Being a self-diagnosed Freedom Challenge junky, I wait for this time of the year like a 5 year old for Santa Claus. Can’t remember if I...

The last batch of RASA riders leave Pietermaritzburg at 6am tomorrow. The “Dot Watchers” (DW’s) be watching the “Racing Batch” intently....

In the early hours of this morning I woke to the sound of rain. Given that my cottage here in Rhodes has a zinc roof there was no doubt...

To lean on a baseball term - the RASA 2022 bases are loaded! As I write the the ant trail of Freedom riders stretches from the Umko...

It’s Saturday 18 June, early morning, and the 2022 Race Across South Africa is well underway. Six batches are already on the route....

June in Johannesberg, when the green of summer gives way to the dull brown of winter. Fields of maize once bold stand withered, heads...

Mike Woolnough 2d 11h58 Daniel Otto 2d 14h40 Anthony Avidon 2d 16h12 Christopher Mortimer 2d 22h23 Mark Basel 2d 22h23 Grant Cowen 3d...

I have had a few days to reflect on our Race to Cradock adventure. We had ridden the Freedom Circuit, 400km, in April last year. I...

Mike Woolnough 2d 12h47 Ingrid Avidon 3d 07h11 Guy Cluver 3d 15h12 Andrew Pearson 4d 09h11 Chris Harburn 4d 09h11 Clyde...

Yesterday I finished my race to Willowmore and to borrow a golfing term I am the Leader in the Clubhouse. RTW like golf has competitors...

Mike Woolnough (true to character) went all out all guns blazing, and tried to hit the 13:00 gate, but failed….why? who knows, he’s...

With the riders all chasing down those “Crazy Runners” that departed on Monday afternoon, the 2 racing batches of Race to Willowmore...

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...

Buy brand new bike in December 2020. April 2021, shifter packed up 25km from the end of the Freedom Circuit. Became a single speed and...

In a few days I’ll be taking on the Race to Cradock. I’ve done all of the RTC events since inception. I’ve wiggled down the trail and...

If the Freedom Challenge could be represented by an item, for me it would be a blanket. Not just any blanket, as you can get a perfectly...

Ingrid Avidon, Freedom Rider and Freedom Writer, doesn’t really need an introduction. Her track record as one of the leading women...

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...

Anthony Avidion 2d 18h27 Stefan Nel 4d 12h07 Josh Hayman 4d 12h24 Sally Hayman 4d 12h24 Peter Roux DNF Jerome O'Regan DNF...