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Die fietsryery hou my <span>sane<\/span>,\u201d s\u00ea Johan Oosthui-zen, streeksbestuurder van Monster Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParty dae dink ek self ek is mal, maar ek was nog nooit so fiks soos nou nie. Fietsry is my lewe, dit hou my kop reg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_dbd59e0c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/516ff82f2601485ab604ff5d553a623e.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11341\/169a0a7f3c5245e19131961e51c29625.jpg\" title=\"Johan Oosthuizen en sy vrou Ronelle wat met elke uitdaging aan sy sy is.                                         Foto:VERSKAF\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Johan Oosthuizen en sy vrou Ronelle wat met elke uitdaging aan sy sy is.                                         Foto:VERSKAF<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Johan s\u00ea nie sommer nee vir \u2019n uitdaging nie, veral nie wanneer dit gaan vir liefdadigheid of om iemand te help nie. Sy eerste 40 dae 100km-per-dag-uitdaging was na die afsterwe van sy ma Mary-Ann Oosthuizen op Nuwejaarsdag vanjaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit het my kwaai gevang. Toe s\u00ea ek vir my vrou (Ronelle) ek moet iets doen om my ma se dood te verwerk. Die 40 dae ding het toe by my opgekom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johan se fietswiele was nog aan die draai vir sy ma se 4 000km toe word sy vriend Danie Erasmus se lewe bedreig nadat hy COVID positief getoets is en in die hospitaal beland het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToe trap ek vir hom ook 40 dae se 100km. Danie het dit gemaak, my pel is deur daardie verskriklike siekte en is vandag met ons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daarna het Johan sy uitdaging opgeskuif na 60 dae, toe 100 dae, 200 dae en nou is hy besig om vir 365 dae elke dag 100km te ry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk bly lankal nie meer by 100km \u2019n dag nie. Party dae trap ek gemiddeld so 400km en ek het al 529km ook in \u2019n dag se tyd getrap. Maar dan voel ek dit aan my lyf die volgende dag of twee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johan is \u2019n medestigter van die Fuel on Wheels omgeeprojek en met sy fietsryery is genoeg geld ingesamel om sowat 9 000 mense van kospakkies te voorsien. Sy huidige uitdaging gaan om geld in te samel vir kankerpasi\u00ebnte en daarna gaan hy sy speke laat sing vir Burre Burger se droogtehulpfonds vir boere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johan sal vandag (Donderdag) op dag 168 van sy 365 dae uitdaging wees. Sy fiets se kilometerlesing het Dinsdag die 20 000km merk verbygesteek. 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