{"id":182,"date":"2008-04-24T21:49:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T19:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/a-story-of-inspiration-by-south-africas-1-female-triathlete-mari-rabie\/"},"modified":"2008-04-24T21:49:20","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T19:49:20","slug":"a-story-of-inspiration-by-south-africas-1-female-triathlete-mari-rabie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/index.php\/a-story-of-inspiration-by-south-africas-1-female-triathlete-mari-rabie\/","title":{"rendered":"A story of inspiration by South Africa’s #1 female triathlete, Mari Rabie…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a short story by Mari Rabie<\/a>, South Africa’s great hope for the Beijing Olympics. Visit her excellent blog at MariRabie.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was quite unaware of the inspiration, but am very touched by this story…<\/p>\n

Conrad Stoltz Xterra South Africa finish<\/p>\n

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It is not everyday that you get the opportunity to meet, never mind race against the hero that inspired you as a kid.<\/p>\n

I was in the fortunate position to do exactly that this weekend at the South African Xterra held in Eligin, Grabouw.<\/p>\n

Conrad Stoltz.I have memories of me as a little aspiring triathlete sitting at our dinner table staring at this lean, mean triathlete absolutely captivated by the stories he was telling of his racing in Europe. I must have been 10.<\/p>\n

I can’t exactly remember and Conrad was back from Europe(I think France?)having dinner at our house. I always knew of some awesome South African triathlete racing somewhere else, but to finally meet him was a mayor wow.<\/p>\n

I was inspired…later that year I wrote down in my yearbook that mum made us fill in each year that I want to be a Professional Triathlete when I grow up.I think that was the first time Conrad made me think “I want to be able to do that”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article by Mari Rabie here<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,58,59,68,113],"tags":[1754,1758,439,465,549,1773,1782,730,777,898,1015,1126],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n