running community. Ten people with a team sports background wanted to bring that collaborative culture to running. Today, around fifty members strong, Cool Runnings serves runners across the full spectrum: 5km runners to 100km ultra runners, road and trail, fast and easy. Everyone belongs. The crew's philosophy is simple but uncompromising: recreational is their statement of intent. Cool Runnings Recreational Club exists to serve the runner, not the result, balancing social, physical, and mental wellbeing all at once. Members call it family, and they mean it.