Kyle Petersen Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 What are some of your fueling and liquid/water plans for the marathon and ultra, Camelpaks ?? Food?? Energy boosts?? By the way look out for the FLUGON gazebo and come get some free samples of a fantastic natural immune booster!!
Kyle Petersen Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 What are some of your fueling and liquid/water plans for the marathon and ultra, Camelpaks ?? Food?? Energy boosts?? By the way look out for the FLUGON gazebo and come get some free samples of a fantastic natural immune booster!!
Fattyboom Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Hi, I'm doing the 48km mountaineering!! Looks like it rained this week and might rain over the weekend. Will this cause a mudfest or will I be able to get my big butt up the maintain without slipping off? Thanks.
LUZERN Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Anybody heard anything about the route conditions? Is it going to be a mudfest?
Kyle Petersen Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbarbertonxcm%2Fposts%2F1278256678884650&width=500" width="500" height="199" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> Seems to still be on track and not too much mud!
Barberton XCM MTB Posted January 27, 2017 Author Posted January 27, 2017 Hi guys, no rain since Wednesday night! The town does not have damages such as other areas. No rain yesterday or last night - and I am current on the field - its HOT! No rain predicted until Saturday evening
Barberton XCM MTB Posted January 27, 2017 Author Posted January 27, 2017 P.S. no doubt that there will be mud in places - we want you to have some fun!
Warthog Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 We had a lot of rain on Wednesday night, (and we are so grateful as the drought is real bad- our dam was only 8,5% full last week) but none since yesterday morning. It apparently rained a lot more in town than up in mountains and forestry. It's been fairly overcast but drying out. There will be some muddy patches, mostly in forestry areas, but seriously doubt it will be mudfest- provided there isn't anymore rain... Coming back through 14 Streams is going to great fun!!!
HOEKVLAG Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 What are some of your fueling and liquid/water plans for the marathon and ultra,Camelpaks ?? Food?? Energy boosts?? By the way look out for the FLUGON gazebo and come get some free samples of a fantastic natural immune booster!!I'll just have one bottle with me on the ultra, but there are ample water points so I'll stop if necessary. I will definitely look out for the FLUGON gazebo! Kyle Petersen 1
HOEKVLAG Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Seems to still be on track and not too much mud! Hi guys, no rain since Wednesday night! The town does not have damages such as other areas. No rain yesterday or last night - and I am current on the field - its HOT! No rain predicted until Saturday evening P.S. no doubt that there will be mud in places - we want you to have some fun! We had a lot of rain on Wednesday night, (and we are so grateful as the drought is real bad- our dam was only 8,5% full last week) but none since yesterday morning. It apparently rained a lot more in town than up in mountains and forestry. It's been fairly overcast but drying out. There will be some muddy patches, mostly in forestry areas, but seriously doubt it will be mudfest- provided there isn't anymore rain... Coming back through 14 Streams is going to great fun!!! If it rained fairly heavily the road might be washed away slightly in places, but that just makes all the climbing that much more fun! A bit of mud is fine, but I really don't like mudfests... I'm also starting to get nervous for my first real Ultra. Edited January 27, 2017 by HOEKVLAG
Fattyboom Posted January 29, 2017 Posted January 29, 2017 Did the 48km - was tough but I will be back next year. Race was well organised, friendly people and beautiful scenery. There was one muddy section of 20 odd meters (that I can recall) and a puddle here and there. Barberton XCM MTB 1
ChunkyMonkey Posted January 29, 2017 Posted January 29, 2017 Thanks guys... the race was really well organized!!! As this was my backyard when growing up... I have a slightly biased opinion, BUT.... The new route Ultra was awesome with loads of Forrest climbing, and downhill... and some of the most awesome mountain trail landscapes that makes this race totally unique Yes!! It was a hard race as always before...But definitely worth the trip from Cape Town... time and again!!Well done Barberton XCM... I'LL BE BACK
Long Wheel Base Posted January 29, 2017 Posted January 29, 2017 One of our club members had a heart attack a few km into the race and sadly passed away.RIP Sent from my LG-H735 using Tapatalk
Lexx Posted January 29, 2017 Posted January 29, 2017 One of our club members had a heart attack a few km into the race and sadly passed away.RIP Sent from my LG-H735 using TapatalkThat's sad. I am really sorry to hear that Long Wheel Base 1
V12man Posted January 29, 2017 Posted January 29, 2017 One of our club members had a heart attack a few km into the race and sadly passed away.RIP Sent from my LG-H735 using TapatalkSorry to hear that - condolences to his family and friends. Long Wheel Base 1
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