Team Terra Mater

Team Terra Mater Adventure Racing Team
Robert Le Brun
Andrew King
Suzaan Hobson
Zane Schmahl

18/06/2026

The tour de Garden Route 🌱

A training weekend like no other - that was simply sweet! 👌

Onwards to World Champs -

16/03/2026

Weapons! 💥💥
grobler & taking on epic!!!

We’re excited to watch them go!

The week after a long race is always the hardest ❤️‍🩹Missing that freedom that comes from open spaces 🌅📸
31/10/2023

The week after a long race is always the hardest ❤️‍🩹

Missing that freedom that comes from open spaces 🌅

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The results we achieved were well beyond any of our pre race expectations, however when we look back at the journey it w...
28/10/2023

The results we achieved were well beyond any of our pre race expectations, however when we look back at the journey it was largely drama free, but I guess that’s the essence of adventure racing.

The goal was to move consistently and efficiently, always act in a way that would provide the best chance of future success, and to have fun.

With the groundwork done, it was great to feel the energy in the tank to move through the field from 35th position and chase down the few teams ahead of us on the last day and finish strong running most of the last 30km trekking leg to finish 13th overall.

Adventure racing is nothing more than paying the route director to place a series of challenges in front of you whilst taking you to some incredible remote places. It fills me with the greatest joy to know we overcame these challenges united as team, with efficiency and positivity, whilst banking some memories with the best people that will last a lifetime.

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I could not be happier that I said yes to this race. Beforehand I was full of doubts, but the team backed me and there ...
28/10/2023

I could not be happier that I said yes to this race. Beforehand I was full of doubts, but the team backed me and there is no group of guys I would rather do it with. I would say having fun as a team was one of the reasons we did so well. This race taught me that you can always go much further than you think, to approach challenges calmly and rationally, & that there are so many beautiful parts of SA still to explore! Thank you Team Terra Mater for including me in this adventure of a lifetime.

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Adventure Racing is so much more than a sport for me. It is a place of education and the only space I can truly figure o...
28/10/2023

Adventure Racing is so much more than a sport for me. It is a place of education and the only space I can truly figure out who I am. Moving across landscapes with our team Terra Mater has been a privilege. For us to have been able to do that efficiently and managed a Top 13 spot and 2nd SAFA team is a bitter sweet. To many more adventures…

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I started leading up to the race hoping that it would come quickly, as the wait was getting too much, but at the same ti...
28/10/2023

I started leading up to the race hoping that it would come quickly, as the wait was getting too much, but at the same time I wanted it all to drag on forever as this may be a once in a lifetime opportunity - World Champs on home soil!

When we received the leg breakdown, It took me by surprise but I just smiled with excitement as I loved the look of the course with it’s enormously long legs!

The race itself started hard and fast, in typical AR style!
So much so, that by night one we were on the back foot with sleep monsters and than a little later that day Zane was taking significant strain in the heat.

We rolled into Somerset East needing to reassess, we rested, reloaded and headed into the mountains later that evening.

The long trek, leg 3 was long and brutal but we got through it steadily, in one piece and in good spirits.

From there our race just got better and better, where we slept solidly in the evenings and moved well during the days!

The team grew stronger and stronger by the day and luckily we had few hassles. As a result we proceeded to reel in more and more teams as the course drew longer…

Finishing 2nd SA team and 13th overall was an absolute dream come true. It was hard earned and hard fought!

For me, this race was massive for me, it has been a massive focus of my year, more so than I have ever focused on one thing. And I am absolutely honoured in how it transpired and am immensely grateful that I got to spend this adventure with my best mates and the best team!

What more can I say - it was a brutal course (the way I like it), showing off so much of our beautiful country, we finished strong with a full team over the entire course - a real dream come true!

What an amazing finish! Second South African team to cross the line in 158:41 hours for a monumental 840km📸
26/10/2023

What an amazing finish!

Second South African team to cross the line in 158:41 hours for a monumental 840km

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Last light and into the night. The team is looking strong and positive as they can almost smell the finish line. 📸
25/10/2023

Last light and into the night.

The team is looking strong and positive as they can almost smell the finish line.

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The team is making good progress after the 3hours spent refuelling at T7 last night. They are currently on their way to ...
24/10/2023

The team is making good progress after the 3hours spent refuelling at T7 last night.

They are currently on their way to T8 on a 64km Trek leg.

Temperatures are busy dropping again and it looks like there might be rain again today as they head into the Baviaans.

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