Last week, Team Cyanosis raced to a second place finish at Expedition Africa, the continent’s premier 500km adventure race. The team raced well over a very fast course to finish in 2 days, 15 hours and 38 minutes, finishing about 2.5 hours behind Team Merrell, also from South Africa and 3 hours ahead of Team Accelerate from the UK.
Lisa de Speville chats to Graham Bird, the captain of Team Merrell Adventure Addicts. They were the winning team at Expedition Africa, completing the 500km race in 61 hours.
The MERRELL Adventure Addicts cemented their position as South Africa’s blue-chip AR team with a near-flawless race at this week’s 500km Expedition Africa, presented by Kinetic. After more than 60 hours of non-stop racing, they claimed top of the podium ahead of local rivals Cyanosis and a gutsy Team Accelerate from the UK.
Andy Mitchell from the UK team, Accelerate, posted this on the Expedition Africa news page on Thursday morning. The completed the 500km race at 01h50 […]
Lisa de Speville chats to Team Cyanosis’ Clinton Mackintosh (captain) about their race at Expedition Africa. They came second, just under three hours behind Team Merrell Adventure Addicts.
A number of photos by Chris Hitchcock and Jacques Marais are included here. There are also links to their albums on Facebook.
The Expedition Africa 500km adventure started Monday morning at 07:00 at the Old Harbour in the picturesque town of Hermanus in the Western Cape. Due to bad weather the first sea paddle-leg was cancelled.
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