The Munga - The Toughest Race On Earth

[Red Robin]

That's where he was on the route this time last year...

 

Thank you. First time watching Munga but not the last

[the nerd]

The blue flag is misleading though as before WP9 Grant was miles ahead. 

[Shebeen]

i queried the prize money

- https://www.facebook.com/TheMungaMTB/posts/10157807576360282

[Stretch]

I'm also wondering how you apply a time penalty in an event where people have to stop for hours in any case? They will have to add it to his final time.

 

I think they already applied it..might be wrong though

[Stretch]

now...the big question..how long does each stop at WP8.........

 

well ..they both just plowed through!

[Shebeen]

according to the sutherland met mast, there's a sight tailwind today!

 

http://www.wasa.csir.co.za/GraphicsStreamer.aspx?&Project=6&GraphIndex=9&Rnd=654168

 

http://www.wasa.csir.co.za/GraphicsStreamer.aspx?&Project=6&GraphIndex=1&Rnd=803383&size=2x

[Gen]

well ..they both just plowed through!

Yoh they are crazy

 

Riding so strong.. unbelievable

[Andrew Steer]

HV and JD stopped at what looks like a guest house... HV on the stoep and JD lying down under the tree's from the look of it. 350km to the finish from here, probably not a lot of resting will be done...

[Gen]

according to the sutherland met mast, there's a sight tailwind today!

 

http://www.wasa.csir.co.za/GraphicsStreamer.aspx?&Project=6&GraphIndex=9&Rnd=654168

 

http://www.wasa.csir.co.za/GraphicsStreamer.aspx?&Project=6&GraphIndex=1&Rnd=803383&size=2x

They must be so relieved for that slight tailwind.

[Andrew Steer]

Top 5 riders all with in 30km's of each other after 700+kms... still lots of twists and turns in this tale!

[Gen]

Top 5 riders all with in 30km's of each other after 700+kms... still lots of twists and turns in this tale!

Field is really close so far in .. going to be a cracker of a finish.

[Stretch]

whereabouts is the padstaal? still to come?

[cat-i]

I think they already applied it..might be wrong though

 

No serving. Gets added to the finishing time. (Quoting Alex) 

[Gen]

Looks like JD and HV are having a rest.

[IH8MUD]

Not take anything from the current racers . . 

 

But

 

The GU

 

 must be sitting somewhere,

watching this tracking,

seeing where JN's blue flag is now,

thinking where he (GU) was,

what played down from around here to the end . . . 

 

and just rubbing his hands in anticipation to start prepping for next year. 

 

 

(that is what I would do if I was him)

[River Rat]

Okay imagine you're Christi Viljoen here's your stats you've completed 405 km at an average speed of 8.7kph. Here's what you have left 681km in 73 hours meaning that you have to average 9.32kph to finish in allotted 120 hours (Although it appears that she has to be speed up bear in mind she's just come off a 6 hour rest which brings her average down).

 

This would be my plan to ensure a finish

- assume stops of 16 hours in total.

- leaving you 57 hours to ride 681 km at an average of just less than 12kph.

 

But where to stop RV3 is at Loxton 593km which makes this stint a relatively short 190km (I can't believe I just said that's short!), so perhaps you should press on to WP7 649km and try and be there at 8 am tomorrow. 8 hours kip has you leaving at 16:00 on Saturday with Sutherland RV4 812km before 6:00 am on Sunday as my next target and perhaps take a 6 hour kip leaving RV4 at 14h00 targeting RV5 1018 km by 7:00 am on Monday . It's mostly downhill from there with one mother of a climb so maybe I'd take 1 hour kip leaving at 8:00 with 5 hours to finish the last 60km ( you can take 2 but then you have to average 15kph the backmarkers did about 20kph last year so you have something in the bank).

 

You can argue with my strategy if you want, but the point remains imagine doing this calculation while you're on the road having completed 400+ km in the searing heat. I think you need a back up team!