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Xterra Grabouw
Kevin Flanagan, 23 Feb 2010
Grabouw, 1.5km swim, 25km mtb, 10km trail run
By Kevin Flanagan
I “raced” the Xterra off road triathlon on the weekend. It’s really the grand daddy of off road triathlons in South Africa. It is a series of triathlons held around the country, and it was Cape Town’s / Western Cape’s [...]

Since I ate my helmet, (and embraced training technology when we started base training about a month ago.) I have been enjoying training with my Power Tap thoroughly. (Rent your Power Tap today from the folks at Saris/CycleOps, South Africa)
For Valentines’ Day, my coach Ian Rodger gave me 3 hrs at 300 Watts. So romantic.  [...]

Good stuff- read Dan’s report here
Amber was 4th in the Ladies’. More later…

2008 Olympic Triathlon Champion, Frodo, as the likable African German is known, has been a constant fixture here in Stellenbosch, South Africa over the past few months.
You often bump into the smiling face at the local coffee shops and street restaurants. It wasnt always song and dance though, along with some friends (Christian) he did [...]

In my everlasting quest of the unbreakable, I have settled on LOOK pedals since they brought out the Quartz MTB pedals 3 years ago.
I give these pedals a good thrashing and have never had one fail. For training I currently ride a Specialized Epic 29er with 2.20 Captain tires and 180mm cranks. The full sus [...]

What a story.  Madiba, as he is fondly called, spent 27 years in prison for his political beliefs. When he was released, he changed a country and gave hope…
I’m proud to have been able to live the experience.
Pretty well documented in the new movie Invictus by Clint Eastwood.

Er, make that “was”…
Will Kelsay and his lovely lady, Shelby, visited South Africa for a few weeks. They spend a few days in Cape Town, then a few days in my house in Stellenbosch before tackling the Garden Route.
I’m busy renovating my house and of course,they got roped into some manual labour:
Will was super excited [...]