They Ride Along – The Locks of Light
by Cat Greer | November 18, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
On every great journey, there comes a moment when the world grows quiet—so quiet that you can hear the soul speak.It happens somewhere beyond exhaustion, beyond logic, beyond the dust of the Karoo.It happens where the earth and the sky meet in an ancient silence… and...
The Road Beyond Vosburg
by Cat Greer | November 5, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
In the heart of the Karoo, near the quiet town of Vosburg, the land moves to its own rhythm — slow, patient, and ancient. It doesn’t hurry for anyone, least of all for rookies who still have dust in their eyes and something to prove. But if you stay long enough, the...
Drikus Coetzee: The Man Who Rides Beyond Pain
by Cat Greer | October 31, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
There’s a point on the road where pain stops being the enemy.Where every cell that burns becomes a kind of prayer.That’s where Drikus Coetzee lives. The Namibian ultra-endurance cyclist — nicknamed “The Machine” — has carved his name into one of the hardest races on...
They Ride Along: A Munga Prayer from Freddie Fourie
by Cat Greer | October 28, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Some sorrows defy being tucked away in silence.They walk with you to the kettle, ride shotgun to the supermarket, and stare back from a dark window at 3 a.m. In the Munga, a race of long, corrugated roads that do not ask for your name—roads that do not care for your...
Joggie Rautenbach- Sit eers met jou rug teen ‘n windpomp
by Cat Greer | October 24, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Joggie Rautenbach learned a long time ago that the worst noise in an ultra isn’t the wind or the chain squeaking—it’s your own head. David Goggins would call it the war within. Joggie just smiles and says, “Sit met jou rug teen ‘n windpomp se muur, kiep vir ‘n...
Her Munga: Where Grit Meets Grace
by Cat Greer | October 23, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
The Karoo has a way of humbling everyone who crosses it. The wind, the dust, the long hours alone, it strips you down to what’s real. And somewhere out there, in the quiet between stars and sunrise, you find out who you truly are. For Martie Joubert, that truth has a...
Confronting Your Munga: Lessons from the Road Less Forgiving
by Cat Greer | October 22, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Some races you enter with a plan. Others — like The Munga — you enter with a question.Am I truly made for this? For Hansie Joubert, that question has been answered more than once. A multiple winner of various Munga Grits, the Munga Sword Series, and, of course, the...
Uphill Economics
by Cat Greer | September 30, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Never underestimate an old man on a bike. The same goes, of course, for women. What the definition of an “old man” or “old woman” really is remains a matter of perception. Yet when I look at how phenomenally hard some of those men and women performed last night and...
THE CRAZIEST, LIFE-ALTERING EXPERIENCE YOU CAN HAVE ON A BIKE
by Cat Greer | August 26, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Most riders say they want adventure. They say they want challenge. But when the road gets long, dark, and lonely, most fold. That’s where the Munga Grit North West comes in. This is not some sanitized fun ride. This is a shot across the bow. A test. A preview of the...
The Truth in Lycra: Mental Toughness, Munga Style, and Why It Matters Beyond the Race
by Cat Greer | July 31, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
The average age of male entrants to The Munga is 49.5 years. Now, before I get into trouble, let me say this: we respectfully exclude all lady riders from what follows — they somehow always manage to look stunning, even after 300 kilometres of Karoo dust. For the rest...