Senseless hosted their second event and the first of 2011. The Senseless Summer Adventure was held at Ezemvelo Nature reserve on 5th February 2011. Senseless Summer Adventure was a sprint race aimed at novices to the sport but had a number of OP’s to keep the more experienced teams on their toes.
We had 36 teams that started the race at 8h15 am (15 minutes later than planned due to the dirt road delaying some of the teams) and had a 4:30 cut off time (which was reduced to 4h15) after which teams received time penalties. Having the option of OP’s worked well in keeping the race together and not having teams finish hours apart. In fact all the teams came in within 45 minutes of each other. Every senior team collected at least one OP and the 3 junior teams performed incredibly well (One of which P.S. CUL8R ended up 3rd overall in the mixed category).
All teams collected an average of six OP’s out of a possible sixteen OP’s. Five teams collected all the available sixteen OP’s and gained the full 160 minutes (2h40) of bonus time that where available. Two teams received 30 minute penalties for missing a CP (which they visited, but did not clip in their haste). This made for an interesting result as they were the two top mixed teams (they eventually still finished 1st and 2nd). Cyanosis dominated the race from beginning to end but where pushed hard by Vertical Horizon Adventure Sports who finished just 12 minutes behind Cyanosis and second overall. In the ladies section the race was equally hard fought with Eager Beavers and Assitport Jets finishing in exactly the same time. Eager Beavers took the win as they had collected more OPs.
On a funny note: a big thanks to Nic from Cyanosis for tubing to the rescue and helping me retrieve the zipline handles when 2 teams let go in the middle of the dam. Thanks also to Mac who had our GoPro camera on for the race (we will release the video on our Facebook site once it has bee edited)
The Senseless Summer Adventure winners were:
Men:
- Cyanosis – 3h10m with 2h40 bonus time.
- Vertical Horizon Adventure Sports – 3h22m with 2h40 bonus time.
- Here Be Dragons – 3h43m with 2h40 bonus time.
Mixed:
- Uncharted – 3h30m with 2h40 bonus time, 30min Penalty Time.
- PS.Hawkstone – 3h34m with 2h40 bonus time, 30min Penalty Time.
- PS. CUL8R – 3h59m with 2h33 bonus time.
Women:
- Eager Beavers – 3h05m with 55 bonus minutes.
- Assitport Jets – 2h59m with 49 bonus minutes.
- The Rookies – 3h16m with 30 bonus minutes.
For the full results and time breakdowns, please visit www.senseless.co.za. Enjoy the racing!
A massive thanks to Ezemvelo for a brilliant venue and to all of our sponsors: Linebreak, Titanium Designs, Fast Fuel, Bash Cycleware, Fuse, Osram, Cadbury’s and Kinetic without who races like this would not be possible.
A big thanks to PS. Hawkstone and to Gusto Racing for their race reports. Here are some of the other teams comments regarding the race:
Well done to the Senseless team for putting on a wonderful race. It was well organized in a fantastic reserve that is truly a AR gem. Well done guys and girls…
Mac
Cyanosis Adventure Racing
Hi Guys,
Thanks so much for an awesome race on Saturday. One of the most enjoyable adventure races I’ve gone so far. And thanks to the sponsors for the great prizes.
Looking forward to your next race!
Cheers,
Sarah
Team P.S CUL8R
Hey Barry,
Was an awesome race man thanks for the great event as for my first AR it was amazing had so much fun! The organising was fantastic couldn’t have a bad thing to say!
One question where can we get those awesome orange Senseless shirts from?
Thanks a Mil
Wesley Booth
Hi Steven and guys,
Good stuff to the guys from Senseless for a great race on Saturday!
It was a fun race which we could see was very well planned. We loved the venue and we saw plenty of wild life – apart from other adventure racers.
Thanks again for a great race! Your planning and execution was brilliant!
Thank you so much for the prize, it’s really a great prize at exactly the right time!
Kind regards,
Wiehan van der Merwe
Team Uncharted
Author: Steven Yates | Senseless Summer AR, Ezemvelo Nature Reserve, 5 February 2011