Our first race for the day was picking the 5 fastest mountain bikers and putting them against the 5 fastest BMX guys in an elimination race. The one crossing the start/finish line last would be taken off the track each lap till there was just one left. The mountain bikers were allowed to start in the front as they were not used to much time on the track but it was evident within one lap who was on home turf.

The BMX boys were quick to move to the front and with 4 laps remaining there was only 1 mountain biker left making sure that they “showed who’s boss”. Next up were the juniors in similiar style racing but shortened to 5 laps as the Stellenbosch heat was turned up.

The aim of the day was to incorporate a little bit of cross training as well and Ndiphe come up with the idea of a BMX duathlon. The seniors would run 3 laps, cycle 5 laps and finish with a 2 lap run at the end. Once again it would be a mix of the BMX and mountain bike kids battling it out for bragging rights the following week.

"Rasta"and "Shorty" leading it out from the front

Transition

"Rasta" was the champ for the day!

Thumbs up for my kids as they did very well on the Die Burger MTB Challenge on Saturday on the 30km and 15km.

They all started very well as they all watching one anther from the start.

They were so many people that were doing the 30km so they had 4 start chutes for the 30km and all the kids were in group C.

As I was working on the 15km and 30km route so I go a chance to see them on route in different points.

I was on the 5km mark when they started and in the leading group it was just black, red and white as they were wearing JAG (black), Specialized (red) and Songo (white).

When I got to the 10km mark on my boy it was Sivuyile, Siphenathi, Siyabulela, Unathi, Sipho, Luzuko Bongani and Ndiphe they all very focus and pushing.

On the 25km it was Sivuyile and Sipho fighting for the Jersey and they had 50m lead from their team mates Sivuyile manage to take it just as he took the coke last time from Dylan’s challenge and Sipho surprised by finishing second from his team.

On the 15km it great to have Odwa back on the ride after a long time and I also gave 3 of the older kids from the BMX a chance and they gave the mountain bike kids a ride for their money.

Masibule finished in 4th place overall and 1st from the team Odwa in 5th place and Yolanda in 8th place and 3rd from the team.

Masibulele, Yolanda and Elton are 14 and 15 years old kids from the BMX and their performance on Saturday has boosted up their confidence.

Their BMX skills gave them a big advantage on Saturday as the were sitting in the top 30 overall when they were at 9km mark from the 10km mark there was a down hill with jumps and that gave the BMX kids a chance to cash up all the people that were in front of them as they were flying dawn.

As I was watching them going down all I could do was just to praying for their protection as they were going very fast without fear at all I was the one who was fearing for them.

Thank you for all the support very soon we will have great riders from Kayamandi watch out Burry and Susi my boys are coming up very fast!!!

“after the sardine classic last weekend i took it quite easy this week, doing mostly cross-training and focusing  on my core.this usually means less time but more aching muscles then just riding my bike.

cherise and i traveled to johannesburg on friday so she could do filming for gilette world sport. i will also take the opportunity to do some good altitude training and race in the graskop hillclimb tour next weekend. i just have to make my specialized tarmac heavier so it meats the uci weight limit…

but for now its back to more training and fighting the traffic…”

ciao

burry