Timeline: 2 July 06:00am It’s 24 hours since the racing batch set off from outside Pietermaritzburg Town Hall. The entertainment from...

Over the years, whenever I am talking to someone about a recent adventure or gruelling exploit, the question I am most often asked, is...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Race report #1, 4.30am 7 October 2020 By: Mike Roy The 2020 Freedom Challenge, originally scheduled for June, finally kicks off this...