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Enter now: Isuzu Trucks PE Plett entries up for grabs

By Matt · 299 comments

Are you up for a challenge? Isuzu Trucks are giving away four team entries for the Isuzu Trucks PE Plett MTB Race, taking place 3 – 6 September 2015.

The Isuzu Trucks Endurance Challenge kicked off today (20 April 2015) and over the next four weeks you’ll be faced with a series of Strava-based challenges. If you complete them all you’ll go into the draw to win one of the four team entries plus R 5000 towards your travel.

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Here’s how it works:

1) Sign up for the Challenge using your Strava account

2) All your rides logged on Strava between 20 April 2015 and 17 May 2015 will be imported, analysed and badges awarded when you reach the targets set out for each.

Are you up for the Challenge?

Here is a look at what lies ahead:

Overall badges

These badges apply to the full competition duration and any qualifying rides logged over that period count towards them.

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Sign up – Just for signing up

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First ride – Ride 25km or more

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Ride 600km or more in 4 weeks

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Climb 5895m or more in 4 weeks

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Ride for 30 hours in 4 weeks

Week based badges

These badges apply to any calendar week within the period (Monday – Sunday). You’d need to reach the badge goal in any one of the weeks to earn it.

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Ride 200km in seven days

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Climb 3000m or more in seven days

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Ride 4h in one ride

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Ride 70km or more in one ride

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Climb 1800m in three rides

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Ride 6h total in two rides

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Ride 150km or more three rides

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Climb 1000m or more in one ride

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Ride 12h or more in seven days

Click here to view the Challenge and Sign up

Questions?

1. Will my indoor trainer / stationary bike sessions or manually logged rides count?

No, only rides tracked by a GPS device will be considered.

2. What if I sign up late?

You can sign up at any point in the competition. Any existing rides on Strava which fall within the competition period will be imported regardless of when you sign up.

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Comments

SCD
SCD

May 24, 2015, 8:16 AM

Hi Matt, it would be nice to maybe let us know what is happening in the background? It's not the kind of sign-up and hold thumbs competition. Lots of guys have put in quite a bit of work to be part of this. The whole thing feels somewhat disappointing at this stage...

Matt
Matt

May 24, 2015, 10:31 AM

Hi all,

 

My apologies for the delay. While we (The Hub) administered the competition from a technical point of view, we have not been involved in the draw process. 

 

I do know that the draw was done early this week and the winners would have been contacted via email by 22 May 2015 at the latest. As the T&C's do mention, there is a 72 hour window within which those winners must respond after which another winner would be selected. 

Although I was hoping to have the final results to publish on Friday I expect that we will have them tomorrow. As soon as that lands in my inbox I promise you'll all be the first to know!

 

Thanks for your patience :)

 

Matt

Matchstix
Matchstix

May 24, 2015, 10:43 AM

Here is my problem, if they have contacted me and somehow it got lost. . . And I didn't get it, by posting the provisional I could have contacted them. . Darn it

SCD
SCD

May 24, 2015, 2:21 PM

Same here. Didn't even check my spam before Friday so it could well be automatically deleted... Damnit!

xCorWin
xCorWin

May 24, 2015, 4:07 PM

Same here. Didn't even check my spam before Friday so it could well be automatically deleted... Damnit!

 

 

Based on the info we got here we all expect (and monitored our inboxes accordingly) some action on Friday! Eish.

 

Anyway - hope the lucky fish(es) appreciate that they won and have an awesome ride!

NotSoBigBen
NotSoBigBen

May 24, 2015, 4:16 PM

I enjoyed completing the challenge and initially thought I wouldn't .... I did get something out of it :)

xCorWin
xCorWin

May 24, 2015, 4:21 PM

To get rid of our frustrations we went up and down Malanshoogte 17 times today for a 2000+m climb. If we can do that 4 more times we might get close to the Everesting challenge.

 

Maybe one day when I big :)

 

xCorWin
xCorWin

May 24, 2015, 4:24 PM

I enjoyed completing the challenge and initially thought I wouldn't .... I did get something out of it :)

Totally agree! It was fun to work towards it. And i wish the winners well in the race!

 

(And I hope the organisers also learnt something about the magic of communication in the process)

dirk.leroux
dirk.leroux

May 25, 2015, 4:49 AM

Hi all,

 

My apologies for the delay. While we (The Hub) administered the competition from a technical point of view, we have not been involved in the draw process. 

 

I do know that the draw was done early this week and the winners would have been contacted via email by 22 May 2015 at the latest. As the T&C's do mention, there is a 72 hour window within which those winners must respond after which another winner would be selected. 

 

Although I was hoping to have the final results to publish on Friday I expect that we will have them tomorrow. As soon as that lands in my inbox I promise you'll all be the first to know!

 

Thanks for your patience :)

 

Matt

 

Thanks for administering this awesome competition Matt. I had fun completing the challenges and it got me on the bike when I didn't always feel like it. It also feel a lot better earning an entry than a simple lucky draw. Hope you'll run more of these in the future. 

 

Thanks Matt, the Hub, Isuzu tracks. 

Cheese
Cheese

May 25, 2015, 6:00 AM

Was really hoping to get this , but enjoyed the challenge.

Will definitely give it a crack again next time if it ever comes up.

I would say make it a bit tougher , or allow a person to earn the badges more than once.

Then take the guys with most badges to the draw.

dirtypot
dirtypot

May 25, 2015, 6:34 AM

or allow a person to earn the badges more than once.

Then take the guys with most badges to the draw.

 

I don't agree with this.  Some guys can ride a lot, and so it would give them an unfair advantage.  I work all week, and I have two young kids.  My riding time is limited.  Should I be precluded because of this?

Skubarra
Skubarra

May 25, 2015, 7:09 AM

 

I would say make it a bit tougher , or allow a person to earn the badges more than once.

Then take the guys with most badges to the draw.

 

I agree with dirtypot, not an option for for most of us to compete on "most badges" or most hours, longest distance etc

 

I thought this comp striked a nice balance between something that is a challenge but still achievable for the average weekend warrior

Mike Bike
Mike Bike

May 25, 2015, 7:25 AM

there are a lot of us here chatting who didnt win it...i wonder who the hell did

Lurch
Lurch

May 25, 2015, 7:28 AM

there are a lot of us here chatting who didnt win it...i wonder who the hell did

We assume nobody here won...people are probably too scared to say in case they get inundated with requests to be the riding partner... ;)

Karinvdw
Karinvdw

May 25, 2015, 7:37 AM

We assume nobody here won...people are probably too scared to say in case they get inundated with requests to be the riding partner... ;)

Like promises of "mean" foot rubs...

xCorWin
xCorWin

May 25, 2015, 7:41 AM

One would think by now they would have made winner announcements on

http://www.isuzutruckschallenge.co.za/

But nothing there... (that I can see)

cat-i
cat-i

May 25, 2015, 8:00 AM

Loved the challenge. A brilliant idea to give people a challenge, rather than just a pure lucky draw. Loved that you had to do a bit more than usual, but that it was doable. Great journey!

 

Would have loved the entry. Please, Isuzu, do something similar again next year!

ricochet_rabbit
ricochet_rabbit

May 25, 2015, 8:00 AM

One would think by now they would have made winner announcements on

 

http://www.isuzutruckschallenge.co.za/

 

But nothing there... (that I can see)

nothing on the ''PE to Plett'' facebook page or http://www.peplett.co.za/ 

 

It was such a great marketing idea that seems to have ended with a massive wimper.

xCorWin
xCorWin

May 25, 2015, 8:14 AM

Yeah, Id have thought they should keep the momentum going and 'splash' the whole thing... but it fizzled out completely.

 

Matt
Matt

May 25, 2015, 11:46 AM

Hi everyone,

Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for.....

 

The winners of the Isuzu Trucks Endurance Challenge....

  • Manie Redelinghuys
  • Graham Pearson
  • Clive Garrett
  • Nicole Dale Kuys

(3 out of the 4 are registered Hubbers)

 

Congrats to the winners and well done to all those who took part.

 

We will publish a formal press release soon with the official announcement and details of the impressive numbers participants racked up during the challenge. 

 

It was great to hear feedback and see the enthusiasm from everyone taking part. I do understand the frustrations regarding the delays in communicating the results. It is something that we'll address in future editions.

Thanks again to all who've taken part.

 

Matt

lollos
lollos

May 25, 2015, 11:54 AM

Ai toggie.... ek het nogsteeds gehoop.... :(  :(  :(  Maar baie geluk aan die wenners!!

SCD
SCD

May 25, 2015, 12:04 PM

Congrats to the winners. Enjoy your races :).

 

Despite the moaning and groaning at the end it was a jol and good training anyways. Will definitely be in again for the next challenge!

AndreDeV
AndreDeV

May 25, 2015, 12:38 PM

Congrats to the winners, enjoy the experience! This was a cool competition. See you at the next one!

Ranga
Ranga

May 25, 2015, 2:52 PM

Congrats to the winners and thank you to Isuzu Trucks, the organisers and Matt for a great competition.

Breezer
Breezer

May 25, 2015, 3:25 PM

Congrats guys.

I think this can be a nice way to market new events in the future on the hub.

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