My aunt forwarded the Motion newsletter by Virgin Active to myself last week, with a cropped edited version of myself in a copy righted Rich Cruse photo from Xterra USA Finals at Lake Tahoe. I can only believe the photo, for South African media at least, was taken from my blog post in January, before [...]

The second Xterra of the South African summer season will commence later this month - at the absolutely user friendly venue of the Albert Falls Dam, 20 minutes outside Pietermaritzburg, in Natal. If you’re a newby, or even still a fence sitting sceptic of your own ability, then you’re in the mix.

Conrad wrote a great report on the week spent with Specialized and co testing tires on rollers, trail, and tarmac with various objectives in mind. It was a privilege joining the international guys - observing, learning, and offering my naive opinion. That said, I felt confident that Conrad and I represented a more realistic market [...]

4th
3m36 behind winner Mike Vine
Swim - 23m57, Bike - 1h34m32, Run - 37m45

A video clip from the Pezula Private Estate’s Field of Dreams as the 08/09 Xterra South Africa season starts.

(Xterra Knysna)

(Xterra France 2008 in Auron)
If you double click on the video and watch it in youtube, then please choose the WATCH IN HIGH QUALITY option, it does it way more justice! Youtube is rather tempremental, so just let us know it is not working and we will re-post it.

Xterra Knysna
1st
1:39:50, 2min17 ahead of Jan Schutte
All photo’s by Hannes Oosthuizen (oakpics.com).

(Leading through stunning South Coast vegetation)

MEDIA RELEASE 

(PHOTO CREDIT:  www.oakpics.com)

Xterra France Championship 2008
12th.
18min behind winner Nicolas Lebrun.

(Xterra Wales Video Clip)

Xterra Czech 2008: Hluboka nad Vltavou.
DNF: Puncture (Another)

(Getting set for the start on a soccer field to a castle back drop)

Here with a copied version of the Xterra Newsletter sent out earlier today… Should a battle royal tomorrow!

Belated but brilliant moments from Richmond last weekend by Nils Nilsen.

(Craig and I on Belle Isle after 2km of riding - Photo by Nils Nilsen/XTERRA)

Xterra Wales Race Report
After catching up with good friend Piet Wehmeyer and his British misses Charlie in a fine drizzle, who’d done the effort to travel in support of my event, I tip toed down to the water edge, went two feet in, and waited there…

Eish. Good fortunes must run fry at some stage with my planning not always to scratch. Had a great swim, lead on, leading  pack with many of the favourites though. Stotlz got away even before the 10km climb and was really biking well. I was soon joined by a few, eventually 7 of us climbed [...]

Video footage from the banks of the James River in Richmond Virginia of the 2008 Xterra East Championships.

Xterra Richmond
2nd Place, 24 sec behind winner Josiah Middaugh
Time: 2:03:12
First into T1. First into T2. First to 9km… That’s all I had.

(Where it all started - James River in Richmond)

After getting to Richmond on Tuesday, Craig and I stroked the tiger in the pool, and made our way round the run course in humid temperatures still hovering above 100 at 6pm. But as always, the demons of the unknown get laid to rest the more of the course is known, and seeing some of [...]

We had a great time on Sunday night, with some Pelham locals, attending church with them to give thanks for opportunity and talent, and there after joining some of the Xterra extensions at the Margarita Grill for some celebrations and war stories.

(Justin, Iris, Ruth and myself)

Four photo’s from the forests of Oak Mountain and the lens of Nils Nilsen.

(Bridge crossing in the Xterra Southeast Championships - Photo by Nils Nilsen/XTERRA)