Day 70 - Cycling Done
Hooray! After 155km day yesterday the cycle is over. We arrived on the Orange River at about 4:30 on Monday. Thank God for safe arrival!. | NEW...
Tri-The Beloved Country 2011
Day 67 - Last week of Cycling
Since leaving Zeerust a week ago we have been heading towards the N Cape and the Kalahari. After re-stocking in Mafikeng, we headed off into the...
Day 65 - The Kalahari
e are in the Kalahari in the middle of pretty much nowhere nearly 500km NW of Mafikeng.
Day 49 - 58 - Just Another Cycle
I have now completed just short of 2000km of cycling and am finally beginning to feel as if I am becoming a cyclist – it has been infinitely...
Day 48 - Musina
After a 120km day yesterday (day 47) we woke from an exhausted sleep in the middle of the night to loud rain on the tent so we all bailed out to...
Day 42 - Olifants River
We are in the middle of nowhere on the Olifants River and about 50km from Hoedspruit.
Day 41 - More Climbing
Another massive day of climbing - 1500m yesterday our new record. Eish. 2 more days till rest day so I just have to vasbyt. We have done just...
Day 39 - 40 - BLYDE RIVER
Whhooohooo! It IS TOTALLY about the bike! Despite a hectic day of climbing more than 1300m I felt 100% more comfortable on my Rocky...
Day 38 - Badplaas
00km today and another 1000m of climbing! We met some folk at the guesthouse in Amsterdam last night who assured us it was downhill all the way...
Day 35 - 37 - Updates
Just over 90km yesterday with more than a 1000m of climbing and everything hurts! I am sure my bike is not set up correctly and I start to feel...
Day 32 - 34 - Transition to cycling
We spent Friday and Saturday night in Ponto with Natalie and Carlos Afonso which was spectacular and used the time to get our bikes sorted for...
Day 31 - Touchdown Mozambique
Big day today, 56.5km on the beach, touched down at the border of Mozambique 4km north of Kozi Bay earlier this afternoon. [noteblock] Whoohoo!!...
Day 25 - Umfolozi River
It was a beautiful run today despite the 81% humidity and we finished late this pm running about 12km through dense subtropical...
Day 23 - 24 - Hardship Strikes
Someone has turned up the hardship monitor! I spent yesterday in a haze of pethodine with one of my annoyingly predictable...
Day 21 - 22 - Richards Bay
We are in Richards Bay! Another big milestone. The last 2 days have been unbearably hot and mainly on tar - give me beach any day...
Day 20 – Tugela Mouth
Tinley Manor to Tugela Mouth all on the beach. Luckily it was low tide most of the time.
Great to...
Day 19 - Zinkwazi Rest Day
Rest day is really rest from running every day. The scary washing (3 day old socks) is done, the hydration packs are cleaned, the boxes are...
Day 17 - 18 - Promenade - Umhlanga Rocks
On Thurs we had quite a short day - ran from the Durban Harbour along the promenade then on the beach as much...
Day 16 – Touchdown Durban
52 km day mostly on beach at spring high! A great relief to touch the South pier of Durban Harbour 🙂 Being officially in Durban is a huge...
Day 15 – Umkomaas
Another marathon done for the day – somewhere near Ifafa Beach to Umkomaas! Yeehaa! Beautiful rolling cane fields and incredible lushness....