Tuesday, 11 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Final Thoughts.

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After 36 hours on my bike I appreciated the low-key finish that is typical of endurance cycling events. The field is stretched out so far th...
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Durban Dash Up 2016 - Vereeniging to Thaba Trails

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Twenty minutes after leaving the garage shop I was on the outskirts of Vereeniging. Traffic was light and it was cooling down. I knew the ro...
Monday, 10 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Scampering to Vereeniging.

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The turn toward Vereeniging couldn't have come soon enough. The sun beat down on me and I was tired. I wanted to get it over with.  ...
Sunday, 9 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Once More unto the Breach

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Shakespeare was obviously an endurance cyclist. Why else would he have written: ...thou and I have thirty miles to ride yet ere dinner t...
Saturday, 8 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Heilbron to an uncharitable place.

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The ride from Heilbron through to Vereeniging was going to be tedious. The 52km stretch of road from Heilbron to just short of Sasolburg whe...

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Reitz to Heilbron

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I was cold leaving Reitz and the climb out of town was welcome. Jason, still on the phone to me, was scouting ahead and giving me his take o...
Friday, 7 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Reitz for Coffee...or not!

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Jabbering away to Jason while I rode certainly helped me stay awake. We tried to figure out how far back the ever present Ted was. It seems ...
Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Really cold and boring

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The section from Kestell to Reitz is a tad under 70 km. It's not particularly challenging, mostly flat and fast... kind of.   It's a...
Monday, 3 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Into the Dam Mist

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I knew it was going to get nippy when I passed below the Sterkfontein Dam wall. The cold cascades over the wall and fills the valley below. ...
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Sunday, 2 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Estcourt to almost halfway.

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I left Estcourt on a little used road and headed northwest paralleling the N3 national road. 20 kilometres later the road ended and I turned...
Saturday, 1 October 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Mountain Bike verses Cyclocross Bike.

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A few kilometres north of Old Halliwell Inn I rode through Currys Post. The stretch from there toward Mooi River was the section that made m...
Friday, 30 September 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Climbing, Climbing, Climbing

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After leaving Paul to sort out his puncture I was on my own. It's a space I enjoy. Without the pressure of chasing or being visibly chas...
Thursday, 29 September 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - A Bumpy Start

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Soon after leaving the parking lot of the Station Masters Arms I turned onto Old Main Road and start heading along the Comrades Marathon Rou...
Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Off You Go

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The race registration venue for the race consists of a table or two on the veranda of The Station Masters Arms in Hillcrest. With Dawn Bell ...
Monday, 26 September 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Getting to the start line.

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5 am. Piercing alarm. Right... where is the soldering iron and solder? The right approach would be to get out of bed and look in the toolbox...

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Just do it!

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This time last year I did my first Durban Dash event. The race coincided with an oppressive heat wave that resulted in all but...
Sunday, 25 September 2016

Durban Dash Up 2016 - Overview

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Durban Dash, not your average ride. In a country inundated with more cycle races than weekends in which to host them, a new genre of cycling...
Monday, 25 July 2016

RASA 2016 - Could I have gone faster?

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Before the race started I was asked how long I thought it would take me to complete the race. My answer, 13.5 days. My actual finishing time...
Saturday, 23 July 2016

Banishing the If-Only's - Racing Without Regrets

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Four weeks after finishing the Freedom Challenge Race Across South Africa I sit at home and watch the sun sink below the horizon. It's t...
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