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More pics from  XTERRA Las Vegas coming in.
A couple of good qoutes this week:
From my coach Ian Rodger: “Training is like fighting a Gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the Gorilla is tired.” “or maybe its more like fighting Chuck, you dont stop till Chuck is tired…”
When I couldnt remember [...]

Its always good to start the season with a win.  Even though Josiah Middaugh made my job a lot easier by flatting when he poached my line…
More complete post later. Click here for XTERRA report and complete results.
I got the job done on the bike- this moon landscape course is very particular- there were lots [...]

Las Vegas chocolate

2009 Pic from mtbr.com
 
The suspension on my Epic 29er was so dialled -
it rode like a couch…
Specialized killed it:
Burry won, Todd 3rd and Susi 4th.
 
Hectic busy with packing and travel - more later.
1 ) Burry Stander 01:23:13
2 ) Geoff Kabush 01:23:13
3 ) Todd Wells 01:23:15
4 ) Christopher Sauser 01:24:19
5 ) Roel Paulissen 01:25:27
6 ) [...]

Todd Wells, Burry Stander, Christoph Sauser

Burry and I enjoying Afrikaans

Some random groupie enjoying the view

Amber and I went for a warm up with Todd Wells, Burry Stander and Christoph Sauser along the ocean path in Monterey.
Short Track starts at 3.15. Its a short lap of off road riding- after 25min the bell rings which signals the last lap. This race is all about raw horse power and gallons of [...]

Its hard being the athlete and the photographer, and large cameras make people nervous here, so excuse the iPhone’s lack of an iFlash…
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After 3 long months of hard work demolishing my house (while packing away some hard training) I spent a week on my parents farm to say good bye to them and Africa before hitting the US for some serious racing.
Because internet in Africa is slow, expensive and hard to get, this story [...]

Daniel Godfrey HUGO, we (your Specialized Team mates) are sitting here wondering; what had REALLY happened in New York?  Your New York blog post was cute and all, but
 
We want the REAL New York Story!
 

Two time Olympian, three time Xterra World Champion,(off road triathlon) 5 time All Africa Triathlon Champion and 5 time South African Triathlon Champion.
With this type of resume, I knew an interview with Conrad Stoltz would be hard to come by for my FISTPUMPFRIDAY column…then an email from Conrad popped into my inbox. [...]

Airport bed from a previous trip. Cant remember where.
On my recent 35hr trip from Roodewalshoek Farm, South Africa, to Reno Nevada:
4hr drive to the airport with my dad. We seriously considered going on his motorbike,(see previous post) as I have little luggage this time. Fortunately we didnt as it POURED with rain most of the [...]

This is my dads’ story about his recent bike trip through South Africa. As you can see, its in Afrikaans. This blog post is not aimed at the public, but rather a way for my dads family and friends to be able to read it. (He wanted to type it on a typewriter and mail [...]

Classic XTERRA humour! Stay true my family- if we wanted easy we’d do Ironman…
The pic is me on that great Milwaukee course
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