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Chatting with Macca at Alcatraz triathlon

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

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Being a novice again. 2009 Wilseyville Hare Scramble

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

2009 Wilseyville Hare Scramble write up, pics and video here.
The entry form says AMA championship series, so maybe it was a big race? All I know is I was as green as it gets. The newness of this unfamiliar sport opened my eyes to what athletes new to triathlon and  XTERRA experience. Nervous, excited, clueless, [...]

Interview with Triharder.co.za

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Triathlon is booming in South Africa. Ironman in PE, the 70.3 in Buffalo city, the XTERRA Series in its 6th year, a budding ITU programme and various off road multisports events.
Triharder.co.za is a cool new South African  based triathlon website and here is an interview I did a few weeks ago.
TriathlonTeam.com, (of which I’m a [...]

The Caveman Cometh (and he’s on a 29er)

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

So, you are a trail mashing mofo; gnarliest of the gnar. Yes, you are a fit machine and can ride. You have skills. Skills, eh? How about swimming, mountain biking and running — as in consecutively… in one day… at race pace?
Whaddya say? That off-road triathlon stuff — Xterra — isn’t for true mountain bikers? [...]

10 Questions with Nikola Tosic

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

For starters, and the reader’s benefit, write a short paragraph about yourself:
Born in 1977 in Belgrade. Grew up in Lagos, lived in Serbia, USA, Italia, South Africa and a bit in France. I love internet and work with online content for living. I enjoy doing sports and art (same stuff). I love good food. I [...]

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 [...]

XTERRA West- Las Vegas video

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Yes, that is me crashing (only a small one) at 3.00.
Earlier in the race  I was quite rattled after losing the chain and bending it. I thought my race was over, but I bent it back (about 90 degrees!) and it worked perfectly. I could see Josiah charging from behind, and with my mind all [...]

My dad is a beast! My friends dont call him “Tarzan” for no reason…

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

For those who dont read Afrikaans so well- shame on you! Just kidding. It says here: Gert Stoltz won the Grand Masters (60+) agegroup at the recent 40km Sabie Classic mountain bike race. He beat the 2nd placed guy by 6 minutes!
Obviously he rides the fastest bike out there, (one of my old S works [...]

A short story about my training…

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

This I wrote for the 2002 Lifetime Fitness Triathlon brochure.  They asked us to “talk trash”- a new experience to me, so I let loose and talked trash!
In my 15 years in triathlon I’ve learnt a few lessons:
One is: THE MORE GEAR YOU HAVE, THE FASTER YOU GO. Ok, I have TONS of gear. The [...]

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 [...]

2008 XTERRA athletes of the year

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Oakley Radar ad

Friday, April 4th, 2008

My longest standing sponsor. 14 Years. Wow, I read this article and am really proud!
Click on the link- it’s a good one:
oakley.com/visionaries/conrad_stoltz

My last week in heaven

Monday, March 10th, 2008

It is my last week on the farm, (before moving to Stellenbosch for serious training) so I’m trying to make the most of the special things I will have to forgo during the racing season.
After my 1h30 long run at 1900m altitude on Sunday, I took the long way home. Via the 2006 Toyota [...]

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.

The Caveman’s semi-secret XTERRA tips

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

• XTERRA is a strong mans race. An endurance event. Don’t let the seemingly short distances fool you. Forget about 400 repeats on the track and all-out sprints on the trainer. Think sustained power evenly delivered over 2.5 hours or more. Getting from A to B as fast as possible is all [...]