Triathlete magazine is new in South Africa and they did a cool story on me inside. I’m told. Will read it when I get home.

The pic is from XTERRA Las Vegas- the 1st XTERRA of the season

Sea Otter Short Track. (20min lap race)

Photo by Jay Prashun

Did a ride with Jay Prashun on the new Specialized 29er and then a cool interview for triathlon.competitor.com.

Loved the Specialized 29er Epic. Andy pimped my ride between thrashings. Note my new race kit for 2009. Made by Luma.- more later.

Christoph won comfortably. Todd had a flat, I gave him my CO2 and he finished 6th- which allowed him to win the Omnium-(Short Track and XC combined) Great for Todd, Specialized and the 29er. Lene finished 2nd in the XC and won the ladies’ Omnium. A great start for the season. Burry had a head cold from the previous day and saved it for this coming weeks World Cup in Germany.

I had a close sprint finish with Jeremiah Bishop for 7th.  A lot of fun.  Quite surprised at my results. (16th in short track and 8th in XC)

I was stoked to be “randomly selected” for UCI drug testing. (Photos below) The 180bs triathlete tearing it up at XC? Of course he needs testing!

More stories shortly.

Looking forward to a good  XTERRA season.

Here are some slides: Go to flickr.com to see the pictures titles.
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

A while ago I got this email:
Hey Conrad,

Thought I’d share this with you… Thanks for making my pictures look so good!

http://triathletemag.com

Nils Nilsen
(ph) 619.818.3187
(www)http://n2fotoservices.com
(www)http://xterraphotos.com

(Sent via iPhone)
Thanks Nils. Making a sweaty Caveman look good in the Alabama woods takes real talent!

I’m in Darkest Africa at the moment and dont get magazines or follow news on the web. So this was a nice surprise.

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