World Team Championship · 17 October 2026
Namibia is fielding a national team at the format's biennial global event: the same 6.706 km loop, run together, once every hour, until only one runner anywhere is still moving.
6.706
Km per loop
On the hour
Cutoff, every lap
15
Team athletes
Be back at the line
before the hour.
The format
No finish line, no fixed distance. Just attrition, on the hour, until one runner is left standing.
Every runner completes the same loop within the hour, then waits for the top of the next hour to start again. Each completed loop is called a yard. There is no fixed finish line and no fixed distance.
A runner who fails to start the next yard on time, or does not complete it within the hour, is out. Everyone except the eventual winner records a DNF. That is the format, not a penalty.
The event ends when exactly one runner completes a yard that no one else finishes. That runner is the winner. The runner who stopped immediately before them is the assist, the last to fall.
At the World Team Championship, national teams are compared on how their strongest runners perform against the rest of the world, run concurrently on courses set to a comparable standard everywhere.
The route
Loop distance
6.706 km
Location
Avis Dam
Surface
Gravel & dirt
Cutoff
On the hour
Start / finish · schematic, from GPS track, not to scale
Elevation
1697–1738 m
Start / finish · schematic, from GPS track, not to scale
Elevation
1687–1717 m
Event map
Day and night loops, the start and finish at Eagles Beer Garden, the event village, crew parking, the medical and wellness point, and five spectator points along the route. Pan and zoom here, or open it full screen in Google Maps for directions on the day.
This section will track Namibia's team yard by yard once the championship begins. Check back on race day for live updates.
The roster
The fifteen ranked athletes selected to represent Namibia, ordered by national ranking, by their best recorded yards.
Erich Goeieman
Rank 1 · 25 yards
2024 World Team Champs
Donatus Aihuki
Rank 2 · 21 yards
Buks Gous
Rank 3 · 20 yards
Danielle Zimny
Rank 4 · 18 yards
Naude Dreyer
Rank 5 · 17 yards
Richard Reid
Rank 5 · 17 yards
Tobias Verwey
Rank 5 · 17 yards
Karl Birkenstock
Rank 8 · 16 yards
Marietjie Steinbach
Rank 9 · 15 yards
Jana van Dyk
Rank 9 · 15 yards
Danie Opperman
Rank 9 · 15 yards
Willem Silver
Rank 9 · 15 yards
Ethan Snyders
Rank 9 · 15 yards
Ivan Heigan
Rank 14 · 14 yards
Elze Eigelaar
Rank 15 · 13 yards
Organizer
This event is organized by the Wednesday Social Running Crew, a casual weekly trail running group in Windhoek, who meet every Wednesday at Eagles Beer Garden parking and go for a run on the Avis Dam trails, come join us and sail the trails. (No experience with backyard ultras required to come along.)
When
Every Wednesday
Winter 17:45 · Summer 18:00
Where
Eagles Beer Garden
Parking, Windhoek · onto the Avis Dam trails
Pace & distance
All welcome
5–7 km · ±45 min
Supported by
Corporate Guarantee
Sponsor of team kit
RMB
Primary financial sponsor
Eagles
Venue
Xiphos
Security
Gondwana Collection
Most Improved Runner prize
Nova
Media partner
Tailwind Nutrition
Nutrition sponsor
Greenspace
Running location & route partner
Kasi
Namibian flag socks
SureFire Toilet Hire
Sanitation partner
Revel Coffee Roasters
Coffee sponsor
Africa Online
ICT partner & WiFi provider
Windhoek Hire Sales & Services
Generator
Sports Lab
Equipment & supplements
African Marketing
Supplies
Oasis
Water sponsor
Checkers
Retail
Pangolin Conservation & Research Foundation
Conservation partner
Ocean Conservation Namibia
Conservation partner
Kickstart Event Hire
Barriers
Alpha Sports Nutrition
Sports nutrition
CUBA
Photography