Team GV tackles the Total Sports Challenge

Always up for a challenge, Global Vision and sister company, New Media Labs, teamed up this past  Saturday to brave hot, windy conditions in Gordon’s Bay, outside of Cape Town, and complete the Total Sports Challenge.

(Here we see Clyde Mallon, Global Vision Systems Analyst, and Paul Jenkins, Global Vision Sr. Project Manager, before their respective events)

The race consisted of seven events both on land and in water. Unfortunately, the first 2 events – 12 km surf ski and 1.5 km swim – both had to be cancelled due to windy conditions, leaving Global Vision’s Jonette Coetzee (Sales Manager) and New Media Lab’s Paul Cartmel (Founder) to cheer their team mates on.

Below a list of the events and the team participants:

• 50 km road cycle: Trevor Metrowich, husband to Global Vision Project Manager Jacqueline Metrowich, completed his race along the coastline to Kleinmond in 1h20 minutes despite headwind
• 13 km road run: Cedric de Sousa, boyfriend to Global Vision Sales Manager Jonette Coetzee, completed the road run to the Arabella Hotel & Spa in 1h18 minutes
• 13 km K1 canoe paddle: Paul Jenkins, Global Vision Project Manager, completed his paddle on the Bot Rivier Lagoon in 50 minutes – surpassing his own predicted time of 1h15 minutes!
• 25 km mountain bike race: Clyde Mallon, Global Vision Systems Anlayst, raced the rugged mountain ride in Kleinmond and finished in one piece in 1h45 minutes
• 9 km beach run: Jacqueline Metrowich, Global Vision Project Manager, hit the beach and ran a grueling high-tide, steep camber run on soft sand to complete the race.

All in all a great effort and great result – The Global Vision team placed 35th out of 125 teams. placing them in the upper third of finishers. End time for the entire event was 5h55 minutes. Well done, guys!

For more information on the Total Sports Challenge, visit: http://www.totalsports.co.za/challenge/index.html