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<\/a><\/p>\nImage credit: Jetline Action Photo<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOne Team, Seven Challenges\u201d<\/p>\n The Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge features four disciplines, a 50km road bike (from Gordon\u2019s Bay to Kleinmond), 13km road run, 25km mountain bike and 9km beach run. Participants can enter individually or in two or four member teams.<\/p>\n According to Lambert, he has competed at the event five times already. \u201cI have competed in the Totalsports Challenge twice as part of a team and in the Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge three times as part of a team. Contego sponsors both mountain bikers and trail runners so this is the ideal opportunity for us to compete together and to get to know each other better. My strength at the Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge would be the beach run and the fact that there are two runs, a beach run and a road run. I am not as fast as I use to be in my younger days so now I focus on the middle distance trail running,\u201d laughs Lambert.<\/p>\n \u201cWith this being the first time that Jurgens and I will compete together, it is difficult to predict what our team strength will be,\u201d continues Lambert. \u201cWe will have to make sure we get our logistics and transitions right. Jurgens is a very talented young rider, but I don\u2019t think he knows the route which might be a small disadvantage. There are also so many new talented youngsters popping up that I’m sure it will be a highly competitive race. Contego has come first in the men\u2019s team category of the Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge for two years running and we will definitely like to make it a hat-trick win. Both the Totalsports Challenge and Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge combine individual sporting disciplines, merging athletes together as a team. This builds camaraderie and new friendships. I have quite a few funny stories that involve my partner and me both making mistakes arriving at the wrong transition or arriving at the transition late. Crossing the finish line knowing that I gave 100% is always the most rewarding for me\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth Eddie and I are specialists in what we do,\u201d says Jurgens. \u201cMy strength is technical riding and long drag climbs, while Eddie is super fast and focused. My event highlight will definitely be the mountain bike course and to win the race. I believe people should enter the Totalsports Challenge and\/or Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge as it is a good indication of where your fitness level is so early in the year. It\u2019s also a fun day out\u201d.<\/p>\n Starting in Gordon\u2019s Bay on Saturday, 11 January 2014 participants can choose between the 7-disclipline Totalsports Challenge or the 4-discipline Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge. If taking on more than one discipline seems too daunting at this stage, there is an option to enter a team instead. <\/p>\n DATE:\t\t\t\t Saturday, 11 January 2014<\/p>\n VENUE:\t\t\t Start – Gordon\u2019s Bay (Beach Front)<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t End – Kleinmond (Beach Front)<\/p>\n EVENT:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Totalsports Challenge \u2013 12km surfski, 1.5km swim, 50km road bike (from Gordon\u2019s Bay to Kleinmond), 13km road run, 13km K1 canoe, 25km mountain bike and finally a 9km beach run<\/p>\n FORMAT:\t Athletes can enter individually or in two, three or seven member teams<\/p>\n EVENT:\t\t Totalsports Terra Firma Challenge – 50km road bike (from Gordon\u2019s Bay to Kleinmond), 13km road run, 25km mountain bike and 9km beach run.<\/p>\n FORMAT:\t Athletes can enter individually or in two or four member teams<\/p>\n Follow us on Twitter: @tschallenge<\/p>\n Like our FaceBook page: Totalsports<\/p>\n The Totalsports Challenge presented by Liberty Medical Scheme and REHIDRAT\u00ae SPORT supports the Yomelelani Pre-School Care Centre. A percentage of each entry will be donated to this deserving charity.<\/p>\n