Training

Tweet   ..ing up the km’s

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Tweet I decided to do some hill training this weekend and although it is immediately obvious from the below track that the distance covered is nothing special, what might not be clear is just how many hills I rode up. It was many. It was painfully vertical…but what goes up… All worth it for the … Continue reading »

Tweet   Not the first 50 km of training but the first time for this initiative that I have completed a 50 km ride on the BMX – I am writing this from the couch where I intend spending the rest of the day…  

Tweet Kyalami means “my home” in Zulu. I can tell you that it didn’t feel like my home when I was riding up the mineshaft, which strangely enough reappears each time you do another lap. I was not trying to be a hero by overtaking geared bikes as I went up it…it’s just that with the BMX … Continue reading »

Tweet Went for a ride with my bro this morning and it became very apparent that there are a lot of extremely energetic, over achiever, early bird types residing in Joburg that exercise on a Sunday morning  – it’s awesome! It also didn’t hurt that some of the aforementioned birds were  somewhat easy on the eye…all … Continue reading »

Tweet Can you like to say corrugations! What a beautiful ride but oh my sack (literally) – those corrugations! The dirt road jolted some parts loose (and I am not talking about the bike).