Munga musings from a novice - The Race - Part 4 of the Trilogy

[Janine Oosthuizen]

Thank you for convincing me to line up again this year Carlo! Incredible read. Some tears, goosebumbs and butterflies did re-surface... "THE END of the life you knew"

[thebob]

Absolutely fantastic! Though there is not a chance I'll be lining up for that

[shaper]

Nice write up and am sure good memories.  Thank you.

 

The question is, was it "The end of the life you knew"?

[CatchMeIfYouCan]

I think I have something in my eye...

 

Great write-up and well done Carlo! Inspiring to say the least. 

[HOEKVLAG]

WOW! That was inspirational...

[Moriarty]

This has been a truly amazing post to follow, well done Carlo, redifining the word "vasbyt".

 

I have a question and please don't take it as a criticism, but doesn't the extensive use of painkillers during an event like this bother you a bit. I'm not sure what the sports doctors would say, perhaps one of them on the forum could comment?

[AfricaMike]

Seriously inspirational - but I knew the 4th part of the trilogy would be.  Somehow I was secretly hoping that I would come to a realisation that I don't need to share in this adventure.....I was wrong....my banking app just told me "Payment Successful".......oh sh*t, what have I done???

[BuffsVintageBikes]

That was an incredible read, thank you for sharing it... Just WOW

 

Well done again to everyone who tackled this monster

[Mungral]

As a fellow Mungral...well done in trying to articulate this experience. I have come to realise that I myself is the biggest mystery...because I will do it again and again and again...

Edited February 5, 2019 by Mungral

[taito]

The brutality of this monster shines through well written bud. This event is life changing.

 

Go out there and ride it--you will meet yourself out there.

[Jensie]

Sjoe ...wow. Nice 

[River Rat]

Simply awesome :clap: :clap:

[Red Robin]

Wow! Amazing read.

[Arries87]

Absolutely fantastic thread! Brilliantly written! I was wondering if I wanted to do it, now I KNOW I am going to do it (or at least attempt it!  )

[OneLove]

What a read  .... Hope eating all that carbs wasn't too bad

[Carlog]

Nice write up and am sure good memories.  Thank you.

 

The question is, was it "The end of the life you knew"?

Good question. We've all heard that events can be life changing.  I am a little more conservative about the impact that single events have in/on my life.  I am also conservative about what really matters.  From my pov, not much really matters when you give something distance and /or change perspective.   What the munga does is give you the opportunity to radically change your perspective.  To paraphrase archimedes (something like "give me a fulcrum and a place to stand and I will move the earth") the Munga gives you a place to stand that you normally would not have access to.  So... it could be life changing in that the next time i look at something "hard", i'll have a different perspective of what hard is which means i may not hesitate in doing it.  If nothing else my perspective on a 100/200km race has changed - feels like a doddle after doing the Munga, and that's properly half the job done.  Until the first real climb kicks me in the teeth!   and then i'll change my perspective again.