Posts Tagged ‘Conrad Stoltz’
Legs for hire…
Benita De Witt (l) and Jan Hendrik trying to make the Caveman look presentable. (I just got back from a 9hr tyre testing day- hence the cycling kit and stupid tan/dirt line)
Benita de Witt has been my physiotherapist in South Africa for the past 12 years. Since then, I havent had a single sports injury. That was not trauma related!!! (ie bike crashes) She is very innovative and forward thinking in her treament. She uses the Lyno Method, “bankie”excersises and yellow page wedges to balance athletes. Read more about it here. Benita is making a new website and needed a picture of a pair of sporty legs for the logo on the homepage. It was an honour to be elected. Here is the process of getting the pictures taken.
Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen , photographer & designer extraoridinaire took the pictures at his stunning studio in Bosmans Square, Stellenbosch.
Specialized tire testing camp in Stellenbosch
Burry Stander doing rolling resistance testing on the rollers. He rode at 25km/h and at 35km/h with about 20 different tires and measured the wattage needed to hold those speeds for each tire. On the right (reading the power tap numbers) is Benno Willeit, our Specialized mechanic, and on the left is Tire Specialist Frank Stacey.
Nikola Tosic- The Serb behind the blogging
Here is a screen shot of Nikola Tosic, (on the right) “Cooling or dieing” and the Caveman blog he made. I posted the screen shot because I couldn’t figure out how to get the pic of him being cool (or dieing?). It turns out to be quite an interesting touch, I think. Sort of “a look into the Caveman’s desktop.” Notice the “Canadian visa South African” in the Google search box.
Nikola has taught me everything I know about blogging. Ok, its not much. How about “Nikola can teach me everything I ever want to know about blogging!”
He started and runs Nekada triathlon team which is basically a few hand selected triathletes (including Dan Hugo) from around the world, teaching us to how to blog, build brands and use the internet to optimize athletes’ exposure on the World Wide Web.
Nikola races Ironman, spends a few months in South Africa every year to escape the Serbian winter.
A seriously interesting character, (see tosic.com or any of his other 15 websites) he says it like it is, writes poetry, thinks outside of the box, likes art, design and especially arguing…
The story of Rory
Elephant Tales- by Rory Mackie
This is one the most hectic stories I have ever heard. Ror has told it many times- the details changing depending on how many beers he’s had and who the audience is. But here is the original version. Before the beers and before the legendary story grew tails.
Rory is from Zimbabwe: “where they breed us tough” he would always say. Rory and I lived and trained together for 2 years at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, USA and my home in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Rory, young and eager, always tackles the bull by its horns (he still lives in Harare despite the utter chaos thanks to despot Robert Mugabe) He used to be the most reckless on this bike down mountain passes, he would hit the track workouts 110%, we built the biggest potato gun in Colorado, and oh yes, Ror won the under 23 ITU Duathlon Worlds Champs in 2003.
We are both adventurers, but this time Ror took it 1 step too far…
He wrote this piece in 2003- shortly after his release from hospital- instead of getting ready for the Athens Olympics- where he should have been representing Zim in triathlon.
We have many interesting, read “hair raising” stories- and great memories – surely to be included in my autobiography one day, but this one takes the cake. Sensitive readers, go get some hankies…
“As I am finally sitting down and writing my story I am still sweating from my first training session. It has been 8 weeks since I have been able to exercise. I call it training but it was only a 15 minute ride on a spinning bike, but man it felt good, there were times when I thought that this day would never arrive.
Triathletemag.com Photos of the year: Part III
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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