April 18, 2026

Season 1, episode 5: day 5 RASA 26

16 minutes

Hello, freedom Family.

It is day five of Race Across South Africa and we have got lots of excitement lined up, lots to share. Let's not delay and let's get stuck in.

Drikus has got into checkpoint three today.

"It's been quite rough, to be honest. This is a beast of a race. Beautiful landscapes, absolutely beautiful, but it's, it's a beast. We had some pretty nasty rain and mud, having to deal with that for 200 kilometers early in the race. I needed to change my brake pads as well. One of the brake levers also doesn't function and the rain. Luckily now it's all good. Some of the terrain has been rough. Some of it has been smooth.

I had a very long sleep at Peaton the previous point, just to take it all in and chill. I must be honest, I pushed the tempo till there, and then from there I had a seven hour sleep, which I never do. So from here on the plan is just to bring it home safe. Don't take any risk. Do more, eat more, sleep more, enjoy it, more, take in the scenery and just get to the finish line in one piece. That's, that's the main aim because, if you go to tempo, which I was riding at you can make a fault or mistake very, very fast, by just being sleep deprived or, you know, just pushing it a bit over the edge. And I don't want that. I wanna finish this being strong.

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