The Race… to Willowmore
With the riders all chasing down those “Crazy Runners” that departed on Monday afternoon, the 2 racing batches of Race to Willowmore...
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Mike Woolnough
- Mar 22, 2022
- 3 min
Freedom's Real Heros
Race to Cradock winds down as the Race to Willowmore gets underway. A bus load of riders arrived today headed up by Ron Smythe who got...
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Mike Roy
- Jul 27, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA | RTR | RTP Race report #23 | Mike Roy
Final wrap-up. The 2021 Freedom Challenge season is finished (although there is talk of a 2021 Spring Ride to Rhodes). This serves as the...
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Mike Roy
- Jul 18, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA | RTP Race report #22 | Mike Roy
Ride to Agadir (Prince Albert) | 18 July | 20h30 The race has moved way down the trail and is fast coming to a close. In two or three...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 17, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA | RTP Race Report #21 | Leon Erasmus
• Snot & Trane • Elation • Achievement Pretty soon I will put down my two fingers (I use to type) and move back to my neglected day job....
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
2021 RASA | RTP Race Report #20 | Mike Woolnough
It’s just a blanket | Friday 16th July 19h00 Richard Cole and Greg Perrett have just arrived in Diemersfontein. Each of them will just...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA | RTP Race Report #19 | Leon Erasmus
Thursday 2300 • Rock – Paper – Scissors • Cross provincial travel • Time Warp For the past day or so I was outside proper contact with...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA Race Report #18 | Mike Woolnough
Wed 14th 20h30 Today the weather has been a lot kinder on the riders. It’s still bitterly cold but the tormenting headwind and icy rain...
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Steven Burnett
- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
2021 RASA Race Report #17 | Steven Burnett
13 July 19h00 The beast we know today as the Freedom Challenge wasn’t initially called that. Its origins go back to founder David...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 12, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA Race Report #16 | Leon Erasmus
12 July 18h00 • Doctors • Posers • Lovers • Fighters With the number of doctors riding this year’s Freedom, it’s no wonder we need Cuban...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 11, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA Race Report #15 | Mike Woolnough
Sunday 11th 18h00 Kemsley Wood crossed the finishing line today a little before 15h40 to be the first rider home RASA 2021. Still covered...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA Race Report #14 | Leon Erasmus
The three nipples: • Lehanas • Osseberg • Stettynskloof We had quite a few first-time riders in this year’s rendition of the Freedom...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 9, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA Race Report #13 | Leon Erasmus
Friday 9 July | 23h00 Sitting in Osseberg with tears running done his face it dawned on him that he was not going to make the 1300 gate....
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
2021 RASA Race Report #12 | Mike Woolnough
Thursday 8th 21h00 Another day on the trail without too much drama. Of interest is the difference in speed and distance once the riders...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 7, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA Race Report #11 | Mike Woolnough
Wednesday 7th 21:00 It’s been a day where everyone has simply got on with the job. I’m not going to bore you with a blow by blow but...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 6, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA Race Report #10 | Leon Erasmus
Tuesday 6th 22:30 Dust settles on a day another “normal” Freedom challenge day: • Minus 18 degrees on the Witteberg plateau • Cut-offs...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 5, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA | RTR | Race Report #9 | Mike Woolnough
Monday 5th 23:00 Let’s work our way through the field from back to front. Father and son pair of Leon and Brian Kruger rolled into Rhodes...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA | RTR | Race Report #8 | Leon Erasmus
As the last full Freedom riders (The Brothers Payne) arrived in Rhodes yesterday evening at 20h30 and the Kruger Clan setting off from...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 4, 2021
- 4 min
2021 RASA | RTR | Race Report #7 | Mike Woolnough
Sun 4th 9:00am The Race Across South Africa has been on the go for 13 days. In that time dreams have been realised and shattered. Goals...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 3, 2021
- 2 min
2021 RASA | RTR | Race Report #6 | Mike Woolnough
Sat 3 July 10:30am Alex Harris took a tumble on the first night leaving the Ntsikeni reserve and having sustained a rib injury he has...
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