First off, the attakwas was nowhere near as bad as I expected it to be! I rode with dad for the race so that I could get used to riding at his pace for 8+hours. His pace is not as fast as mine (in honesty) so I was able to ride the race within my limits and just enjoy mountain biking for what it really is! There are some very steep climbs in the attakwas and lots of tricky, loose, dangerous descents which we took carefully so as not to injure ourselves. After about 70km dad started cramping c...
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Riding has been pretty tough since I last updated this! Last week Tuesday I did the cycling leg of a small triathlon in Natures Valley with a friend, Kerri Langton, and a Cousin, Stephan Diederiks, as partners. It was only 12km but it felt like a lot longer because it is quite hard to go all out when I do little to no training in that regard. The course was quite bumpy with poor road conditions and a lot of slower riders clogging up the roads but we managed to pull through with a 3rd position...
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