The 100 Miler – Alzu: Where the Road Disappears into the Horizon
by Cat Greer | June 5, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
On 25 July 2026, while most travellers stopping at Alzu Petroport will be thinking about fuel, coffee and the long road to the Lowveld, a different tribe will gather there. They will arrive with bicycles, nervous anticipation and varying degrees of confidence. Some...
Everyone Carries Their Own Munga
by Cat Greer | May 19, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
There are races. And then there are experiences like The Munga. When most people hear the name, they think first of the obvious things: the Karoo, endless gravel roads, dust hanging beneath moonlight, broken bodies, sleep deprivation, and distances so long they stop...
An Old Dog’s Notes from the Karoo: Thoughts Before the Munga
by Cat Greer | March 13, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
People sometimes ask me for tips before a Munga race. I usually smile when they do. Because advice about the Munga is a strange thing. It’s a bit like giving someone marriage advice or telling them what it feels like to kiss that hot girl for the first time. You can...
The Munga Trans -Xhariep 50 Hours Where Water and Wilderness Compete
by Cat Greer | February 24, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
A new Grit is always different. Not “new” like a fresh logo and a shiny route file, new like uncharted. New, like your mind running scenarios at 2 a.m., bargaining with reality. This one matters even more because it’s the start of a rhythm: one year Xhariep, one year...
A Taste of What’s to Come
by Cat Greer | February 10, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
The Munga Pretoria-East, part of the Munga Swords Series, is never just a race. It’s an experience. A long conversation with yourself, carried out over dust, sweat, laughter, and quiet moments of reflection. That alone is reason enough to line up at the start. What...
A New Year of Dust, Grit, and Ultra-Distance Truths
by Cat Greer | January 22, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Ultra-endurance mountain biking has a way of stripping the world back to its bones. No algorithms. No outrage cycles. Just you, a bike, a thin line of dirt stretching into uncertainty, and the quiet question that returns again and again: will you keep going? As a new...
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...