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Damn, no Emily Batty!

Whaaat! I demand payment for all the wasted minutes my eyes have been forced to spend, scanning adverts in every bike magazine.

Have suggested to my boyfriend that this is an excellent birthday gift, 17 January 2015!

Not sure why you guys are complaining, thought the water points were more than adequate, well stocked and lots of them. And is someone seriously complaining because there was an extra water point they didnt know about? So what, maybe the organisers added it in because it was so hot. Go do some PPA road races in the Cape in Stellenbosch summer where they run out of water and you get heat stroke. I was in batch E so didnt notice any bottlenecks. Other than that, quite a tough 80km in 4hrs34, not sure if it was the heat affecting me. I was looking forward to swimming but it seems you guys here in the Highveld dont like a refreshing dip like the Cape cyclists? Nice meeting Riana and a group of triathletes from Pretoria, hello to the hubbers from that crowd. Cant find the full results on SAS can anyone post a link? both ultra and marathon cut off early!?

Name it, name it now!!!

Did someone just say no beer at the finish? WTF. Im staying in Cape Town.

No idea what level of cyclist you are, I am training for my first DC so have been doing long road rides. My cycle trainer has me doing 4x 1 hour cycle sessions this week, I'm riding an 80km marathon on Saturday, then next week programme says gym work monday, and an hour's ride on Tues, Thurs and Sat at various zones. You should rest two days before a race and activate your muscles with an easy ride the day before. My two cents.

No I have a Scott but I would have liked a Vipa if I could have afforded one.

I'm probably running tyres at 1.5 bar.

Oh come now dont flame the whole brand just because of a few stories. I guarantee if you search the Hub you will find people moaning about a lot of different brands and situations.

wow thanks, am googling it. So interesting and looks quite beautiful actually! Very bosveld like

Wonderful, sounds as beautiful a ride as I expect when I move to JHB next year Thanks for the heads up. We had a sand section around 115km mark in my race yesterday near the end and i almost had SOH failure. Also: we had the Clanwilliam dam and lush mountains. Ahhhh my riding life as I know it feels like it is coming to an end!

http://www.advendurance.com/nationalmtbseries/cratercruise - Im doing the marathon on a 26er eeeeek.

Awesome then that is what I am going to do on my borrowed 26er, decided! Unless someone else has a 29er for me. Did a 118km dirt roadie race in Cederberg today so am feeling prepared to tackle 80km with altitude. Boyf is doing the ultra, sniff. Fly all the way from Cape Town to Jozi for the weekend to race on my ace. I think the boy is scared I might be gaining on him.

Yay just managed a sub six. Dropped the guys and girls i rode most of the race with like a sack of potatoes in the last 10-15km. New Garmin Edge 500 worked a charm, I got 1425m climb. Going to make Karoo2Coast a breeze. also: we found something in the parking lot. its got something to do with bikes. If you lost it. msg copperhead or myself. Copper: Oops sorry only got the memo about leaving my fav kit at home now. Thanks to the two lurker Hub guys that greeted me, the ones who dont have usernames.

I am so excited I might not sleep. I am getting my Garmin Edge 500 this evening and then I have to do an hour on the IDT to get the legs ready. Please say hi if you see me, I will be in Kate Slegrova Cycle Training jersey and on a Scott Spark duel sus. Copperhead: How many sugars in your Nespresso tmrw morning?

He is riding with meeee that's why So excited. Was sick for the last 2 days and now I am back and missing my bikes so much!

Get a road bike. Riding a mountain bike on the road, even with slicks, sucks.

Am i the only chick doing this event (im talking normal people not racing snakes)? Speak up ladies!!!

How did everyone's weekend and ride go? Had a lekker time, 5th lady home on Sat and 3rd lady home today. Yeh its not a race but short distance so had to give it gas.

*dies with laughter* good luck with this one.

ooooh so 775m climbing for the marathon. Have to do it on my boyfriend's 26er duel sus. havent ridden one of those in forever. Plus my favourite excuse the altitude. Guess I will just suck it up (literally) and do it.

Love yr.no. It's the last word on weather.

Glad you got your baby back. I had a bike stolen out of my garage in Westhoven Street Edgemead last year. Now I have no more housemate and a bike room instead.

Total ascent for both routes? Im a chick, these drawings mean nothing to me!