Zebra's finish after 8 days 707 km Complete!

This morning things were looking better for the final stage riding from oak valley to Lourensford. Roeloff although now a bit run down with cold and flu after depleting his system the past few days was able to stomach a decent feed for dinner and packed in a average breakfast and we were feeling happy and positive for the race to the finish, along with only 64km of riding to be had till reaching the beautiful Lorensford wine estate.

The ride went as well as it could have, but we just really had to pace it slow and hold back a bit from the race around us as the Ox was just doing his best to maintain. But he was eating well on the bike and determined to cross the line in reasonable time. And in the end we managed to move up a few places and put ourselves back under the 100 mark -91st out of 550 teams in the GC and 67th in the mens catagory for the day. Which after a day of serious bike malfunction (when lost pedals!) and three days of crook guts for Roeloff it could have been a lot worse!

We are happy to just have finished and not cringe too much on the elements of disappointment that if things had gone a bit smoother we would have really been happiest to challange ourselves to stay at the pointy end of the field especially when taking into account the year of commitment to training and the huge finacial cost of completing this race. But our set backs on the course were certainly not the most tragic as there were many unable to finish and many who fell out along the way do to serious injury and insurmountable fatigue. So in retrospect to finishing within the top 100 in a race as tough as the Epic and +-35 of them being full time Pro's team mixed with all the top riders around the globe isn't bad with the hinderances we had to overcome.

A big thanks to Carrie for supporting us and doing the race bottle nutrition everyday for 8 days and massaging the lactic out of my legs for 1:30hr each day!

Last thanks, goes to BOS ice tea for dressing us in the coolest outfits in the Epic(so many people just wanted there picture taken with us, even on route people would try stop us!). Everyone on the sideline would yell go BOS or go Zebra's (such a good branding building excerise), it was cool to be an African animal amoungst so many foriegn riders and were certainly a stand out in the crowd. And now I'll be focusing on new exciting challanges to come and i'm sure there will be many! Next up the exclusive Sani2c race in May, which has come hugely recommended by all riders and believe will surpass the Epic in many area's. So for now will be updating the blog with mostly surf related movements as I engulf myself in sickest waves possible for the next fews and take it easy on the bike! so keep em peeled...

zebras in the veld







Team Bos one woman Support Crew!

walk to the podium


Finishers!