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The Munga - The Toughest Race On Earth


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Sjoe.. JD and HV are playing a game of musical leader..

They don't swap lead as often as it might look... you must always click on the dot and see how long ago it was updated. Sometimes as long as 20minutes, while the other rider could have just updated, and hence they can be a good distance away from where their dot is showing on the map... Leaderboard has Jeannie ahead now (by 2km) - not sure how they work it out. But she is behind on the dots at the moment, but it hasn't refreshed in 14minutes ;)

What is Jeannie D's background

Never really heard of her until last year's performance

 

Is she PRO?

What's in her jungle oats? Who sponsors her?

Any other famous bike riders in her gene pool?

 

What an ultra-endurance athlete. Respect.

I first encountered Jeannie in 2006 at my first solo 24hr race in Malmesbury. Already then she showed her endurance talents, winning the women's category.

(This rather embarrassing thread still exists: Malmesbury 24hr)

 

Over the years she has pretty much done and won everything, adventure racing, marathon racing, 24hrs, RASA, Baviaans etc.

 

Fast forward to 2015 where my partner and I "raced" her and Martin at 36One for the team title. I say raced, because we certainly were racing, but her and Martin were treating it as a romantic weekend away on bikes - no kids, just them spending quality time together in the Klein Karoo. When they finished, they still looked like they could do another lap, while my partner and I could barely move!

They don't swap lead as often as it might look... you must always click on the dot and see how long ago it was updated. Sometimes as long as 20minutes, while the other rider could have just updated, and hence they can be a good distance away from where their dot is showing on the map... Leaderboard has Jeannie ahead now (by 2km) - not sure how they work it out. But she is behind on the dots at the moment, but it hasn't refreshed in 14minutes ;)

These 2 are so close together we could be cheering them at the end and they could be having a beer already[emoji85] or sleeping.

 

 

Mind you that goes for the top 5/6. This thing is far from over.

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