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Momentum Health Meg-3 National Duathlon Series, Lourensford
Posted: 4:18PM May 12th in Linda van Wyk's Blog
I decided to end my weekend off racing at the second event in the national duathlon series, after a week of great training with friends. This was my first attempt at racing a duathlon so the idea of getting on the bike after a lung buster of a run was pretty frightening, but I was keen on trying it out.

The morning at the race venue, Lourensford Wine Estate, was super chilly with the mercury only reaching 7 degrees Celsius. The general vibe at the event was exciting and I could feel my confidence levels rising a bit throughout the morning. I really just wanted to go out there and enjoy my first taste of duathlon, but old racing ...
 
JOBERG2C
Posted: 9:28AM May 9th in Pierre Smith's Blog

The Old Mutual Joberg2C started as a dream 2 year ago when I helped with the timing. I enjoyed it so much that I returned in 2012 to do the timing again and the 3rd time lucky in 2013 I got the opportunity to ride the Joberg2C. I started as the youngest athlete of the race and the nerves played a big part on the start line. You have so many questions to answer yourself like did I train enough? Is my preparation good enough? 910km on a mountain bike is far! The first 4 days are very tough with long distances like 116km, 122km and 132km. Day 3 was my longest day on a bike ever finishing in a time of 6H 11mins. It’s hard to r...
 
Clarens - Path less traveled
Posted: 9:16PM May 7th in Dylan Rebello's Blog
The first big race in my next 5 weeks of racing...and the question on my mind: Am I prepared?

The pre-race day was a day of much needed warm up followed by feet up and relaxation, obviously filled with stuffing my face with lots of food!
 
Durbanville Triathlon
Posted: 5:46PM May 7th in Linda van Wyk's Blog
One thing I love about the Cape is that there is always something to race or ride over the weekend, be it a triathlon, mountain bike race or just a massive group ride. This time I had to jump into my tri-suit for the offroad triathlon at Phisantekraal.

With a few of my friends and obviously my uncle also competing, my excitement for this event was pretty high. I had not been running a lot leading up to the event, but I refused to let that dampen my confidence.

It was a very chilly morning for swimming in the dam, but once I tip-toed into the water for my warm-up, I actually preferred being in the water than outside. T...
 
Arabella MTB Challenge, Kleinmond
Posted: 10:32PM May 6th in Linda van Wyk's Blog
It was time for me to dust off my racing legs on the weekend of 27 April at a fairly new event just outside of the beautiful town of Kleinmond just down the road from me, the Arabella  MTB Stage Race. This event offered about 40kms of racing every day through the Kogelberg Mountains with breathtaking views, but also very rocky and dusty terrain. I couldn't wait to start off my weekend and kick into the fast lane.

On the first day 38km and 750m of climbing awaited us. With the Joberg2C in full force on the other side of the country, there was definitely an absence of some of the best riders in South Africa, but some very exp...
 
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