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In the ladies race Jenny Close also extending her lead to +-1,5hrs over Carien Visser. She is already past RV2. Will be interesting to see if Carien takes a bit of a break at RV2 or carry on to try and minimize the damage.

Still looks like a lekker tailwind..

Drikus is now almost 2 hours ahead of Ramses record pace 😳. He said at the one waterpoint on the video they had a slight tailwind during the night.

RV1: https://fb.watch/oDOyg3VtmE/?mibextid=4p3i6U WP3: https://fb.watch/oDPrgIdoyv/?mibextid=ZbWKwL https://fb.watch/oDOpnBfAtf/?mibextid=4p3i6U https://fb.watch/oDPoah2xrt/?mibextid=ZbWKwL

If he can keep this up we have a new record! I might actually be able to go watch him cross the finishline over lunchtime tomorrow haha.

https://fb.watch/oDgrJhGQ3y/?mibextid=4p3i6U

Thinus has Top10ed in the last 5 or so Mungas if I'm not mistaken.. he knows what he is doing..

And @gemmerbal just hit 100km! 💪

Sho Drikus now ahead of Ramses record pace!

Drikus is not waiting for anyone! Already 10km up the road from Thinus, Hansie and Willie in 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Looks like they are more or less sticking together for now.

Martin Fryer won last year, Hansie third. Hansie won 2020. Thinus Redelighuys "won" with Benky in that kumbaja year. Willie Smit is new but has solid racing pedigree and started the Smurfy500 events..so he loves these long distances. Drikus is also new, but an endurance gravel specialist from Nam and has basically won everything over 300km he has entered in the last couple of years, including 36One in record time. Chris van Zyl was third in the year Ramses set the 50hr record.

https://fb.watch/oCPZ-TWJzk/

And they're off!!

I agree, I'd place my money on Drikus and Jenny. Hoping we get a podium battle between Drikus, Willie, Hansie and Thinus.

Willie Smit's bike looking streamline. He is obviously not planning on sleeping or sitting much more than 50 hours on that.

Let's see some Munga setups for this year!!

I added the dot watching link to the first post on this thread.

There is the battle for top spot. I reckon Drikus will come out on top. And in the ladies field it's going to be hard to bet against Jenny Close. She has put in some solid work these last couple of months.

I don't see a topic for this year's Munga yet? Anybody seen the start list yet? Contenders to watch? On social media I see Willie "Smurfy" Smit is lining up! Should be fun dot watching how he goes. He must certainly be in it to win it.. DOT WATCHING TRACKING LINK: https://themunga.com/munga-mtb-2023-tracking/?fbclid=IwAR25HnuJdPA9gwXBXvJbZwLGm7NP5Sdwm5w7Xa0zrf5Qw3jNnrP3n1Emskw

https://mtbapp.co.za/official-statement-following-the-cancellation-of-the-2023-lions-karoo-to-coast/?fbclid=PAAaYC-umVEKp2Oq6xN-oLji110c_JGMP_vAKHwliRDGj_KJpTDxZGpRa-PoA Hats off to the organizers. This is more than what I expected they would do for us.

On their Instagram page: *Lions Karoo to Coast event cancelled to due expected adverse weather conditions* _Issued by George Municipality 21 September 2023 for immediate release_ The George Municipality Disaster Management team has deemed the Lions Karoo to Coast unsafe to proceed due to expected adverse weather conditions on Sunday, 24th September 2023. We must put the safety of people first and after deliberation notified the race organisers of this decision at 20:00 on Thursday, 21st September 2023. The event organisers will issue a more detailed release to the rider entry database on Friday 22nd September. The Lions Karoo to Coast is an annual 100 km mountain bike race held in September down the Prince Alfred's Pass from Uniondale to Knysna. George Municipality apologises for any inconvenience caused due to the cancellation of the event. We thank the participants, and everyone involved for their understanding in this regard.

VID-20230921-WA0189.mp4 Packing my wetsuit then..

Ride forecast for 24 Sept 2023 at 07:35: Temperature: 8.9°C to 17.6°C, feels like 7.1°C to 17.3°C Wind: 11 to 28,8 km/h, with gusts up to 65,8 km/h 33% probability of 0.3 precipitation

I never understood K2C seeding.. As a rookie in 2018 I got seeded in A with only a few kerk bazaar races that happened to use Racetec as timing partners. Rode a 5:45 that year. Whole day long people were overtaking me..it was demoralizing to be honest. Definitely ended last of Batch A. And since then I still get seeded in A every time.. at least now I think I can kinda keep up with the back of the A bunchers. Skipping the pub again this year. We stayed in Vleesbaai last year and drove through at 4:15 for the race. Worked quite well as a long weekend away at the beach with a quick race thrown in on the Sunday morning. Doing that again this year.