Desert Dash

[IH8MUD]

Yoh, there is not one piece of info on the goings on of this event if you are stuck in sa.

 

Anyone......bueller......anyone.......

 

 

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Coms and up to minute info   not always a priority here in Nam. 

Think most of the stories and updates will start coming through about Saturday afternoon. 

 

Oh yeah!!!!!!

 

MrsRocknrolla second in mixed two person category!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

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Congratulations to her. Very well done!!   

 

 

Conditions was tough as usual but apparently the headwind was particularly nasty almost all the way. 

 

I went and cheered the cyclists on the 2nd big Kupferberg climb. 

Was quite hot and some of the back-markers was pushing bikes there and where out of water already. 

 

There is news of bad crash shortly into the race  yesterday.

From the little I heard.

A  lady fell on the Black Mamaba downhill, where the tar goes over to gravel, (easy speeds of +60km/h there) \

Then a guy rode over her and fell very badly.

He is apparently in ICU. 

Pelvic and shoulder broken among his injuries. 

 

Konny Looser won. 

Friends of mine came second in the 4-man male category. 

[RocknRolla]

Sheesh, I was honestly quite worried about the missus, Perhaps not getting such info is a bit of a blessing.

 

Sounds like a seriously tough event.

 

 

 

 

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[Patchelicious]

Coms and up to minute info not always a priority here in Nam.

Think most of the stories and updates will start coming through about Saturday afternoon.

 

 

Congratulations to her. Very well done!!

 

 

Conditions was tough as usual but apparently the headwind was particularly nasty almost all the way.

 

I went and cheered the cyclists on the 2nd big Kupferberg climb.

Was quite hot and some of the back-markers was pushing bikes there and where out of water already.

 

There is news of bad crash shortly into the race yesterday.

From the little I heard.

A lady fell on the Black Mamaba downhill, where the tar goes over to gravel, (easy speeds of +60km/h there) \

Then a guy rode over her and fell very badly.

He is apparently in ICU.

Pelvic and shoulder broken among his injuries.

 

Konny Looser won.

Friends of mine came second in the 4-man male category.

Jaco and his team??

[Patchelicious]

That was honestly the hardest thing that I have ever done!

 

Started so well. Stage 1 was fine. Then 70km to 100km was so *** from the corregation that I thought about stopping. But a schnitzel at the CP on 100km cheered me up. Then those roller from 80km to 180km was it, I was gatvol. For those who didn't ride it, it is literally 100km non stop up and down, not 1km of flat! I actually thought it was a joke. Big chain ring to granny gear over and over and over and over for 5 hours. This is also in the dark and corrugated, so you go down the roller at 40kmh and hit the corregation at the bottom so hard that it blurs your vision. Because you light only shines so far ahead, you can't exactly pick a line and just have to deal with what you hit.

 

Arrived at first support point in 9hours and was ready to gun it and try go sub 18. But on stage 4 I was alone in the dark and got lost, and missed the feed point. Rodee 40km without bottles or food. This caught up to me later.

 

Loved the start of stage 5, was cruising at 40km TTing like a machine, then we had to ride next to that stupid pipe! That honestly broke me, I kept hitting those sand patches in the dark at speed and falling. I had a little sit down and composed myself.

 

Rode 90% of the race on my own, and actually liked it. Being completely isolated in the middle of nowhere at night is surreal. its dead quite and all you hear is the crunch of gravel under your tyres. When you stop to pee, the silence amazing. But then any other noise is a lion in the bush wanting to eat you. It's weird what the imagination comes up with when super bored ????

 

At the turn right into the desert at about the 295km I was still cheerful and watched the sun rising over my shoulder, even stopped to take a pic or two. Then BOOM missing that food got me! I literally fell over a few times from being dizzy, vomiting and talking in weird ways, I was over it, think I rode about 6km in 30mins along that road and was looking for a car to get into. Fortunately there were no support cars on that stretch and I was forced to ride in that state for another 15km to the last CP, where I ate a bit and had a coffee, my mates were laughing at me by the *** I was taking from being so disorientated. After a 30min rest it was the final stretch home!

 

Stage 6 is why I won't be back! It's 40km of stupid mother effing sand!!! Through the bloody desert!! I thought this was a Gravel Road race so was running 2.0 tyres at 2.2 bar, hated it so much.

 

Then the nasty organizers put you a tar road and you think it's home free, only for them to take you through sandy ST again.

 

Ended up coming in just over 20hours and shed a little tear behind my shades.

 

That section between 300km and 320km was darkest place I have been to in my life! When the guys say the wind was blowing, it was 200km of block head wind, there was no tail wind. It dies down a bit at 9pm in the dark and starts again at 5am in the dark.

 

I was 2 hours ahead of my mates going into previous CP they ended up 45mins begin me. That's how broken I was!

 

Was nice meeting Sias, well done on a great time.

 

For those wanting to do it, it's not a little fun ride, be prepared to lose your sense of humor a few times.

 

I hated it and won't be back! ????

[EmptyB]

That was honestly the hardest thing that I have ever done!

 

Started so well. Stage 1 was fine. Then 70km to 100km was so *** from the corregation that I thought about stopping. But a schnitzel at the CP on 100km cheered me up. Then those roller from 80km to 180km was it, I was gatvol. For those who didn't ride it, it is literally 100km non stop up and down, not 1km of flat! I actually thought it was a joke. Big chain ring to granny gear over and over and over and over for 5 hours.

 

Arrived at first support point in 9hours and was ready to gun it and try go sub 18. But on stage 4 I was alone in the dark and got lost, and missed the feed point. Rodee 40km without bottles or food. This caught up to me later.

 

Loved the start of stage 5, was cruising at 40km TTing like a machine, then we had to ride next to that stupid pipe! That honestly broke me, I kept hitting those sand patches in the dark at speed and falling. I had a little sit down and composed myself.

 

Rode 90% of the race on my own, and actually liked it. Being completely isolated in the middle of nowhere at night is surreal. its dead quite and all you hear is the crunch of gravel under your tyres. When you stop to pee, the silence amazing. But then any other noise is a lion in the bush wanting to eat you. It's weird what the imagination comes up with when super bored ????

 

At the turn right into the desert at about the 295km I was still cheerful and watched the sun rising over my shoulder, even stopped to take a pic or two. Then BOOM missing that food got me! I literally fell over a few times from being dizzy, vomiting and talking in weird ways, I was over it, think I rode about 6km in 30mins along that road and was looking for a car to get into. Fortunately there were no support cars on that stretch and I was forced to ride in that state for another 15km to the last CP, where I ate a bit and had a coffee, my mates were laughing at me by the *** I was taking from being so disorientated. After a 30min rest it was the final stretch home!

 

Stage 6 is why I won't be back! It's 40km of stupid mother effing sand!!! Through the bloody desert!! I thought this was a Gravel Road race so was running 2.0 tyres at 2.2 bar, hated it so much.

 

Then the nasty organizers put you a tar road and you think it's home free, only for them to take you through sandy ST again.

 

Ended up coming in just over 20hours and shed a little tear behind my shades.

 

That section between 300km and 320km was darkest place I have been to in my life! When the guys say the wind was blowing, it was 200km of block head wind, there was no tail wind. It dies down a bit at 9pm in the dark and starts again at 5am in the dark.

 

I was 2 hours ahead of my mates going into previous CP they ended up 45mins begin me. That's how broken I was!

 

Was nice meeting Sias, well done on a great time.

 

For those wanting to do it, it's not a little fun ride, be prepared to lose your sense of humor a few times.

 

I hated it and won't be back! ????

Enjoyed reading that, can totally understand your sense of humour failure!

 

Don't forget to enter next year

[Patchelicious]

Enjoyed reading that, can totally understand your sense of humour failure!

 

Don't forget to enter next year

Glad you enjoyed it, I didn't ????????????

[Slowbee]

That was honestly the hardest thing that I have ever done!

 

Started so well. Stage 1 was fine. Then 70km to 100km was so *** from the corregation that I thought about stopping. But a schnitzel at the CP on 100km cheered me up. Then those roller from 80km to 180km was it, I was gatvol. For those who didn't ride it, it is literally 100km non stop up and down, not 1km of flat! I actually thought it was a joke. Big chain ring to granny gear over and over and over and over for 5 hours. This is also in the dark and corrugated, so you go down the roller at 40kmh and hit the corregation at the bottom so hard that it blurs your vision. Because you light only shines so far ahead, you can't exactly pick a line and just have to deal with what you hit.

 

Arrived at first support point in 9hours and was ready to gun it and try go sub 18. But on stage 4 I was alone in the dark and got lost, and missed the feed point. Rodee 40km without bottles or food. This caught up to me later.

 

Loved the start of stage 5, was cruising at 40km TTing like a machine, then we had to ride next to that stupid pipe! That honestly broke me, I kept hitting those sand patches in the dark at speed and falling. I had a little sit down and composed myself.

 

Rode 90% of the race on my own, and actually liked it. Being completely isolated in the middle of nowhere at night is surreal. its dead quite and all you hear is the crunch of gravel under your tyres. When you stop to pee, the silence amazing. But then any other noise is a lion in the bush wanting to eat you. It's weird what the imagination comes up with when super bored

 

At the turn right into the desert at about the 295km I was still cheerful and watched the sun rising over my shoulder, even stopped to take a pic or two. Then BOOM missing that food got me! I literally fell over a few times from being dizzy, vomiting and talking in weird ways, I was over it, think I rode about 6km in 30mins along that road and was looking for a car to get into. Fortunately there were no support cars on that stretch and I was forced to ride in that state for another 15km to the last CP, where I ate a bit and had a coffee, my mates were laughing at me by the *** I was taking from being so disorientated. After a 30min rest it was the final stretch home!

 

Stage 6 is why I won't be back! It's 40km of stupid mother effing sand!!! Through the bloody desert!! I thought this was a Gravel Road race so was running 2.0 tyres at 2.2 bar, hated it so much.

 

Then the nasty organizers put you a tar road and you think it's home free, only for them to take you through sandy ST again.

 

Ended up coming in just over 20hours and shed a little tear behind my shades.

 

That section between 300km and 320km was darkest place I have been to in my life! When the guys say the wind was blowing, it was 200km of block head wind, there was no tail wind. It dies down a bit at 9pm in the dark and starts again at 5am in the dark.

 

I was 2 hours ahead of my mates going into previous CP they ended up 45mins begin me. That's how broken I was!

 

Was nice meeting Sias, well done on a great time.

 

For those wanting to do it, it's not a little fun ride, be prepared to lose your sense of humor a few times.

 

I hated it and won't be back!

sounds like you are now ready for Munga 2017

[Larry King]

That was honestly the hardest thing that I have ever done!

 

Started so well. Stage 1 was fine. Then 70km to 100km was so *** from the corregation that I thought about stopping. But a schnitzel at the CP on 100km cheered me up. Then those roller from 80km to 180km was it, I was gatvol. For those who didn't ride it, it is literally 100km non stop up and down, not 1km of flat! I actually thought it was a joke. Big chain ring to granny gear over and over and over and over for 5 hours. This is also in the dark and corrugated, so you go down the roller at 40kmh and hit the corregation at the bottom so hard that it blurs your vision. Because you light only shines so far ahead, you can't exactly pick a line and just have to deal with what you hit.

 

Arrived at first support point in 9hours and was ready to gun it and try go sub 18. But on stage 4 I was alone in the dark and got lost, and missed the feed point. Rodee 40km without bottles or food. This caught up to me later.

 

Loved the start of stage 5, was cruising at 40km TTing like a machine, then we had to ride next to that stupid pipe! That honestly broke me, I kept hitting those sand patches in the dark at speed and falling. I had a little sit down and composed myself.

 

Rode 90% of the race on my own, and actually liked it. Being completely isolated in the middle of nowhere at night is surreal. its dead quite and all you hear is the crunch of gravel under your tyres. When you stop to pee, the silence amazing. But then any other noise is a lion in the bush wanting to eat you. It's weird what the imagination comes up with when super bored

 

At the turn right into the desert at about the 295km I was still cheerful and watched the sun rising over my shoulder, even stopped to take a pic or two. Then BOOM missing that food got me! I literally fell over a few times from being dizzy, vomiting and talking in weird ways, I was over it, think I rode about 6km in 30mins along that road and was looking for a car to get into. Fortunately there were no support cars on that stretch and I was forced to ride in that state for another 15km to the last CP, where I ate a bit and had a coffee, my mates were laughing at me by the *** I was taking from being so disorientated. After a 30min rest it was the final stretch home!

 

Stage 6 is why I won't be back! It's 40km of stupid mother effing sand!!! Through the bloody desert!! I thought this was a Gravel Road race so was running 2.0 tyres at 2.2 bar, hated it so much.

 

Then the nasty organizers put you a tar road and you think it's home free, only for them to take you through sandy ST again.

 

Ended up coming in just over 20hours and shed a little tear behind my shades.

 

That section between 300km and 320km was darkest place I have been to in my life! When the guys say the wind was blowing, it was 200km of block head wind, there was no tail wind. It dies down a bit at 9pm in the dark and starts again at 5am in the dark.

 

I was 2 hours ahead of my mates going into previous CP they ended up 45mins begin me. That's how broken I was!

 

Was nice meeting Sias, well done on a great time.

 

For those wanting to do it, it's not a little fun ride, be prepared to lose your sense of humor a few times.

 

I hated it and won't be back!

Brilliant read, well done on the finish....

[Patchelicious]

sounds like you are now ready for Munga 2017

Too soon bud, too soon

[RocknRolla]

Well done on the solo finish Patch.

Lots of respect.

 

 

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[Frank71]

Congrats RocknRolla with Nadine's 2nd place. Please tell her she still owes me a beer.

[Frank71]

And congrats to all finishers, especially you solo guys.

[Frank71]

Unofficial results out.

2016-NDD-RESULTS.pdf

[IH8MUD]

Jaco and his team??

Yes. 

[Philip.]

I had to stop at 66km.... Was cramping from 17km at the water point at stage 2 I went to the medics. They told me that my race is over... Took everything out of me to get into that sweeper. Still can't understand what the hell was going on with me. Still feeling very sorry for myself. Will be back next year I have to finish this thing! Well done to everyone who finished.

Ended up helping to second (oom) Sias..

[EmptyB]

Glad you enjoyed it, I didn't ????????????

Flippin well done...fantastic achievement!!