Trans-Augrabies 2019
The Trans-Augrabies is a 3-day stage race hosted annually at the Augrabies National Park at the start of the winter school holidays. A big positive of this timeslot & venue is that it gives participants the opportunity to take along their family for the experience, staying in the park (or nearby) while you are out riding Working long hours to meet deadlines in the lead-up to the event was not ideal and meant we only managed to leave Cape Town late morning the day before the race, arriving at Augrabies after a long drive just before sunset. I rushed to the race briefing and then fumbled to pitch our tent in the darkness. During the night the temperatures dropped drastically and we woke up early Saturday morning with the temperature at 0 degrees! After the long working hours, long drive, pitching the tent at night and freezing temperatures I was sorely tempted to stay in bed and skip Day 1! Day 1 - Riemvasmaak Start of Day 1 But I got up and saturday morning