Jackal Dash
Venue:
Northern Farm MTB Johannesburg Gauteng
Province:
Gauteng
Distance:
65km Mad Giants Gauntlet : START 06:30 AM
45km Trail Boss : START 07:40 AM
25km Sprint Champ : START 08:20 AM
The Jackal Dash returns for the 6th installment in as many years on Saturday the 5th of March 2022. The ride offers something for all fitness levels and is often used to either kick start the season or run a systems check ahead of the early stage racing season. The various trails feature Northern Farm, Hills and Dales and for the brave the indomitable Crocodile River Reserve. More info on each distance can be found at https://northernfarm.org.za/jackaldash/ This is the only race to feature trails from the surrounding farms and reserves.
Start times : 65km from 06:20 | 45km from 07:20 | 25km from 08:00
Routes : Full GPS and marked (GPS routes provided in the week of the event as most of the land is private)
* Timed and seeded event, boards will be provided
Number board collection : We will send you info about number board collection on Wednesday the 24th of March 2021
About the Start : –
The race will start and finish at Northern Farm, great coffee and food trucks for you to indulge in pre or post ride.
Prize categories for the 2022 Jackal Dash : –
1st, 2nd, 3rd Male and Female in each race distance.
As the flagship event for the Jackal Dash, only the 65km winners will receive prize money for their respective achievements.
Prize money for 65km, 1st place men’s and ladies R2000 per cat.
Live electronic RFID chip timing by Webscorer
65km from 06:20 | 45km from 07:20 | 25km from 08:00
Number board collection from 05:45 AM at Northern Farm. Please head to collection from 60 minutes prior to your start, you will need your race number which will be provided in the week of the race.
65km route preview : –
Total ascent : Around 820m ascent
Terrain : Majority single trail with shale and course district road
Water point : 29km
Start times from 06:30 am
Number collection at Northern Farm from 05:45 am
Seedings sent to you by Wednesday 2 March
GPS route sent by Wednesday 2 March
If you ordered and paid for merchandise, it will be available for collection after your ride
What to expect : –
The 65km is a tough but rewarding route. Our advise is not to cash in your matches until after the water point at 33km. We say this because Rhenosterspruit is no joke, the roads are gravel and course shale at times with a fair amount of climbing, this adds a good 10% to your effort. Underestimate it and you will be in for a very long last 30km.
The 1st single trail starts just over 4km into the route, expect a tussle for position on your way there. It is fast flowing and punchy through the single trail.
Be sure to pack enough hydration to get you to 29km, there or there about depending on the device you use to measure (they differ greatly). The water point is at the top of what we call Neals Knob and from there you will be heading into the prize trails single trails the remainder with a feature piece of 15km of non stop single trail. This is where the race is won. The final stretch is district road, with one punchy climb leading you back to the finish.
45km route preview : –
Total ascent : Around 630m ascent
Terrain : A fair mix of single trail and district roads
Water point : 30km (give or take depending on which device you use)
Start times from 07:40 am
Number collection at Northern Farm from 06:30 am
Seedings sent to you by Wednesday 2 March
GPS route sent by Wednesday 2 March
If you ordered and paid for merchandise, it will be available for collection after your ride
What to expect : –
The 45km is fast and furious through some incredibly beautiful landscape in the surrounding reserves of Northern Farm. Our tip to you is not to burn overdo it going out into Rhenosterspruit, there is a 4,1km climb which can come back to get you. The climb is not non-stop but we warn you that the work starts at 13km because of the terrain you are climbing.
This race will be won and lost on the way back from Rhenosterspruit to Northern Farm. We do not see much changing once you get back into the farm single trails. The farm single trails are simply amazing, you riding them counterflow to ordinary riding. In our experience this is like riding somewhere you have never been and what a treat they are.
The water point is around 30km, give or take. We say that because each device measure differently. It is worth a quick stop to top up before you move on. Be sure to carry enough hydration to make it to 30km.
25km route preview : –
Total ascent : Around 405m ascent
Terrain : A fair mix of non technical single trail and district roads
Water point : 15km (give or take depending on which device you use)
Start times from 08:10 am
Number collection at Northern Farm from 07:10 am
Seedings sent to you by Wednesday 2 March
GPS route sent by Wednesday 2 March
If you ordered and paid for merchandise, it will be available for collection after your ride
What to expect : –
Let’s have a little fun shall we… This is the fun ride. The 25km is a great introduction to races, we have blended non-technical single trail with a fair amount of district road. We feel that this is just the right amount of tough. How hard you push is directly proportionate to how hard the race is, ie. if you want to take it easy out there it won’t be a tough race but if you want to burn it, then you will feel it.
The trails leave the farm for only 2km of district road and enters again. You will enter again at the water point which is at 15km into the ride, after this you will head into a beautiful series of single trail which will lead you back to the finish.