Thursday, 31 March 2016

Race to Cradock - Slaapkranz to Loutebron.

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The climb up the mountain didn't start immediately, we had 100 metres of flat road first. The ascent started off easily enough as we fol...
Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Race to Cradock - Slaapkranz

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Anthony and Fjord should be made to attend a class or two of race etiquette as taught by Tim James. Tim has the decency to look exhausted af...
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Monday, 28 March 2016

Race to Cradock - Chesneywold to Slaapkranz

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Picnic-legs ˈpɪknɪk-lɛɡs/ Noun A condition of leg fatigue and exhaustion that arises from taking an extended period of rest whilst engaged ...
Sunday, 27 March 2016

Race to Cradock - Chesneywold

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Chesneywold farm is an intermediate stop on the race. It's not mandatory to stop there, but it's a great stop. The kitchen table nor...

Race to Cradock - Rhodes to Chesneywold.

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I rode my first Cape Epic ten years ago. It was in the era of 'The Cape Epic presented by Adidas'. With the Adidas tag came a noisy ...
Saturday, 26 March 2016

Race to Cradock. Getting to the start line.

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The caffeine coursing through my veins finally relented at around 1 am allowing me to get almost three hours sleep. Note to self - don't...
Thursday, 17 March 2016

Of tortoises and hares.

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The Race To Cradock delivered a race that contrasted two different strategies. Anthony Avidon and his ilk made up the hare brigade while Cas...
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Put your wheel on the line – It's Race to Cradock 2016 time.

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The Race to Cradock (RTC) is the first Freedom Challenge event of the year. It's a great way to get the show on the road. Although, at 6...
Friday, 8 January 2016

The FCSF Matric Students 2015 at Mariazell High School excel.

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The Freedom Challenge Scholarship Fund is pleased to announce that our three students who wrote Matric at the end of last year have achieved...
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Saturday, 12 December 2015

Racing The Munga - Post race reflections.

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This time last week I was wrestling with extreme heat and wind as I crawled my way across the corrugated veins of the Tankwa Karoo. Back in ...
Friday, 11 December 2015

Racing The Munga - Ceres to Wellington

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The guys who welcomed me at Ceres were amazing. In no time at all my devices were on charge and my bike chain cleaned and lubed. I checked t...
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Racing The Munga - Sutherland to Ceres. Chasing a power outage!

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Racing The Munga - Sutherland to Ceres - Part 2

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The road eventually started snaking through some hills. The flat barren landscape giving way to the first orchards. The wind, now funnelled ...

Racing The Munga - Sutherland to Ceres - Tankwa Padstal

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Racing The Munga - Sutherland to Ceres. Tankwa Karoo, 45 degrees Celsius

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Racing The Munga - Sutherland to Ceres - Part 1

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Fed and watered I was shown to my room. I put a power pack on charge, took a quick shower and settled into a 90 minute nap. Retracing my...

Racing The Munga - Sutherland Night Sky

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Racing The Munga - Loxton to Sutherland

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I was duly welcomed at the front door and directed to the register which I signed before sitting down to a good plate of food and a cup of t...

Racing The Munga - Britstown to Loxton - Part 2

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Two minutes after leaving the water point I stopped and swallowed a pain killer. This is going to be a long ride in from here I mused. The l...

Racing the Munga - jeep track from hell

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Racing The Munga - Britstown to Loxton - Part 1

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The decision to push on from Britstown was simple. It had been programmed in my head from before the race. My standard 'opening' of ...

Racing The Munga - Perfect Solitude

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Cool early mornings coupled with good road surfaces were were ideal for bleeding off some miles.

Racing The Munga - van der Kloof Dam to Britstown

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Britstown, according to the race booklet we were given, lay 176 kilometres away and had only 591 metres of ascent. I expected this section t...

Racing The Munga - Rider Support Station Experience

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I arrived at the van der Kloof rider support station shortly after midnight. It was the first of 5 such stations. The experience at these su...

Racing The Munga - Bloemfontein to van der Kloof Dam.

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With a minute to go before the start of the race I glanced around at the other forty three riders. Like me, many of them were checking their...
Tuesday, 8 December 2015

The Munga - Pre race jitters.

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On the morning of the 2nd December while waiting in Bloemfontein for the start of the Munga. I received the following Sms; Hi Mike, we ha...
Tuesday, 1 December 2015

It's Munga time.

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"Fate whispers to the warrior, 'You cannot withstand this storm.' The warrior whispers back, 'I am the storm.' " ...
Monday, 30 November 2015

Is the Munga really the toughest race on Earth?

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  If you go online,  www.themunga.com   you will see the Munga billed as the "Toughest race on Earth."  Click on the Race tab and...