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Interview with Crank.co.za: Conrad Stoltz interview: The “Junior”, The “Frenchies” and the infected foot.

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

“We expected Greg Bennett, but its the South African, Conrad Stoltz, who wins the only ITU leg in France” 1999
[“I’ll bet this is the strangest interview you’ve ever done,” says Conrad Stoltz as he locks his Specialized road bike to a lamp post outside a Stellenbosch coffee shop.
Thirty minutes earlier, he had to [...]

Champions’ training. Different strokes for different folks…

Monday, August 31st, 2009

In search for the holy grail of sports performance, Irish National Team ITU member, Gavin Noble (Dublin Triathlon Champion this past weekend) cranks out the Watts in the lab. This kind of lab testing will give Gav and his coach all kinds of numbers they can play with in training. Tests will be repeated often, [...]

Previous South African triathlon greats. Follow up on Club Mykonos post below

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Jason Bailey from Cape Town sent these pics from the early 90s- complete with top 5 results…

Kevin Richards is probably the athlete who had the biggest influence on my racing career. When I finished high school in 1991 he invited me to go race in France with him. (In a small town in the South [...]

How many World class triathletes raced at Club Mykonos? (South Africa)

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Winning All African ITU title at Club Mykono 1998
Club Mykonons on the West coast of South Africa is 2 hrs north of Cape Town. It used to be a quiet, quaint rip off of  the village Mykonos, Greece.  The ocean always freezing- the swim was in the marina- for one of the turn buoys you [...]

Life on the road…

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Life on the road. By Conrad Stoltz
France, 1996.
Triathlon heaven, those years. I was the youngest of a handful of South Africans racing for a village called Cahors in the Sud Ouest of France. Every weekend  we’d travel to races, chasing money, glory and adventure.
Getting to races was tricky, and usually we’d hitch rides with French [...]

Who is Conrad?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

They call me “the Caveman.” I am: 6ft 3, weigh 85kg, 33 or 34 (?) years old. Professional triathlete for the past 16 years. I am an African. (Gets me funny looks in America)

Life on the road. By Conrad Stoltz

Monday, January 21st, 2008

France, 1996.
Triathlon heaven, those years. I was the youngest of a handful of South Africans racing for a village called Cahors. Every weekend we’d travel to races, chasing money, glory and adventure.