Great mention on the newsletter sent out by Xterra Planet this morning:

Trusting it wont be the last for the season…

The racks ( 2 x ProRide 591’s and 1 x OutRide 561) on the Kelfords Fiesta I’ve been collecting speeding fines in have been the biggest luxury. If you’ve never used one, you couldnt know what convenience you’re missing out on.

(Illustration and Graphic by my cousin - Alexander Melck)

Xterra Buffelspoort, - Johannesburg, South Africa
30 January 2010
1st

(They were white when starting)

Am off to Johannesburg on Friday first thing, 615am flight from the grand new departure terminal nearing completion for 2010. Means I have the choice of more fine coffee than in the past, but also means I’ll need to pack the bike in the bike box as opposed to the lazy boy notion of just [...]

Just received a complimentary invite to breakfast with Armstrong from the JAG Foundation Team! Far out. That gets me going. Perhaps you should be joining me there?

Lance Armstrong - South Africa - JAG Foundation

Had the privilege of doing some time with Gary Perkin last week - during a Specialized training camp… Sensational stuff by Gary. So mellow - yet captures too much.

I wont be racing the Ironman 70.3 in East London on Sunday morning - I am really gutted.

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Designed kit by Dutch visual artist Rafael Rozendaal - and manufactured by Luma.

All photos by Oakpics.

TSC 2010
1st
4h58′ - (shortened course)
Great start to the 2010 racing schedule with a solid tale told by the body over a bike, run, paddle, bike and run. Surfski and swim stages were canned due to unplayable gusts of wind. Again loved the event, the atmosphere and mixed bunch it pulls together. I was one of [...]

Manic moment! Its my birthday today - as the my new 2010 Epic just arrived, unexpected and unannounced. So good. Today is meant to be cruisy prerace warm up only to the status quo start to the past three years: the Totalsports Challenge. Instead, also status quo, I’ve created logistical fun and chaos, now compounded [...]

Christmas is what you make thereof; hope you created something special. Merry Christmas.

I love the culture of family togetherness that Christmas celebrations initiate here in South Africa, but for this one, twas down to mother dearest and I to deck a table for two. Has been a quiet and special three days of disconnect [...]

Fun day: Swim, first 50m pool set in a while in Strand; breakfast at Nice on route back to Bosch with Tim Don and Gavin Noble, delicious scramble with salmon on rye; massage with Francois Retief - making sure the tightness in my left foot eases; some time at the Slow Food Market, with organic [...]

We have two girls on board now - Lisa Norden and Lesley Paterson - so cheers to 2010 and beyond for Triathlon Team. This clip is hilarious, real artsy, and somehow unifies us beyond the common thread of triathlon. If I dont hit the sack in the moment, Irish team mate Gavin Noble will be [...]

Sometimes in life, it seems good to go fast. Sometimes, it doesnt.

Snapped this image earlier, in the Mon Desir Republic. Craziness. Mint new drive thanks to Kelfords and radical new road bike thanks to Specialized. How spoilt? Been trying to get the car branded - hopefully before everything closes on Friday. Design evolved into a further concept - a marketing project of sorts. Still need to [...]

Its a bad start when I have to visit my own blog to remind my memory of the last post. And even worse to see Beckham featuring in it… Aiai. But such it has been, another manic period of candles burning all ends. Magic times though - mixing recovery week with some social, big news, [...]

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Latest excellence in my drinks bottle - without preservatives, colourants or flavourants. Enduren I believe to be the cleanest premier South African sports drink, and stoked to have them on board as part of mySupport.

(Post ride at Greengate goodness)

All I have so far. Will write a report soon… Guess I am still recovering from the 2XU firepower. Really enjoyed the experience of team time trialing for 202km.