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...

Tuesday 6th 22:30 Dust settles on a day another “normal” Freedom challenge day: • Minus 18 degrees on the Witteberg plateau • Cut-offs...

I’m pushing my bike through a field of daisies when a 22 wheeler appears out of nowhere. Black smoke belches from the exhaust stack as it...

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...

As the last full Freedom riders (The Brothers Payne) arrived in Rhodes yesterday evening at 20h30 and the Kruger Clan setting off from...

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...

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...

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...

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...