Absa Cape Epic 2022

[splat]

17 minutes ago, MTBeer said:

Zippo guts? Is that a lighter version of Jippo guts?

It's a more fluid situation

[Danger Dassie]

1 hour ago, DieselnDust said:

Not sure. I asked someone at the medics tent on Saturday and they said not many but there was a few. I think Tiffany Keep and her partner were two?

Many out due to Zippo guts and associated dehydration, high creatinine levels. Some debate as o whether the Zippo guts is viral, bacterial(food or water) or a form of IBS (Stress related)

Many people seem to underestimate the effect dust has as well, especially with infections. "It's just dust" ... ehrm, no it isn't 'just'. 
Played a role in 2017 when it compounded serious issues with heat stress and a stomach bug, resulting in a shortened stage 2. Lots of people moaned about it, but on the whole it was likely the right decision. 

[DieselnDust]

41 minutes ago, splat said:

It's a more fluid situation

well it does light a fire in your journey

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, flymango said:

They were interviewed live on SuperSport. But no champagne bottles were popped. Nobody there to provide it. I think I caught a glimpse of somebody being quite firmly pushed back from approaching them as they stood in front of the photographers.

Huge respect to them for what was quite literally an epic performance. 

Actually a number of highlight videos .... One shows their dad bringing them champagne when the clock past the time and they knew they were winners.  They most certainly did POP that champagne.

 

But no interviews on that highlight reel though ....

[Carmichael]

My 4th one and have to say it was brutal, this ons hurts very deep. Maybe i just forgot how much the other hurts, also did the last 2 stages with a stomach bug , that just sucked big time had no power and had to take loo breaks en route. Had a high fever friday night and had to get pills from medi clinic sat morning and almost got pulled luckily i broke my fever with panados.

One thing that irritated me is that the route profile for each day was incorrect and elevation gain was incorrect , like stage 2 we were supposed to climb 2350, but ended almost on 3000m and that is from 4 of us 2 x garmin and 2 x suunto. 

 

i can se they are cutting costs each year.. 

[Shebeen]

4 hours ago, flymango said:

They were interviewed live on SuperSport. But no champagne bottles were popped. Nobody there to provide it. I think I caught a glimpse of somebody being quite firmly pushed back from approaching them as they stood in front of the photographers.

Huge respect to them for what was quite literally an epic performance. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbnL29aoGkG/

i didn't see all the bubbles on the live feed, but it happened!

[Shebeen]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbpiMClokzN/

 

early bird is sold out, i think.

I got one by clicking on the link at 15:08, didn't realise it was the actual one to enter, and assumed by the n it was already sold out. No link to clean out my credit card either, just 48hrs to EFT it seems.

So there will be at least one going back into the pile

[Hamstring]

7 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbpiMClokzN/

 

early bird is sold out, i think.

I got one by clicking on the link at 15:08, didn't realise it was the actual one to enter, and assumed by the n it was already sold out. No link to clean out my credit card either, just 48hrs to EFT it seems.

So there will be at least one going back into the pile

make that two going back did mine @15:11

[DieselnDust]

I wonder how many will be back in the pot come 31st March....?

[ChrisF]

24 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

I wonder how many will be back in the pot come 31st March....?

 

Train up .... and then wait for the desperate sellers February 2023 .....

[ChrisF]

Was speaking to a friend about Sunday's race .... question came up about what the prize money was ....

 

Anybody know ?

 

 

EDIT .... https://www.cape-epic.com/riders/registered-riders/professional-riders/prize-money

Edited March 28, 2022 by ChrisF

[MORNE]

13 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

Was speaking to a friend about Sunday's race .... question came up about what the prize money was ....

 

Anybody know ?

A stamped medal and bragging rights?😅

in seriousness, it’s not that much going by google? Actually looks like the munga was more the one year bitcoin went through the roof lol

Edited March 28, 2022 by MORNE

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, MORNE said:

A stamped medal and bragging rights?😅

in seriousness, it’s not that much going by google? Actually looks like the munga was more the one year bitcoin went through the roof lol

prize money take away for the international riders is a bit of a lottery if paid in ZAR

[Fred van Vlaanderen]

4 hours ago, Carmichael said:

My 4th one and have to say it was brutal, this ons hurts very deep. Maybe i just forgot how much the other hurts, also did the last 2 stages with a stomach bug , that just sucked big time had no power and had to take loo breaks en route. Had a high fever friday night and had to get pills from medi clinic sat morning and almost got pulled luckily i broke my fever with panados.

One thing that irritated me is that the route profile for each day was incorrect and elevation gain was incorrect , like stage 2 we were supposed to climb 2350, but ended almost on 3000m and that is from 4 of us 2 x garmin and 2 x suunto. 

 

i can se they are cutting costs each year.. 

congrats on pulling through!

[DieselnDust]

5 hours ago, Carmichael said:

My 4th one and have to say it was brutal, this ons hurts very deep. Maybe i just forgot how much the other hurts, also did the last 2 stages with a stomach bug , that just sucked big time had no power and had to take loo breaks en route. Had a high fever friday night and had to get pills from medi clinic sat morning and almost got pulled luckily i broke my fever with panados.

One thing that irritated me is that the route profile for each day was incorrect and elevation gain was incorrect , like stage 2 we were supposed to climb 2350, but ended almost on 3000m and that is from 4 of us 2 x garmin and 2 x suunto. 

 

i can se they are cutting costs each year.. 

well done, another finish under the belt.👍

The route profiles are pretty accurate if they didn't change anything after the decals were printed. This year there was still minor route changes with a couple of weeks before the event. Probably due to the short time between the events. I never bothered with them anyway and kept the last set as souvenirs for my daughter. She stuck them all over the headboard on her bed.

 

[TIB]

On 3/28/2022 at 9:05 AM, DieselnDust said:

Spoke to a few folks who have done many,

including the some or all of the first 5,…. Toughest since 2008 and comparable to 2012. Most said it was due to the heat at the prologue and stage1 and the headwind  toward the end of stage 2. The rollers killer many legs and cut off was extended to 19:00. 
after stage 1 many were enquiring about drips at the medics tent.

that said it’s also hard to really quantify toughness of the epic. People  tend to look at distance and climbing and go “oh wow that’s hard/easy” while not considering the terrain. Use 2018 route as an example only 13500m ascent but that doesn’t talk to the more than 100km of sand the route went through . It’s always tough but I think 2022 was the toughest since 2008 for various reasons. Just looking at the drop out %

Official 10 Year Cape Epic Toughness Table..... 2008 had a 27% dropout, a slight outlier, 9 days riding

The slowest times were generally just over double the winning time!