Author Archives: Ryan
Some Karoo facts and a near miss
Tweet Did you know that there has never been a reported fire in the Karoo? Did you know that the dirt road between Ceres and Sutherland is called the “Forgotten Highway”? Did you know that the Karoo was full of wheat fields at a stage before the previous government created the Laekenvlei dam? Did you … Continue reading
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A Springbok, some Baboons and a Karoo Donation
Tweet I am not sure if I have mentioned it but Porterhouse Guest House in Ceres is owned and run by the Barry’s (De Wet Barry’s folks). It was a little surreal this morning being served breakfast by people who spawned one of our greatest Springboks. There was something very wrong with this picture and … Continue reading
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Bain’s Kloof Pass
Tweet Peoples reactions to what we are doing are varied bust mostly something along the lines of ”Jy’s Fo*#*# mal”. Yesterday we passed 2 cyclists and we were shooting the breeze while riding alongside them for a while; it was fun when asked where we were riding to be able to answer “Joburg!” When we … Continue reading
Stage 01 – Pick of Pics
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73 down 1427 to go!
Tweet Day 01 went really well; the Cape weather came to the party and supplied us a perfect and constant 19 degrees C with a side order of overcast with no rain. The South Easter even woke up late and left us alone; perfect riding weather… Thank you to iScrip for sponsoring this stage – you guys … Continue reading
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One Gear Stage 1: Sponsored by iScrip
Tweet Day 01 – woooohooooooooooooo! And it begins! It is so surreal to think that we start riding on Friday. A literal year of planning coming to fruition… Friday’s stage takes us from the heart of the mother city out on the Dubanville road to Wellington. The stage is a 73 km long and is … Continue reading
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Russel picks up a scent
Tweet I could see the glint in Russel’s eye as he realised that this was his last chance to go to work on my legs! I have mentioned before his sadistic ways; well he said we would take it easy today and he would just do some “releases”. Ooooh ah ah! He carried on shooting … Continue reading
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Last Bio Session
Tweet I keep saying the word “last”! We leave for Cape Town on Monday and suddenly this is all becoming very real. I am off to go see Russel in about 30 minutes time and it will be our last session. He is going to help me with strapping and teach me the right … Continue reading
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Last Big Training Ride
Tweet So Russel (Biodynamics) has told me that I need to start tapering from next week so I went out for one last big ride this morning. I got in 80km which is about 10km more than what we will need to average on a daily basis! Holy crap, as I wrote that with my … Continue reading
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Second Vo2 Max test results just in
Tweet I just got my results from the guys at the Exercise Physiology Lab for my second Vo2 max test. They have done a comparison to show improvements from the last time I did the test with them in April. And yes…there were improvements! Hopefully this bodes well for a successful 1500km ride approaching fast! skreeeeeeeeeeeeek! Vo2 … Continue reading
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