Sunday, 30 April 2017

Durban Dash – Riding into the Sunset

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Photograph: Jacques Swart  I like the idea of riding across large chunks of our country. It's cool when you can push pins into a map and...
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Monday, 3 April 2017

Race to Cradock 2017

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Waking, it took me a second or two to make sense of my surroundings. Ahead, and at the foot of the mountain pass, the lights of Cradock, m...
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Monday, 13 March 2017

What will it take to win Race to Cradock 2017?

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The Race to Cradock is a 575 km, non-stop, self-navigated mountain bike race starting in Rhodes and ending in Cradock, Eastern Cape. Riders ...
Friday, 10 March 2017

Racing The Munga - How to Prepare (Part 7 It's a Wrap)

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'When' not 'If'. If you are familiar with the name Norman Vincent Peale the chances are that you are at least 50 years old. ...
Thursday, 9 March 2017

Racing The Munga - How to Prepare (Part 6 Last But One)

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Learn to live with compromises .   It's a simple issue but one that some people struggle with. If your bike shares a bed with you and yo...
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Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Racing The Munga - How to Prepare (Part 5 More blah blah blah)

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Ditch Tonto.  Get used to riding on your own. Even if you are planning on riding with someone during the race, get used to riding in y...
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Sunday, 26 February 2017

Racing The Munga - How to Prepare (Part 4 - More of this and that)

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I would like to disclose that I do not get to ride The Munga for free. I pay my way like regular folk. While on the subject of disclosures...
Saturday, 25 February 2017

Racing The Munga - How to Prepare (Part 3 - A bit of this and that)

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There are any number of reasons why you are reading this post. Maybe you are bored and it's a great time filler, or perhaps you just lik...
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Monday, 13 February 2017

Racing The Munga - How to Prepare (Part 2 - Physical Training)

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Now that you've landed on this page we need to get a few things clear. If you are a proper athlete then there is nothing of value to be ...
Sunday, 5 February 2017

Racing The Munga - How to Prepare (Part 1)

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A few days ago I received the following message - "Please would you consider posting about how you prepare for something like the Munga...
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Sunday, 29 January 2017

In memory of Andrew Bradford

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Thursday I woke to the news that a cyclist out with friends for an early morning ride had become the latest victim of a hit and run incident...
Sunday, 15 January 2017

Racing The Munga 2016 - All Done

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Once I had made sure I was good for 3rd place I had dropped out of race mode. In doing so I had also lost my race routine. My usual morning ...
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Racing The Munga 2016 - Bush Pubs, Rock People and Cowboys on Camels.

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I had 72 km to get to the finish at Diemersfontein Wine Estate in Wellington. Apart from a few kilometres of gravel out of Esselfontein the ...

Racing The Munga 2016 - Last Race Village.

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The route threaded between the vines of the farm Uitkoms before heading up the Bo-Swaarmoed Pass. It's only 3 km long and although not t...

Racing The Munga 2016 - Leaving the Desert Behind

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As a rule, the Karoo doesn't let go without a fight. To escape its clutches I needed to get to the Karoopoort Pass 40 km from the Padsta...
Saturday, 14 January 2017

Racing The Munga 2016 - Tankwa Karoo Ahoy!

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In no time at all the road flattened out signalling the end of the Ouberg Pass. I knew from the previous year that there was a climb to get ...
Friday, 13 January 2017

Racing The Munga 2016 - Getting My Flow On

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Just short of the Ouberg Pass that would have us plummeting off the Roggeveld Mountains Rafeeq slowed up. He muttered something about being ...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017

Racing The Munga 2016 - Heading Out of Sutherland

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At 7:36 PM  I had been at the Sutherland Race Village for 2 hours. In that time I had eaten, showered, and managed to get 90 minutes of shut...