Watched Stoltz powerfully claim a third consecutive Championship race in
Richmond this morning. A superb race backdrop in the centre of the old State capital. Ending my five weeks with a strong dose of motivational inspiration.
 
A hand specialist earlier this week assured I’d need surgery on my wrist for guaranteed full recovery. Went under [...]

Checked course and conditions in Oak Mountain National Park just outside Pelham in the Southern Bible belt of the
US. An altogether different world. Loved the course, very technical 29km ride, of which 25km is single track, and the run a rolling 9km forest trail. Swim to be non-wetsuit. All suited my profile. 

 
Swam well, [...]

Was informed with a smile last Monday that we were off for a training camp in true Conrad Caveman style, being different from most high performance camps in that we do actually camp. What an experience. The art of Smores, a wafer biscuit smothering fire molten chocolate and a braai’d marshmallow. Enjoyed a pizza for [...]

A week of life here in “the smallest big city in the world”, training against suffocation at altitude, avoiding cops in the unlicensed infamous Red Rocket, camping in the living room, coughing at my multiple of seven conversions - the life, the dream.
The drive up from Temecula, via Los Angeles, along the most spectacular [...]