South African completed world’s toughest mountain race
Most would consider riding 1700 kilometres over the world’s toughest terrain in 5 days an impossible feat, but for 55-year-old Guy Jennings (Noordhoek, Cape Town), this was the ultimate challenge. And on Saturday, 31 August, Guy completed this mammoth undertaking, placing 34th out of 144 competitors in the 2019 Silk Road Mountain Race – the first South African to succeed in this adventure.
The Silk Road Mountain Race is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage cycling race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Leaving Bishkek on 17 August, competitors followed long-forgotten old soviet roads with very little tarmac. Every cyclist carries food and kit and is responsible for their course planning so as not to run out before any of the three checkpoints. As a vegan competitor, sourcing food was an added challenge for Guy.
Source: goodthingsguy.com
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