After nine days of cycling, M&G’s editor-in-chief Nic Dawes and AmaBunghane’s Craig McKune have completed the gruelling race and reached the ocean.

The M&G team are a little over half way on their cycling trek from Johannesburg to KwaZulu-Natal, here’s what day 5 had in store for the pair.

We capture the highs and lows of the M&G’s cycling pair as they race across 900 kilometres of South Africa’s most challenging terrain.

Join us as we capture the highs and lows of the M&G’s cycling pair, as they race across 900km of South Africa’s most challenging terrain.

We follow M&G editor-in-chief Nic Dawes and amaBhungane reporter Craig McKune as they take part in the 910km Old Mutual JoBerg2C mountain bike race.