1. Windmill Casino to RV1 (Vanderkloof)
Start (Windmill Casino) to RV1 (Vanderkloof) Start - km0 - 12:00 WP1 - km60 - 15:00 - 15:10 - 10mins stopped WP2 - km171 - 21:20 - 22:10 - 50mins stopped RV1 - km229 - 02:30 photo credit: Jack Black from Gravel and Tour The start at Windmill Casino was a rollercoaster of emotions. I was bouncing between absolute fear and tremendous excitement. Fear because my longest ride leading up to the Munga was a 235km training ride and I have never done any form of stage racing or ultra-endurance riding and I wasn't sure how my body would react to spending an insane amount of time sitting in the saddle. Excitement, well, because I was finally at the start line, something that I had planned and trained for for an entire year. Was my 8000km/340hrs of training going to be sufficient? When the gun went off at 12:00, the time for wondering was finally over and we set off. I was at the front leading the 150 odd riders through the neutral section. I did this on purpose, mainly to avoid tripping over