[Event] The Munga MTB 2017

[Dusty]

"tailwinds galore, at least up to Britstown" - Casper Venter

[Shebeen]

HOLY SMOKES !

 

the leaders have just past 500km in UNDER 24hrs!

 

EDIT:

 

this is going to come down to who can sleep the least.

 

I reckon Sutherland is the aim to nap for maybe 2 hrs.

 

Then it is balls to the wall. Sleep for 2 hrs in 50 .... thats next level stuff.

I actually don't think so.

 

the leaderboard projection at at about halfway is for 47hours.

last year it took 71hours.

 

To do it in anything under 60hours means finishing before midnight on friday.

You can get away with no sleep for that sort of time. 2 nights with no sleep been done plenty and plenty of times in adventure racing which goes on for way longer. if anything 1 or two 30minute catnaps.

[eddy]

is that really Vettes on his profile pic?

 

Sure.

 

By the weekend he should have ridden some of it off though

[edgarblount]

Sure.

 

By the weekend he should have ridden some of it off though and be known as NotSoVetseun henceforth 

[Shebeen]

so at this stage of the game, let's go down the current leaderboard.

 

Who is Marco Martins?

 

either this guy - 

 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0554076/

 

 

this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Martins_(fencer)

 

or this guy

 

http://radiovizela.pt/gestao/img_noticias/499303c805d70aee02a8394a391b9fa4.jpg

 

http://www.radiovizela.pt/gestao/img_noticias/870cd15960a22eff2013ab3ace80bef1.jpg

 

let's go with the third option:

 

https://www.strava.com/athletes/3425615#interval?interval=201711&interval_type=month&chart_type=miles&year_offset=0

 

He either travels a CRAPLOAD or is able to do some weird Zwift type virtual courses a lot.

either way he has ridden about 60 hours/1700km  a month for the past year, so munga no big deal

[Shebeen]

Next on the list - Dion Guy

 

he seems to be mr PAINCAVE

http://www.paincave.co.za/about.html

 

http://mentalworks.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Dion-Guy-270x190.jpg

 

https://www.strava.com/athletes/1387555

 

he averages about 1000km monthly, only 40hours.

 

but did this one last year

https://www.strava.com/activities/794182570

 

this year he got to WP6 in 22hours

last year he got there in 1 day 22hours.

 

http://trackleaders.com/munga16

he appears to have his head in the right place

http://mentalworks.co.za/about/

[Shebeen]

then there's Freek van Tonder

 

he came 19th in the inaugral 2015 race

 

[2 X 2]

is that really Vettes on his profile pic?

 

He looks like a hard character, so he will do fine 

[fanievb]

looks like DB is out     

chatted to him earlier.

medics picked him up, he can't hold down any food and has zero energy.

Really bummed for him, I did a few training rides with him and he was super strong even with his tank (loaded bike)

[Escapee..]

looks like DB is out     

 

chatted to him earlier.

 

medics picked him up, he can't hold down any food and has zero energy.

 

Really bummed for him, I did a few training rides with him and he was super strong even with his tank (loaded bike)

 

That really sucks man 

[Pink Runner]

Dion Guy also won the Desert Dash in 2013 and came second in 2015.

[Gen]

 

 

looks like DB is out [emoji107]

 

chatted to him earlier.

 

medics picked him up, he can't hold down any food and has zero energy.

 

Really bummed for him, I did a few training rides with him and he was super strong even with his tank (loaded bike)

Aggenee..

 

Man.. I hope his condition isn't too serious..

 

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[milky4130]

so at this stage of the game, let's go down the current leaderboard.

 

Who is Marco Martins?

 

either this guy - 

 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0554076/

 

 

this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Martins_(fencer)

 

or this guy

 

http://radiovizela.pt/gestao/img_noticias/499303c805d70aee02a8394a391b9fa4.jpg

 

http://www.radiovizela.pt/gestao/img_noticias/870cd15960a22eff2013ab3ace80bef1.jpg

 

let's go with the third option:

 

https://www.strava.com/athletes/3425615#interval?interval=201711&interval_type=month&chart_type=miles&year_offset=0

 

He either travels a CRAPLOAD or is able to do some weird Zwift type virtual courses a lot.

either way he has ridden about 60 hours/1700km  a month for the past year, so munga no big deal

I stalked Martins last night, Virtual Trainer.

[Prince Albert Cycles]

What is Vetseuns real name ?

Want to follow him on the tracker.

[milky4130]

So according to the Live Feeds on FB, Riccardo Stermin is out of contention, I presume because he got outside assistance? However Jeanie will get\got assistance from the official race mechanic for her mechanical so that means she is still in contention? Kudos to the rider that had a ingenious idea to use a piece of space blanket so that the axle could be tighten on her bike. Sounded like the axle thread stripped or something.

[Escapee..]

What is Vetseuns real name ?

Want to follow him on the tracker.

 

Dale de Kiewit