The Munga - The Toughest Race On Earth

[Pulse]

The rider I am supporting the most is Braam Roux, he is riding for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation or Muscle Riders Club, and is one of the main fundraisers for them. http://muscleriders.co.za/

 

Being mostly MTB'ers, we did our first road race at this year's Carnival race (in Feb) and started from the last bunch. We ended up doing a 103 2-member team TT with him pulling for 30km stretches at 33 km/h. Seriously strong and constantly making jokes while riding.

 

A lot of his strength he gets from towing modified wheelchairs with muscle dystrophy sufferers (additional 90 kg) over finish lines of all the major races. Nice guy with crazy strength and endurance.

Braam is a nice guy... Did some training rides with them a while ago

[rvdm1]

With four sets of tracks going down that wrong road I am willing to bet money someone else will make the same error in the next couple of hours.

[Growler1]

Bit late to the party here...but where do I go to "see the dots"?

[River Rat]

What's the penalty if he just carries on and joins the route again further down the road?

Unfortunately you have to backtrack and rejoin the course where you left it. I can't believe RS is going walkabout again !

[2 X 2]

Notice how it deducts the km's if you back track.  He was on something like 709 km and now is on 706

[rvdm1]

Bit late to the party here...but where do I go to "see the dots"?

trackleaders.com/munga16

[Growler1]

trackleaders.com/munga16

Much appreciated.

[Gen]

I may have missed the post about the weather today.. anyone have an idea of what it looks like?

[dirtypot]

I'm going to get no work done today...  Been here for hours and haven't done anything yet.

[nonky]

Last Jeannie punt...

 

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just made a donation to http://www.dignitydreams.com/

 

seems a really good cause and it's 16 days of activism and all that.

 

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[2 X 2]

SM is definitely gaining on HV and JD

[Monark]

Does anyone know how KB is holding up? I hope that his hand is fine.

[Long Wheel Base]

Looks like RS is back on track. Sjoe that was close.

[rvdm1]

SM is definitely gaining on HV and JD

He is but I think they are a stop ahead.

 

I am getting in as much munga as I can, leaving for year end function at 11...

[Long Wheel Base]

Does anyone know how KB is holding up? I hope that his hand is fine.

Currently 6th about 50km behind the leaders. He hasn't mentioned his hand on any of his social media posts so I presume its OK. I hope it holds up. Don't want another "scratched" due to a hand problem.

[River Rat]

Looks like RS is back on track. Sjoe that was close.

I like the look of his progress who knows he might be in the mix towards the end.