June - 2021

2021 RASA | RTR | Race Report #4 | Mike Woolnough

The racing batch are off today and I’m sure they are going to amaze, astound, perplex and impress us with their antics. But it’s worth...

The essence of freedom | Fiona Coward

What's all the fuss? I still remember clearly where and when I truly 'got' it. It was on the track before reaching the district road that...

Art, activism and bicycles | Sandy Maytham-Bailey

I’m a cyclist and an artist so this blog may be a bit left of centre but I thought I’d look at the bicycle through a slightly different...

2021 RASA | RTR Race Report #3 | Mike Roy

Sunday morning and the Buffalo Herders find themselves in Rhodes. We were a bit confused for a moment until we remembered that it is...

Why do we keep coming back | Mike Woolnough

RASA and RTR 2021 is upon us. The race has already kicked off for more than half the field and a legion of dot watchers. This year I get...

How to be a lady on the trail. By: Ingrid Avidon

As a woman, riding the Freedom Challenge has taught me many lessons. I will share one of them with you: the contents of the 2 litre ice...

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Race Preview by Carlo Gonzaga

At 6am on 1st July I will be on the steps of Pietermaritzburg city hall. No, I will not be starting the Comrades marathon. That would...

2021 RASA | RTR | Race Report #2 | Mike Roy

Johannesburg 22 June 2021, the day after Winter Solstice Day Mike Roy The Freedom Poet suggestion in the first race report of a few days...

2021 RASA | RTR | RTP | Race Report #1 | Mike Roy

Johannesburg 16 June 2021, Youth Day Mike Roy It hasn’t taken long. We are back to where it all started, testing ourselves in...