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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...

Mike Woolnough
Jul 3, 20212 min read
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Die Freedom Leeuw-welpie | Leon Erasmus
Hi, my name is Leon Erasmus and I am a Freedom Junkie. My first Freedom was in 2016. Back then I called it by it's other name RASA (Race...

Leon Erasmus
Jul 2, 20213 min read
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2021RASA | RTR | Race Report #5 | Mike Woolnough
Timeline: 2 July 06:00am It’s 24 hours since the racing batch set off from outside Pietermaritzburg Town Hall. The entertainment from...

Mike Woolnough
Jul 2, 20214 min read
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You can't put in what God has left out! | Alex Harris
Over the years, whenever I am talking to someone about a recent adventure or gruelling exploit, the question I am most often asked, is...

Alex Harris
Jul 1, 20213 min read
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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...

Mike Woolnough
Jun 30, 20212 min read
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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...

Fiona Coward
Jun 30, 20213 min read
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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...

Sandra Maytham-Bailey
Jun 29, 20214 min read
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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...

Mike Roy
Jun 27, 20215 min read
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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...

Mike Woolnough
Jun 27, 20212 min read
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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...

Ingrid Avidon
Jun 25, 20214 min read
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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...

Carlo Gonzaga
Jun 24, 20213 min read
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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...

Mike Roy
Jun 22, 20216 min read
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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...

Mike Roy
Jun 16, 20217 min read
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RTC/RTW 2021 Race reports by: Mike Roy
RTC/RTW 2021 Race report #1 Sunday 14 March 2021 Vrederust Farm, up and over Naude’s Nek Mike Roy Only three months ago we were...

Mike Roy
Apr 2, 202130 min read
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2020 RASA - Race Reports by Mike Roy
Race report #1, 4.30am 7 October 2020 By: Mike Roy The 2020 Freedom Challenge, originally scheduled for June, finally kicks off this...

Mike Roy
Oct 31, 202083 min read
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