Had a good race this year with only some minor issues.
Did silver, my 2nd roof, last year bronze.
Still using my trusty 2017 KTM 300 with 270hrs on
Day 1 (Time trial and round the houses)Round the houses did not count towards the overall time, but you had to compete otherwise you will be penalised.
I rode around on the tar, saving tyres and engine, so slowly that marshals pulled me over and said the race was done with me still having a lap to go
Time trial was less than an hour of racing, very fast with no real technical riding. Still a lot of fun
It went well until I had a huge crash into a donga. Fell more than 3m down, luckily into a mud pit.
Mud was so deep I had to ask friends to help me pull the bike out. Think this saved me from serious injury cause I was lights out for a few moments in that mud.
It also stank like human shit

Had to drive home on the back cause I stank so much.
Bronze went out on the Time Trial before silver, so waited around for them to clear track.
When we eventually went it turned out that it was still not enough time. Got stuck in 3 bottlenecks, tried to push past but some okes got seriously upset. So just waited it out when we had no other line
Ended up 29th in TT which was not a great start to the weekend, but OK considering the fall and bottlenecks
Day 2: FridayLong day for silver. 160kms in total.
A friend and I stuck together. The aim was to conserve energy since I have never done 160kms in Lesotho.
The friend had a cold and mid way through the day started to struggle with his breathing. I tried to keep him positive and keep the momentum going, but he eventually sat down and refused to continue riding with me.
He felt that he was holding me back and forced me to push on by myself. Felt really kak leaving him there. But in the end it gave him some time to recover and manage his own pace better.
Riding was actually not too technical, just long and exhausting.
Worst feeling looking down at the GPS and it says 40kms to go. And when you look down again in what feels like an hour, it says 38kms to go.
Came in 31st spot for the day. I felt bad about leaving the friend behind, he eventually made it, but also felt like I had so much left in the tank after the Friday.
Did not push hard enough and was riding way to conservatively.
Day 3: SaturdayTold the friend and family from the start that this would be the day that I leave nothing in the tank.
100% race mode from the start.
The day was a bit shorter in distance but more technical. I preferred this type of riding and had a blast.
Lost the rear brake just after leaving the assisted refuel. Broke the lever clean off when it got snagged on a rock on one of the faster sections.
Downhills became a major issue. Killed the engine to brake with the engine, but it would obviously run start on the downhills.
I resorted to walking the downhills but on those steep inclines, a small bump when jumping off a drop would start the bike and down we would both go.
Eventually stopped by a few locals who got their hands on a piece of pipe and I could bend what was left of the lever open enough to just snag it with the side of my boot.
Came in 14th for the day, resulting in a 21 overall. 1 Spot ahead of
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