{"id":2407,"date":"2011-01-12T14:24:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T12:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2011-01-12T14:24:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T12:24:58","slug":"the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/index.php\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a little behind with the blogging, so I’m trying to quickly squeeze a few topics into one blog.<\/p>\n

The Good:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Long, easy mountain bike rides on the Highveld. Drinking water straight from the spring. (Fountain)<\/p>\n

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You may have to fight a frog, a tadpole and a cow pat for the freshest water,<\/p>\n

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but as long as you lock the gate, no one gets hurt…<\/p>\n

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The Bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting ready for the South African Time Trail Champs on Feb 3. Lots of painful stuff happening in 1 place. Putting some miles on the Elite PowerMag<\/a> trainer and Powercranks<\/a> at 1400m altitude- probably the 3 most painful things you can do at one time.<\/p>\n

I poured concrete flooring all day so had to train at night. Usually I dont need an excuse to train at night…<\/p>\n

No real electricity here- so no cooling fans. But afterward I did a few laps in the sweat puddle to cool down…<\/p>\n

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See those little spikes in yellow? Each spike feels like putting your hand in the fire.<\/p>\n

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Anxiously awaiting a fast, flat bike with low bars that pedals itself. Like Fabian’s.<\/p>\n

For once Fedex stuffed it up. How many countries does a bike have to visit before hitting Africa? And what did it do in Memphis Tennessee for 5 days? (Visit Elvis?) I’ve been to Tennessee, you can see it all in 1 day.<\/p>\n

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The Ugly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did an 8hr Enduro ride with my mate Wayne. He is training for next years Roof of Africa already…<\/p>\n

One of the best parts was going up this stream for about 2km. Hard work!<\/p>\n

Was totally worked. Stopped counting the crashes after about 5.<\/p>\n

Was A LOT of fun.<\/p>\n

Somehow the coach is not impressed… What?! Skills training!<\/p>\n

Wayne halfway into the House of Pain<\/p>\n

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Too late to worry about a few scratches.<\/p>\n

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No pedaling required.<\/p>\n

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The “main road.”<\/p>\n

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Ok ok, Playtime is over. The thing is winterized and locked away.<\/p>\n

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Time to chew bubblegum and kick ass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a little behind with the blogging, so I’m trying to quickly squeeze a few topics into one blog. The Good: Long, easy mountain bike rides on the Highveld. Drinking water straight from the spring. (Fountain) You may have to fight a frog, a tadpole and a cow pat for the freshest water, but as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[125],"tags":[1754,467,471,892,1806],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n