Category: Interview
Interview with Espírito Outdoor
Conrad Stoltz fala ao Espírito Outdoor
POSTED BY Rodrigo Langeani on ago 19 under Entrevista, Mountain bike, Triathlon, XTERRA
Conrad Stoltz XTERRA World Champs
BTW, if your Portuguese is a bit rusty, copy and paste the text into GoogleTranslate.
A partir de hoje o Espírito Outdoor fará uma série de artigos dedicados ao Xterra. Serão entrevistas, dicas e curiosidades. E para abrir a série nada melhor do que Conrad Stoltz.
Se o Xterra tivesse um embaixador, provavelmente ele seria o sul-africano Conrad Stoltz, 3 vezes campeão mundial de Xterra. O atleta também conhecido como Caveman (homem das cavernas em inglês) falou em sua entrevista, exclusiva para o Espírito Outdoor, do seu início no esporte, seu treinamento, a construção da sua piscina na África do Sul (uma história engraçadíssima que será pauta de um artigo semana que vem) e seu papel no desenvolvimento de novos produtos esportivos junto a Specialized e AVIA seus patrocinadores.
Espírito Outdoor: Quanto tempo faz que você corre XTERRAs?
Conrad Stoltz: Eu comecei a participar de XTERRAs em 2001. Mas fiz meu primeiro triathlon quando eu tinha apenas 14 anos.
Click here for the rest of the interview with Esprito Outdoor
“Meet that Bobby Behan dude”- slowtwitch.com interview
The time we put red dye in Bobby’s gloves…
The time we “lined them up like soldiers”…
Meet that Bobby Behan dude
Written by: Herbert Krabel
Date: Wed Mar 10 2010
[Many Pros really wanted to meet Bobby Behan the last few months when word got out that he was in charge of the new Specialized Triathlon team. But there was only so much space. Here is your chance to meet him.
Slowtwitch: Bobby, thank you very much for the chat.
Bobby: Herbert, thank you too. Always good touching base and I hope to see you at one of the upcoming events this year!
ST: Are you in Stellenbosch as we speak?
Bobby: I sure am. As I type I’m sitting on my stoop (SA terminology for porch), its evening time but still 30 Celsius (86F)!! Bliss!
ST: How often do you get tortured on rides, runs or swims by the Caveman Conrad Stoltz?
Bobby: Hmmm. The Caveman! I could write a book on him! Conrad has been a nocturnal creature lately so our training paths haven’t crossed!! He’s building his house during the day and training come nightfall! We did have a good coffee on Saturday morning! He hadn’t started training, yet I had finished a 2.5 hour ride. I suppose that’s one up for me! I did not make the MTB race on Sunday morning though, a race The Caveman won by over 11 minutes – that would have been torture!]
“We expected Greg Bennett, but its the South African, Conrad Stoltz, who wins the only ITU leg in France” 1999
[“I’ll bet this is the strangest interview you’ve ever done,” says Conrad Stoltz as he locks his Specialized road bike to a lamp post outside a Stellenbosch coffee shop.
Thirty minutes earlier, he had to duck out from our conversation to visit his physiotherapist for a good working over: a couple of niggling injuries needed some soothing.
The “Caveman” has certainly been through his fair share of ups and downs over a career dating back to 1991. In fact, he may just be the longest serving professional sportsman in South Africa (if one thinks back to the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Conrad was already a “veteran” of the French triathlon circuit).
CRANK was fortunate enough to sit down with Conrad recently and talk about his early days as a professional triathlete in South Africa and continental Europe.
CRANK: Conrad, you had your “breakthrough” race aged 17 at the SA Champs in Langebaan way back in 1991. Could you talk us through your build up, expectations and the race itself?
CONRAD STOLTZ: That was indeed a “milestone” race for me – something just “happened” that day and I moved up the next level.
It was the first year that we had a heated pool in Pretoria – they built a Health and Raquet Club in Pretoria in 1990; I bought a life membership costing something like R700. So that was the first year that we were able to swim right through the winter, which had always hampered us in the years before.
My aspirations then were to win the junior category – there was great depth within the junior ranks with Greg Lunderstedt, Bryan Mellville, Cameron Jones, Dave Hyam; to name but a few.
On race day, there was a “more than” gale force southeaster which resulted in huge waves in the swim- very intimidating for us “Vaalies”. Back then we swam out the marina out to sea – or so it felt. – Kevin Richards had a huge lead out of the water, which he extended on the bike to over four minutes.
I was a complete “tri geek” and rode… ]
Click here for the rest of the classic interview on www.crank.co.za
France Iron Tour- the 10 stage one- in 95 or 96? Stage 2 start in Marseilles. That’s me in the middle, (silver sleeveless suit) hogging the start line. Back in the days I could still swim…
Interview with Macca 2 days before 2009 Ironman Kona
I interviewed Chris McCormack for I am Specialized.
10 questions with Igor Nastic
Meet TriathlonTeam.org team mate, Igor Nastic.
I was born in 1978 in Bellinzona, Switzerland and my origins are serbian. I work as a teacher, but i also do some journalism, art consulting and coaching. I love to mix travelling, art, good food, good wine and super though training… unfortunately the day has only 24hrs
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[I think it says “Artist’s shit”]
How you feel about your season so far?
i’m very happy even if i broke my arm few weeks ago. i enjoy very much training in my region, and i had the chance to train by bike in palma del mallorca, which i consider a great place for many reason: culture, food, lifestyle and bike roads.
