Here is a short story by Mari Rabie, South Africa’s great hope for the Beijing Olympics. Visit her excellent blog at MariRabie.com.
I was quite unaware of the inspiration, but am very touched by this story…

One of the many great things I got to do while in PE for Ambers Ironman was exploring the South Africa East coast by mountain bike. Actually it was training, (1h30 ride with 8×20second sprints) but I played with the location a bit and what came out was this amazing ride from Schoenmaakerskop […]

I found this email from a fan in the archives and it brought a smile on my face. Thanks Kevin!
“Dude, you are one tough nut. Get better soon. We here in Chicago have all decided you are even way tougher than our icon, Chuck Norris, thus some important facts – see below.
Be good. - […]