This past weekend was again a good one for Team Jeep SA. Ryan Ellis took charge from the start to win the 40km race at the MTN Cullinan Marathon in JHB. I decided to skip the 120km of torture to rather focus on getting some miles in the saddle at home, on more fun terrain! After a good week of ...

Remember those kids at school who had everything. Shame. They had the fancy rocket ship shoes with lights that flashed when they walked, but they were useless at running. They had every toy that you wanted from the TV adverts and they got the really cool stuff in their lunch boxes. Their mums fetched them in a shiny Mercedes Benz while you got thrown in the back of a ford Bantum with some plants and eight other kids from the neighbourhood. But those eight kids were the cool kids. They had worn out tackies and holy shirts, but they could climb trees. They swam in the rain with you when the rich kids' mums said no. And adventures happened in...

WOW man was this a tough weekend!! Two very tough days out on the bike, both mentally and physically straining.

Early Friday morning I made my way up to Pretoria with my dad leaving at 04h00 to get registered and prepared for the MTN National Marathon in Cullinan on Saturday, around 40min drive outside the city. The small community originally formed around the diamond mining industry looked to be a spectacular host, with a very old world feel to the race village filled with antique shops and places to eat!

Saturday morning dawned, and a crisp, early morning saw us arrive at the foot of the mines for the start of our r...

This weekend it was time for swap in the bike department, a change to the skinny wheel Tarmac S-works. I used to do alot of road racing when i was U16/junior when road racing was super...

Turns out this post is quite philosophical. I have no idea what happened to bring it about, but enjoy it; it's a rare occurrence.
Every now and then we come across a problem in our life that we just can't find the solution to. We'll try anything and everything that might, just maybe, fix the problem. And as time goes on and we become more and more frustrated, we are willing to try even the most bizarre and unconventional remedies and we lose sight of the simple, logical solution that is sitting right in front of us. Crystal clear. In a 1.5 liter aquelle bottle.
In my case, this was the 'flu' that I haven't been able to comp...