JohanDiv Posted November 28, 2019 Share Hi Nope just an indication.You can fall behind and make time up again as it happened last year with a lady. Cannot for the lifw of me remember her name. (and too lazy to search Regards Paul Nina Long if I remember correctly.. She's looking much better this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanDiv Posted November 28, 2019 Share I see Chris has been scracthed So we are now standing at 23 riders that scratched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted November 28, 2019 Share Another dot I'm following with great interest is MK, Madeleen Kotze. She's a local lady here from Paarl and she likes her endurance challenges. A few weeks ago she also completed an Everest attempt outside Gordonsbay. Currently still moving at 220km just before RV1. Wonder how long she'll stop there, the Cut-Off dot is not that far behind her group of riders. Mads (or Moekie as she is fondly called) is one tough cookie. Very determined. Gooi mielies, Mads..... SeaBee and JohanDiv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted November 28, 2019 Share Wow. Once again I am in awe. The tenacity, the sheer physical strength, the mental fortitude it takes is astounding. Plus the heat.Amazing stuff! Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Wannabe and shaper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnkzn Posted November 28, 2019 Share Got three friends riding (can I count Benky as a friend if I've ridden with him few times haha). One of them bailed yesterday after around 200km. He's a hard mofo with plenty of endurance riding pedigree (361, Baviaans, Ironmans and gravel riding is his thing). For him to pull out tells me I would have lasted way less time / distance. Conditions must be really ugly. Edited November 28, 2019 by andrew5336 BigDL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubbernero Posted November 28, 2019 Share maybe lost in translation perhaps.it's just the way he said it in his post.....of being 30 min ahead of the competition etc etc as in "i was murdering them and they weren't going to beat me but the heat beat me instead" I think there was mention of going for the record (which he holds). He obviously had that goal in mind. In a race like this the conditions (heat, wind, road surface, etc) is the biggest factor that determines a fast time, or not. Given the conditions you have to adjust your goals accordingly. It doesn't matter how fit you are, or how well you prepared, if the weather conditions does not play along the record will be out of the question. Surely he could've made that judgement call and realized it's probably not going to happen. Rather re-adjust your goal and say i'm still going to try and win this. Ride more conservatively. The heat is going to kill me if I try and continue at this pace - which it did. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at the times set vs the weather conditions of past years. 2016 - Heatwave, ridiculous head wind for the whole race. 2017 - Cool temp even with some light rain, tail wind from the start. Probably as good as you can wish for.2018 - Hotter than 2017 but no heatwave. 2019 - Heatwave. Not sure what the wind is like out there. Edited November 28, 2019 by hubbernero MORNE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 28, 2019 Share What happened to myles?Hope you're not referring to me... MUNGA is something that's nowhere near my bucket list, but I have immense respect for those people who have and are able to grind it out and finish, or even take part. Not my kinda thing, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 28, 2019 Share Wow. Once again I am in awe. The tenacity, the sheer physical strength, the mental fortitude it takes is astounding. Plus the heat.Amazing stuff! This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiggy Posted November 28, 2019 Share Hope you're not referring to me... MUNGA is something that's nowhere near my bucket list, but I have immense respect for those people who have and are able to grind it out and finish, or even take part. Not my kinda thing, to be honest. Think he's referring to Myles van Musschenbroek - local pro who rides for Protouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted November 28, 2019 Share The winner from last year also gets a free entry, so It's not like Ramses paid to be there...... Is it really R18000 per rider to enter?! Sheesh.... I would love to give this a crack but at this stage R18000 for a few days riding is well beyond my ability to justify. JohanDiv, RobertWhitehead and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubbernero Posted November 28, 2019 Share The winner from last year also gets a free entry, so It's not like Ramses paid to be there...... Is it really R18000 per rider to enter?! Sheesh.... I would love to give this a crack but at this stage R18000 for a few days riding is well beyond my ability to justify. "Early bird" entry was R18K, after that it went up to R22K. Not sure until what date the early bird entry fee was applicable. Jewbacca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWhitehead Posted November 28, 2019 Share This is exactly why I also only do like 1 race a year The winner from last year also gets a free entry, so It's not like Ramses paid to be there...... Is it really R18000 per rider to enter?! Sheesh.... I would love to give this a crack but at this stage R18000 for a few days riding is well beyond my ability to justify. JohanDiv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 28, 2019 Share Think he's referring to Myles van Musschenbroek - local pro who rides for Protouch.Excellent. Vettes's attempt at a little jab earlier on in the thread made me wonder if he was. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted November 28, 2019 Share Excellent. Vettes's attempt at a little jab earlier on in the thread made me wonder if he was. You wont have to worry about writing a report .... Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and DIPSLICK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 28, 2019 Share You wont have to worry about writing a report .... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORNE Posted November 28, 2019 Share Crazy close still in top 4/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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