The race slogan should have been ample warning, only its hard to believe 2200m of predicted altitude gain when flying down Nick’s Pass into the Umkomas Valley midway on 20km of sublime single track. But one goes down, must by law, come back up.

Cresting a grassy hillside after another mint single track,  I could see the finish arch of what was an excellent day of social riding enjoyment on the first stage of the 2008 Subaru Sani2c Adventure - South Africa’s favourite mountain bike race.

(A race start thats not a race - the Sani2c Adventure gets launched)

A photo selection from the Xterra triathlon at Shongweni on the  10th of February 2008.
 

“Once you’ve found the life you want to live, you need to find the courage to live it” - Unkown - A quote I heard in the USA last year, and has stuck with me since.
Off on Tuesday to ride the Sani2c Adventure from Wednesday till Friday. Very much excited for my ride with Dylan [...]

I’ve been struggling with some severe pain in my left foot, from the ankle to the bridge and as consequence I did my first run in more than a week this evening. Felt relieved that my alignment is somewhat better. I say alignment, as the inflammation in my foot is not the major concern, thats just the [...]