T.I.T.S

With the Trans Baviaans 24 hour challenge only 7 weeks away time is running out to get some good base km's in. The key with these events are time in the saddle or T.I.T.S.

This weekend I was invited to Montagu for a ride to Warmwaterberg over the Ouberg Pass. The ride takes you from Montagu onto the back roads past remote farms past smaller game reserves like Mont Eco to the foot of the Ouberg Pass. The recent rains turned the roads into a huge mud slide. 15 km's into the ride we started with the Pass and already chainsuck was very much the norm. We topped out at 24 km's and stopped to lube the chains and  remove our rain jackets as the steady drizzle we encountered at Montagu was a thing of the past. 900 meters in 24 km's was made tougher by the mud grabbing onto our back tyres all the way to the top. From here we had small undulations to the entrance of Sanbonani Game Farm where we had game rangers escorting us to the Eastern gate. The 22kms though the reserve yielded a herd of Springbok, 2 Zebras and what looked like a Gemsbok in the distance. Once through the reserve we had another 16 km to our overnight stop at Warmwaterberg. The 97 km's sped by  in under 5 hours . The ride back to Montagu will be just as spectacular to end off a successful weekend of training.