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Mount Rose highway: One of my favourite long rides…

Conrad Stoltz — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:05:52 +0000

This 4hr ride starts in Reno at 1300m altitude, climbs straight up to 2700m (takes me about 1h40 at 130 heart rate) and descends straight down to Incline Village, on the shores of Lake Tahoe. (1800m)

Fill up the bottles, (penalty points awarded for time spent off the bike) and start climbing back over. About 50minutes at 130HR. Then scream down the fun side and try to keep up with cars through the many curves on the way down.

I do this ride on my own. I get a lot of thinking and soul searching done. I think about racing, training and life. But mostly about racing. Then at times I’ll switch off and numb my brain with Battery 9’s “Oom Kosie” and others… (more…)

Lighthouse to Lighthouse 2 day mountain bike race. 2002. Video

Conrad Stoltz — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:28:45 +0000

I added “My black and white photo collection” and some stories under “Story time” under “Pages”

Conrad Stoltz — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:17:47 +0000

Conrad and Amber says goodbye to Africa. For a while

Conrad Stoltz — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:16:17 +0000

Amber and I are about to get on the plane tomorrow and celebrated our farewell with good friends, good food and good training in some of the most beautiful settings in the world…

The Republic of Hout Bay in the background, and two tired cyclists in the mirror. Taken from one of the sharp turns on Chapman’s Peak Drive.

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Conrad Stoltz 2008 Racing Kit

Conrad Stoltz — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:31:50 +0000

I’m very excited to post my 2008 race kit. As you can see, the design is the bright coloured South African flag. Which ties in nicely with the rainbow stripes of the current World Champion. A very unique look…

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Caveman’s New Potatoes with garlic and honey

Conrad Stoltz — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:57:54 +0000

Ingredients:

Dig up a few handfuls of New Potatoes from the vegetable patch. (about one double handful per hungry cave-person.)

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Libby Burrell. Coach extraordinaire.

Conrad Stoltz — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:50:57 +0000

I just added my first page! All by myself. Of course it is about my coach Libby Burrell. It is not finished yet, but go to”pages” click, and take a peek.

A story of inspiration by South Africa’s #1 female triathlete, Mari Rabie…

Conrad Stoltz — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:49:20 +0000

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…

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How to make a mountain bike mud guard in 3 minutes.

Conrad Stoltz — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:18:07 +0000

Conrad’s hot tip for wet weather racing: How to keep sand & mud out of your eyes by making a low tech, high performance mud guard from a used soft drink bottle:

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XTERRA South Africa 2008

Conrad Stoltz — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:32:13 +0000

“Its this way around the buoy, right?” Dan Hugo and I looking at the 1500m swim course seconds before the start of XTERRA South Africa 2008.

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