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Getting stuck in 🦡
Husband, father.
Conservation. Adventure. Sport.
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AR Mini-Series Race #1

7 November
📍@mtotrails_jonkershoek / @balance_coffee_roastery

Excited! 💥

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What you can look forward to…🤩

The Black Mountain Ultra race day offers runners 4 different distances to choose from, and each runner will get to experience the beauty of the Swartberg Mountains and environment, along with Klein Karoo hospitality.

👉🏽 Four Epic Distances
73km Ultra, 43km Mountain Marathon, 19km Half and a family friendly 6km - choose your challenge through the rugged Swartberg terrain.

👉🏽 UNESCO World Heritage
Run through pristine landscapes of the Swartberg Mountains, recognised for their exceptional biodiversity.

👉🏽 Technical Terrain
Experience jeep tracks, technical single track, and fast-flowing trails including the famous Donkey Trail.

👉🏽 Karoo Hospitality
The race finish and race village offers runners a place to connect, relax and enjoy, with local wine farms, food trucks, and authentic Klein Karoo vibes.

A weekend filled with trail and community magic awaits, join us for race weekend. A reminder that early bird entries are limited and close on the 15th of November.

#blackmountainultra #trailrunning #ultratrail

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World champs in Corsica!

What a journey together. What an adventure!

Keen for stories around this moment/peak & more?

Join us for @teamterramater‘s take on @raidinfrance & @arworldseries, and a little questions session for those interested 😃

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You’re invited to Terra Mater’s take on ARWC 2026 - Corsica
Monday, 19 October 2026
20:00 - 21:30 (SAST)
https://teams.live.com/meet/9382423739632?p=bgAvAPpnWU3uiyToMD

🔗 link in bio

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My dad walked to school barefoot, hungry and in the rain… now I have a tough story to tell too 😉 #notforeveryone @raidinfrance

An adventure of a lifetime. A week of survival rather than a race. 7 days that made acts often taken for granted in normal life seem like a luxury. But what a luxury it was to have nothing on my mind except for getting to the next checkpoint, focusing on what fuel we needed next or when we were going to sleep.

This race taught me more about life than I bargained for … showing me that tiredness and pain can be overcome with a mindset and the help of incredible teammates. @teamterramater thank you for giving me memories of a lifetime and making my first expedition the best experience I could have asked for 🫶

Thank you everyone who dot-watched, sent messages and followed along - it truly helped us through the tougher times!

@vivovitasport your backpacks are WORLD CLASS and became part of my body during those 8 days - thank you for all your support always 💛

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ARWC 2026

Really difficult to find the words for last week.
8 days of traversing the crystal clear Mediterranean waters to the highest peaks of Corsica.

Insanely brutal but oh so rewarding.
Beyond grateful for our team of 4 and how we kept moving when the going got tough and being present enough to enjoy all the moments in between.

@brundle3 never fading from the man we know him as. Happy, energetic and caring for those around him. Kept us on track and heading in the right direction with incredible focus. Not often your navigator becomes your packhorse, but that is exactly what he did and offered help to everyone when the going got tough.

@petrusmaree leading by example with his calm presence and strength. Also making sure we focused when we needed to and had a laugh when we didn’t need to. He also became our team doctor 👨‍⚕️

@georgia.grobler luckily still my fiance 😉. Showing us boys what it means to be resilient and strong even in the toughest of circumstances. Carrying all of her own gear plus team kit and still keeping the vibes high and making sure we don’t fall asleep on the move 🤣
On the last night our race nearly fell apart when Georgie fell horribly ill. She slept it out and somehow found the strength to not only continue but also to lead the way in the later stages of the last day.

Wouldn’t change a single thing in our prep and the race itself. Some highs will be near impossible to replicate but loved the simplistic way of focusing on basics with just the 4 of us.

Some stats:
- 187 hours / 7.8 days
- ⁠647km
- ⁠18673m gain
- ⁠24h sleep total
- ⁠22nd out of 100 teams provisionally
- ⁠1st South African team

Incredibly grateful for @suzigiliomee making a surprise appearance and making sure to give us just the correct words of encouragement when we needed them most.

Thank you to everyone who followed along on the WhatsApp group, your support was felt every step of the way. As well as all the other South Africans out on course.

Cheers to new friends and memories that will last a lifetime.
Think I might leave my bike in its box for while now 🥱

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@teamterramater are on the move!

The race before the race.

@petrusmaree & @ben_giliomee in the sky ✈️, @georgia.grobler dominating her last day 👩‍💻,
@brundle3 off to crunch in some last 🎤.

It’s all a go now. It’s real.

Looking forward to a bucketlist adventure! @raidinfrance @arworldseries

PS: for more insight - join the team WhatsApp group (link in bio) 👊🏼

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ENTRIES OPEN.

We’re back!

7 NOV - Jonkershoek (@mtotrails_jonkershoek)
28 NOV - Muratie Wine Estate (@dirtopia)
5 DEC - ???

Tag/share a friend you wana pair up with 👌

🔗 link in bio

PS: those interested in the return of the O-Run, that’s coming too. Stay tuned 👊🏼

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And just like that… the final dance of @trailseekerseriesmtb 🔥

It’s been an absolute privilege to be part of the Ford Trailseeker series! The miles, the mountains, the mud, the challenges, the adrenaline, and most importantly, the incredible people who make every event so special ❤️

6 races 🤸🏾‍♀️
3 provinces 🚴🏽‍♀️
12000 riders 🫶🏽
millions of moments ✨

Thank you to everyone who made 2026 such an unforgettable adventure ❤️

📸: @mh.sportphotos

#FordTrailseeker #Trailseeker2026 #FinalDance #MTB #MountainBiking CyclingLife RideMore RaceDay GoodTimes MemoriesMade

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MEET THE TEAM - @petrusmaree 👨‍✈️

Next up - a powerhouse of a captain - a calculated, thoughtful & considerate man taking care of the team. An experienced campaigner who seems to get stronger with age!

1) What’s your role in the team?
Captain and pacer. Ensuring the team starts conservatively but race consistently and finish with power!

2) What has been the most exciting/enjoyable part of the journey in the lead up? Training missions and jokes with this team 😅

3) What are you most looking forward to in Corsica?
Exploring a new country and the privilege to traverse landscapes very few humans get the chance to experience, power naps in the mountains under the stars, the unknown and being focused only on the present, making lifelong memories with 3 of my favorite people.

4) Are you nervous, & what are you most nervous for?
Yes! Knowing what day 4 feels like 😑, packrafting for me is new and lack the skill, and what if we cant find any banana bread in Corsica? Then what?

5) What’s your superpower?
Calm and consistent.

6) What else should we know about you &/or this journey? (Ideally something no one knows about you?)?
I can do an expedition length race eating only banana bread #bananaman

3 weeks to go… @arworldseries | @raidinfrance

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MEET THE TEAM - @ben_giliomee 👷

Next up - the engine room of a man, just doing what needs to be done (every-time, all the time) with no hooray. A quiet leader & a salt of the earth, solid & legend of a man.

1) What’s your role in the team?
Back up navigator (hopefully stays that way😉)

2) What has been the most exciting/enjoyable part of the journey in the lead up?
All the prep of whitewater and rope work, also the time spent together as a team. Already some golden memories before the event

3) What are you most looking forward to in Corsica?
Both ocean and mountain landscape + views😍 hopefully some decent weather too!

4) Are you nervous, & what are you most nervous for?
Getting all of us and the gear to the start line 🤣

5) What’s your superpower?
Falling asleep in less than a second

6) What else should we know about you &/or this journey? (Ideally something no one knows about you?)?
This will be my first expedition length race and probably longest by about 6 days 🤣couldn’t ask for a better group to be tackling this with.
Racing with Georgie is beyond special. Could be the best or worst thing for our engagement 😉

3 weeks to go… @arworldseries | @raidinfrance

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MEET THE TEAM - @georgia.grobler 💥

We start with a weapon of mass destruction, and an ever smiling gees generator!

1) What’s your role in the team?
To remind my teammates to look up and take in the beauty around us (and have a snack at the same time).

2) What has been the most exciting/enjoyable part of the journey in the lead up?
Learning new skills, acquiring equipment I didn’t know even existed, making special memories with my teammates and spending time in nature.

3) What are you most looking forward to in Corsica?
Being completely cut off from the outside world … focusing only on one step, stroke, rock at a time. Also… those mountain views are going to be spectacular! Of course - making memories of a lifetime with salt-of-the-earth teammates (let’s hope Ben and I are still engaged after the week is done🤣).

4) Are you nervous, & what are you most nervous for?
YES - More nervous than I think I’ve ever been for anything in my life 🤣 Mostly nervous about the unknown of it all. The unknown of how my body will handle the ultimate test of endurance and being in a situation where I can never fully prepare for it.

5) What’s your superpower?
I can consume banana bread at any time in any moment in any environment. (Has to have a good chunk of butter of course)

6) What else should we know about you &/or this journey? (Ideally something no one knows about you?)
I have sprained more ankles in my preparation than I care to admit 🤣 (and they will be taped up for the entire race).

3 weeks to go… @arworldseries | @raidinfrance

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Adventure always begins somewhere.
The curiosity to explore.
The urge to know what lies beyond that horizon.

Come join @adventure.races as we open up a new world to you - a world where a map and any human-powered mode of transport takes you deeper, further and beyond your wildest dreams.

Come learn. Come grow. Come explore.

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