{"id":2972,"date":"2012-01-23T07:26:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T07:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2012-01-23T07:26:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T07:26:48","slug":"its-sunday-afternoon-and-im-in-the-office-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/index.php\/its-sunday-afternoon-and-im-in-the-office-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Its sunday afternoon, and I’m in the office. (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No no, this is not the office. BUT the fine lunch and even finer wine at Guardian Peak Winery<\/a> with my lovely wife,<\/p>\n

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is the reason I ended up in the office on Sunday AFTERNOON…<\/p>\n

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3hrs on my Specialized Roubaix<\/a>. Stellenbosch to the far side of Franschhoek pass. 4 Passes. Hard tempo up both sides of Helshoogte and both sides of Franschhoek pass, and twiddling along at 300- 330W on the flats.<\/p>\n

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One of the biggest allures to me about the Stellenbosch area is the amazing scenery… Simonsberg here<\/p>\n

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And if course the Franschhoek Pass baboons…<\/p>\n

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The Franschhoek Baboon has got to be the laziest baboon to walk the earth…<\/p>\n

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Ok, this little one is still semi awake and admiring his toe.<\/p>\n

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Top of Franschhoek Pass. In this corner, Barry Pauw- my team mate at the 2005(06?) Cape Epic, rolled a front tire (because of a slow puncture) 130km into the 8th stage, already we had lost 3 chain ring bolts (fixed chain rings together with zip ties and could only use big ring!) and punctured twice. And my achilles was half torn by then. In other words- we were not filled with mirth- Barry’s front wheel washed out in the hair pin bend and he crashed wholesale across the road- Barry, bike, bottles, big words and glasses all scattering in different directions. We fixed the small side wall cut by wrapping duct tape around the tire a few times, (now THAT looked Caveman-like) and vowed never to do this bladdie stoopid race again.<\/p>\n

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In that same corner, you’ll find the sweetest mountain water- I never miss the refill stop.<\/p>\n

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Back up Helshoogte you get the other view of Simonsberg. Oooh, what cute little numbers dancing around on the Wattage meter screen- its gonna be a good season. (XTERRA Buffelspoort<\/a> this coming weekend)<\/p>\n

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Finally- Dorpstraat Stellenbosch- home sweet home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No no, this is not the office. BUT the fine lunch and even finer wine at Guardian Peak Winery with my lovely wife, is the reason I ended up in the office on Sunday AFTERNOON… 3hrs on my Specialized Roubaix. Stellenbosch to the far side of Franschhoek pass. 4 Passes. Hard tempo up both sides […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82],"tags":[234,240,1754,526,560,705,1059,1097],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n