Solitary long ride from farm to the top of Jonah’s Kop, the highest peak in my hood. A thousand metres altitude gain, but will be more total gain. Distance 14km. Making it very similar in profile to Alpe d’Huez. Only, Pantani made that ascent in 37’ and I take 1h14’ for this…

My doubles partner from last year called me up to race the 28km flat-water with him. Thankfully he’s been spending time on the water and pulled us through. Not the most competitive race, but loved the racing. A few hard attacks. Plenty fun. Finished third.

Pieta Swannepoel asked if I’d join him on a small adventure race. Explained I wasn’t in form, but he agreed. Mtb, run, mtb, run. The mountain bike was on trails I knew in Jonkershoek, which I really enjoyed, and the run was mainly in the rocky river bed of the Eerste River. We came into […]