LongDonkey

Short story long. Was hoping to give Routjie and Chukky grief from B batch, but kinda tragic issues prevent me from giving VG a go (when i have actually done training) One x marathon entry being donated to someone who could not be bothered to enter. PM me and i will send a mail allowing substitution. Sure Wessel will advise if its ok. And a ludwigs roses freebee going for sunday too cos not gonna make that either. Go Croatia

No Worries. I will be walking off the line (on the right cos its easier on the uphill side) and jogging down the track where i can. Gonna try ride the first third of the descent which is do-able, but the last section is a bit iffy. Respect to anyone who can ride that section.

Yup Chukky, i expect nothing else than a protracted rant about those incompetent lazy and slow chops on the satellite descent. Please make sure you throw an empty water bottle at me as you blast past......

re The hijacked Munga issues: If you Joe Average with $10k just lying around in your mattress, then its just a social ride for 1000km. Makes no sense to me. 20 Elites competing really ...and everyone else is just there for the pretty girls and ice lolly at the end. The 4th to 10th team all just get an entry to next year, so no real prize money at all after first 3 teams.

Its more likely called "Jou Baas se #$%&"

Take a barf bag...

Sorry oke. At least it was only a rib........

Thanks for Nothing Wessel...... Not everyone weighs 55kg and runs 1.6 bar tyres..... I guess i gotta hope that all my 10 mins of high cadence training pays off.

Unfortunately my Takelot.com request for Balls of Steel has not arrived yet. So will be doing the portage. Last years was not like 2012 agreed. The 2km portage then hurt a lot.....

There is nothing soft about walking that satellite descent. Really NOTHING embarrassing.... Will be walking it for a third year now...... I know i am supposed to walk it on the left, but its kinda safer and easier to walk on the right ..... Apologies up front lads and lasses!

I need one of those for when i am on contract in Malaysia next year.....Looking forward to going over the handle bars in a new country.

I concur with Paule. The current model has routing for an internal dropper post. Not 100% sure the routing which runs under the down tube is best, but it looks like it will work. On a side note: I had a warranty claim on my Pyga, which was NOT the PYGA company's fault, it was a silly machining issue from the fabricator. Pyga have been absolutely great on this and have assisted me 100% of the way. So thanks and a big up to the team. Great bike, great service.

Will there be a booby prize for the hubber that has the worst picks..... We would not deliberately choose muck riders like Cavendish etc for sprint points of course..... hubbers are not like that....

RESULTS: Marathon jcza 03:16:18 - GC 89 RossW - 3h21min57s GC 128 TooTall : 3:25:50 GC : not good enough Blitzer 3h31 GC 202 DomP - 3:40:57 WezGK 4h12 davetapson 4:16 Half marathon Corrie Kuilder 02:00:14 GC 195 Mr Winter 02:01:03 GC 212 Riaan Coetzee 02:01:52 GC 223 Nickc 01:57 GC 165 Wow some really fast times here.(ill get there someday) Congrats to everyone!!

I had a new number banner template in my Trailseeker Number envelope. It had a little CHOC blue badge on the one side. I made the assumption that the medal handerer out-er-ers (sic) would be advised that anyone with a little CHOC image on their boards had agreed to have the money donated to Charity, and therefore should NOT get a medal....I guess.

I improved my seeding index marginally, but was owned by a lot of guys in C and D. Seems B batch is about to become a lot more difficult to stay in..... Would be nice if Jumpertrax could drop the batches you started in (cos they scanned you in) into the results sheet in another column. Would make bench marking a bit more interesting for the over analysers on Sunday morning.

YupHope i did not do anything steeyupid around you

71.8 from Wessel71.22 from the Bryton.... Not bad Wessel. We will be holding you to your distance statements from now on. Thanks. Great day out. Almost up to my expectations of MTB race pace.

Will update as soon as i find it....

Oh and Trailseeker 2 is open for entries to all those who keep forgetting to enter early

Marathon A Batch AJP MTB hooligan B batch Lapa jcza TooTall C Batch RossW D@vid D Batch E Batch IdeJongh happens when you don't race much bester776 eina pyn F Batch WezGK DomP Surprize GreatGusto 58.74 Unknown IdeJongh Rumkat#2 River Rat & Wife, plus Red Bleeder! Dirtracker Half marathon A Batch FLAT29 but woke up with the flu this morning B batch Riaan Coetzee Purnjap C Batch NickC D Batch I Batch DeCleated(Gaan my gat in Rat moet kry) Muggins( This will teach me to fall at 30 km's last Trailseeker and tear shoulder tendons) Unknown Corrie Kuilder Zaskar09 Fun Ride 20 Fun Ride 10 Carma

Went past an accident on the down hill at 21 km mark. Not sure who it was. Arm was in a sling and looking unhappy. Did not have emergency numbers but informed a marshal shortly after the accident. 2 fellow riders were waiting there as well. Big up to them as well To the guy who had a blow out just behind me going up the mini monster. Sorry, hope my balance loss and weave was not the cause of your blow out. Apart from cramps starting on the down hill from monster it was OK. lost out on sub 5 but otherwise feeling ok.Bit annoyed all the people coming past me on the uphills but the bike loved the downhill sections, not too technical and all rideable. Not like VG which is still too silly for me. If i am available, will do it again next year.

What is the point regarding bike boards on public MTB trails. Not sure i understand this issue. Do you have to pay to ride on public routes, or are these private routes that are open to a paying public. If so i agree with the banning and payment terms. I would not want people cycling past my house or over my land without an agreement from my side. Aside from the whole "we only rent everything in this lifetime" esoteric debate.

Let's start a participants list again ... we can update with seeding once we get it. Marathon jcza DomP Wesley kloppers (WesGK) RossW David TooTall IdeJongh Half marathon Riaan Coetzee Muggins Corrie Kuilder NickC Purnjap (returning after 1 year of injury) FLAT29 Fun Ride 20 Fun Ride 10 Carma