Day 7: Thirteen teams in. Many more to follow.
posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 by adventurelisa @ 11:12 PM -
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I have just noticed that the date above this post says it is Thursday... it isn't. It is Friday.
22h40: As of 16h00 on Thursday the count of unranked and withdrawn teams - of the 42 that started - was as follows: 12 unranked teams (one or more of their team members have dropped out and the rest of them are proceeding â?? either as a group of three, or with another unranked team that they have merged with) and 6 withdrawn teams. 6 teams were short coursed on Thursday night.
The official cut-off for Bull of Africa is 09h00 Saturday morning. I think some teams are not going to make it; including a number who were short-coursed. Any team still wanting to complete all their remaining CP's will be allowed to BUT they will have an unofficial finish.
Feed The Machine reached the finish shortly after Arena (I don't know what time). They are an unranked team following Sully's withdrawal a few days ago due to a sore knee.
Cosa Nostra (Brazil) and PennyPinchers (SA) are likely candidates for the official 12th and 13th places. They're now only a few hours from the finish.
18h39: Back marker teams using a ferry to cross the river.
11h31: The Russian all-women team Arena have reached the finish. They take 11th place and are the first of the all-women teams. Fred says they came walking through to the finish, chattering away, with flowers in their hair. They're obviously enjoying the beautiful day at the coast. So twelve teams in total have completed the course, including the unranked Trek/Uraguay team.
22h40: As of 16h00 on Thursday the count of unranked and withdrawn teams - of the 42 that started - was as follows: 12 unranked teams (one or more of their team members have dropped out and the rest of them are proceeding â?? either as a group of three, or with another unranked team that they have merged with) and 6 withdrawn teams. 6 teams were short coursed on Thursday night.
The official cut-off for Bull of Africa is 09h00 Saturday morning. I think some teams are not going to make it; including a number who were short-coursed. Any team still wanting to complete all their remaining CP's will be allowed to BUT they will have an unofficial finish.
Feed The Machine reached the finish shortly after Arena (I don't know what time). They are an unranked team following Sully's withdrawal a few days ago due to a sore knee.
Cosa Nostra (Brazil) and PennyPinchers (SA) are likely candidates for the official 12th and 13th places. They're now only a few hours from the finish.
18h39: Back marker teams using a ferry to cross the river.
11h31: The Russian all-women team Arena have reached the finish. They take 11th place and are the first of the all-women teams. Fred says they came walking through to the finish, chattering away, with flowers in their hair. They're obviously enjoying the beautiful day at the coast. So twelve teams in total have completed the course, including the unranked Trek/Uraguay team.
09:57: Extreme Outdoors have just finished in official 10th. They had to run the last 4km because Arena were right behind them. Apparently CP53 was not going to sting them. They tiger lined straight through the bush to the top. The TV cameraman couldn't follow them for fear of being shredded by the vegetation.
09h46: Trek/Uraguay (unranked team) have just completed the BOA. Team captain Ruben Mandure's first question to Hano Otto was "Is possible to have a shower?" They are in high spirits. A highlight of the race for the team was the interaction with local people en-route. They were treated with country hospitilaity even in the remotest places.
08h09: The all ladies Russian team Arena and local team Extreme Outdoors are in a punishing sprint for the finish line. Both teams left CP51 within sight of each other. Who will feel the sting of CP53? We expect them at the finish between 09h30 and 10h00.
08h05: After almost 600km of racing Keen Tor'quers were forced to run up the last hill to the finish line at Balugha Inn to finish in 8th place. Epitact had tried valiantly to regain the place they'd lost in the early hours of the morning. Epitact are 9th.
03h48: PeptoPro finished at 3:40am. Tired but happy.
02h24: Peptopro have just passed CP53.
Keen Tor'quers managed to catch and pass Epitact at the Inkwenkwezi Boma. The question is whether the Ausie team can hold the slim advantage they have gained.
09h46: Trek/Uraguay (unranked team) have just completed the BOA. Team captain Ruben Mandure's first question to Hano Otto was "Is possible to have a shower?" They are in high spirits. A highlight of the race for the team was the interaction with local people en-route. They were treated with country hospitilaity even in the remotest places.
08h09: The all ladies Russian team Arena and local team Extreme Outdoors are in a punishing sprint for the finish line. Both teams left CP51 within sight of each other. Who will feel the sting of CP53? We expect them at the finish between 09h30 and 10h00.
08h05: After almost 600km of racing Keen Tor'quers were forced to run up the last hill to the finish line at Balugha Inn to finish in 8th place. Epitact had tried valiantly to regain the place they'd lost in the early hours of the morning. Epitact are 9th.
03h48: PeptoPro finished at 3:40am. Tired but happy.
02h24: Peptopro have just passed CP53.
Keen Tor'quers managed to catch and pass Epitact at the Inkwenkwezi Boma. The question is whether the Ausie team can hold the slim advantage they have gained.
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