The Bull of Africa
Team uge.cyanosis had been running steadily, maintaining their position in the top three, until...
Jen Segger / 15.08.2008
Well folks, its been a tough one! Thanks for all the emails of concern regarding our team\'s situation. We are all fine and Eugene is on the road to recovery. Here is quick recap of the race:
We started out on a 10km trail run and although my legs got destroyed from the nasty African bush, our team arrived back to the 1st transition area in 1st place (2hrs10min, obviously not a true trail run)! Nic did some great nav for us and then we were off and onto bikes for a short leg where we were now chasing Buff from Spain down and South African teams USN and McCaines. Following the bike, we hit the water for a paddling rogaine. We lost some time here and found ourselves surrounded by lots of other teams here. Back onto the bikes, we climbed Mitchells pass - a long steady ascent that never ended!!! We were then back into transition and onto the longest trekking leg of the race - 73km\'s through the Amatola Mts. WOW!! Stunning terrain and with some shortcuts, we found ourselves right back up with the leaders as the sun went down. The climbs were never ending and as we ran the ridges through the night, the wind picked up. Wearing every piece of mandatory clothing that I had, I still froze my ass off!
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