Beast of the East Pretoria 29 Sept

[LukeV-2]

Online entries can be picked up at the singletrack cycles today and tomorrow.

Late entries will only be accepted saturday morning from 6:30

The 65km starts 8:00, 45km at 8:30, 20km 09:00

They use theyre own number boards.

mostly jeep track, a bit singletrack and not too technical

 

And flat & fast?

[crodi]

How will the seeding for a rider be done?

[BrendonHumphreys]

Do they accept entries on the day ?

[LukeV-2]

Do they accept entries on the day ?

 

Yeah, from 6:30..

[Meentb]

Okay so how was it for you guys?

 

Missed a turn off close to the river which cost me alot of time. Not even mentioning positions. A few bottlenecks and portages. All rideable in my opinion.

 

The wind also didnt make it easy. Otherwise nice and fast and hard on the legs.

[LukeV-2]

Yeah there was some confusion by the river but I just trusted my instincts and came right.

 

Got stuck behind some guys doing the shorter distances which was a bit annoying. Lost about 10min.

 

Nice fast route though.

 

Enjoyed it overall.

[arendoog]

Also lost 10min with river confusion .I think the organizers could have cleaned the route from branches and fallen trees .These trails are used daily by the riders in the field .Route preparation 5/10 .Go learn route preparation from the eqstra srping classic guys !

[Purnjap]

Yeah not yet decided wether i will do it again, but will take the top ten after gearing down from 65 to 45k, considering I almost went home cos i wasnt in the mood lol

[nickc]

The wind was hectic at times but otherwise a nice race. I liked the medal - Thanks Bennie for a lekker race.

[Nettie R]

Daar was 'n route marker by die rivier, onderste bo, en toe die groot groep van voor af kom, het ons geweet om direk links te draai water toe.

Stem saam met die toe gegroeide roete, ek't klomp snye op my bene van die doringbosse. :-(

As ek nog 'n sedan gery het en oorkant in die boendoes moes parkeer,sou ek kwaad gewees het. Ouens se karre wat krap en stamp op ongelyke grond. Besluit nog of die resies op my kalender v vlge jaar pas.

Edited September 29, 2012 by Fester

[Craig8252]

Does anyone know where the results will be posted? What website and when? Missed the turning to the river and lost lots of time and places too!

[Nettie R]

Uitslae is op www.racetime.co.za

Sou 3e 30+' gewees het as hulle my tyd nie met 15min opgeskroef het nie

:-(

Edited September 30, 2012 by Fester

[Generaal Gert]

Do you guys think that those black motorized gates towards the end of the 45km route will be open if we want to go and ride the route again?

[LukeV-2]

Do you guys think that those black motorized gates towards the end of the 45km route will be open if we want to go and ride the route again?

 

Doubt it.

[Squier]

It was a good race. It would just be that much better if they can merge the 40km and 65km routes later. Missed the route marker before the river and then got stuck in some congestion. Luckily it wasn't too bad, but still, it would've been avoided if the route hadn't merged by that point.

 

Was still fun and super fast race! First time ever I went under 3 hours for a Marathon. Quite stoked.

[428 others]

Also lost 10min with river confusion .I think the organizers could have cleaned the route from branches and fallen trees .These trails are used daily by the riders in the field .Route preparation 5/10 .Go learn route preparation from the eqstra srping classic guys !

 

The wind was hectic on Friday afternoon / night. Maybe that caused the fallen branches / trees?