The Munga - The Toughest Race On Earth

[Stretch]

so BS wont be coming to the hub to thank us for our support it seems 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i always chuckle that BS stands for bull****

[Andrew Steer]

   

[Dusty]

Looks as though he is back

[Skinnyone]

Seems like it was an admin error?? He is back tracking.

oh well...

[shaper]

still shows BS as scratched??

 

Edit: now shows him active!!

[Skinnyone]

Yeah I see that too, he hasn't moved in the last 30 min...

[The Guy in Pink]

Brandon is active and moving again.

[IH8MUD]

Is Vaughn Roux  going to try something like this? 

 

 

" Dean Karnazes, 53

From October 12-15, 2005, Karnazes ran 350 miles across Northern California without stopping. He didn’t stop to sleep or to eat, or – in the most stupefying accomplishment of all – he did not even slow down to sample a Sonoma Valley chilled chardonnay. All told, he ran for 80 hours, 44 minutes without a break."

[tourdeboland]

Climbing is a pleasure, for the mind and body, especially later.

Eish, and it looks like 3 quarters of it comes in the last 1 quarter of the race.

 

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[EmptyB]

Is Vaughn Roux going to try something like this?

 

 

" Dean Karnazes, 53

From October 12-15, 2005, Karnazes ran 350 miles across Northern California without stopping. He didn’t stop to sleep or to eat, or – in the most stupefying accomplishment of all – he did not even slow down to sample a Sonoma Valley chilled chardonnay. All told, he ran for 80 hours, 44 minutes without a break."

Insane!! But, respect.

[River Rat]

Meanwhile at the back of the field Christi Viljoen and Dirk Griesel have just overtaken Mike Glover and Neville Higgs who seem to be holed up at a farmhouse at 266km. My guess is that the latter two are going to be our nightriders for this race, a strategy that worked well last year for the backmarkers.

[River Rat]

One of the guys I'm rooting for is Rafeeq Safodien , last year he went off course for about 80km and threw in the towel after doing about half the distance, I can only think how gutted he must have felt. Interestingly Hannele Steyn made the same mistake but back tracked to where she went off course and rode to a second place in the women's event adding more that 100kms to her race, that requires enormous mental strength.

[bolt67]

And to re-iterate: Jeannie is married to Martin!

She knows what she is doing. Also, she has a huge adventure racing background

And she hold the Women's RASA record which is the 6th fastest time ever ! Apparently they stopped a few times because it was their honeymoon , Jeannie wanted to push on but Martin convinced her to have a rest ! One seriously strong rider !

[River Rat]

Just checked last years Tracker Hannele Steyn turned around just before Victoria West adding 140km to here ride. Rafeeq carried on through Victoria West rejoining the course at Loxton where I think he was told that he would have to backtrack to rejoin the race at KM 484 or be disqualified, at that stage he would have rode about 660km and a backtrack would have added another 200km to his journey. I wonder what would be going through his mind when he passes KM484?

[Nick]

[River Rat]

Talking about Mrs Dreyer she's just gone walkabout at almost the exact spot that Hannele and Rafeeq did. It's after a short stretch on the R403 this year it's KM490 perhaps the Munga's own Bermuda Triangle!