The inaugural Race Across South Africa (‘RASA”) starts in 2 days at the Oaks Hotel in the small village of Byrne near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The 2000km race takes place on the legendary Freedom Trail and is an interesting new alternative to the long standing Freedom Challenge (‘FC”) event that has been held (and will continue to be held) on the same trail since 2004. The differences between the two events, RASA and the FC are as follows: - For RASA the field starts...

“Eight Days a Week”, the famous Beatles song (number one in February 1965, sixty years ago) must surely be the inspiration for the RASA...

Us Buffalo Herders wait for something to do. We base ourselves slightly off course, waiting to assist where we can. Not too dissimilar...