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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>A team of five riders will make their maiden appearance in the 2023 Munga Grit North West cycling challenge in South Africa this weekend.<\/b><\/p>\n

The quintuple; Tito Sebonego, Kago Monamodi, Victor Mlalazi, Kagiso Potongwane and Tshepiso Mmokele will represent Botswana in one of the enduring and mentally challenging cycling race any rider aspired to undertake.<\/p>\n

The two-course race entails 400km and 250km and are both done in one stage, lasting for 50 hours and 24 hours respectively.<\/p>\n

Being the local Mountain Bike (MTB) riders debut in the fulfilling, yet grueling race, they opted for the 250km one stage course.<\/p>\n

A single stage MTB through the North West province, the race will start and finish at Die Krip, near Magaliesburg.<\/p>\n

Following the 50-hour route for approximately 120km before looping back to the start, the 24-hour route race will give the riders a chance to experience the format of this race challenge in a smaller and maybe less gruelling version.<\/p>\n

The 400km 50-hour and 250km 24-hour route races will start and finish at the same spot.<\/p>\n

Riders will traverse through two villages with the 400km course having four water points, and 250km with three water points manned by farmers in those villages, 70km to 100km apart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI, Sebonego, Monamodi and Mlalazi, will be doing the race for the very first time and we opted for the half Munga as a start as opposed to the full 50 hours,\u201d said Potongwane about their mission.<\/p>\n

He said the plan was to go in full route next year provided they managed to complete the 24-hour course.<\/p>\n

Preparing for the Munga Grit has been a project for the local riders as they took into consideration all elements needed to prepare for an endurance race of this magnitude.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to dedicate time to train, research, stick to a specific diet, hydrate and all that is needed to have a successful race,\u201d Potongwane said.<\/p>\n

He said without physical and mental preparedness, one would not be able to complete such a race.<\/p>\n

He implored young cyclists who aspired to be champions to have a mindset of winning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should learn that there are no short cuts to success. It takes commitment, focus and dedication to win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Participating in such enduring cycling challenges always aroused interest for benchmarking purposes to having similar racing challenges locally and\/or improving on the local cycling scene with experience from such race events.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn endurance sport is quite different from our normal cycling events and it is not a key focus for development of cycling as a sport in Botswana,\u201d Potongwane said when quizzed on prospects of having an enduring MTB race locally.<\/p>\n

However, as a BCA executive, Potongwane said they were willing to partner with any entity that was interested in hosting an endurance race in Botswana.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is another exciting form of cycling,\u201d Potongwane said.<\/p>\n

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