Benita De Witt (l) and Jan Hendrik trying to make the Caveman look presentable. (I just got back from a 9hr tyre testing day- hence the cycling kit and stupid tan/dirt line)

Benita de Witt  has been my physiotherapist in South Africa for the past 12 years. Since then, I havent had a single sports injury. That was not trauma related!!! (ie bike crashes) She is very innovative and forward thinking in her treament. She uses the Lyno Method, “bankie”excersises and yellow page wedges to balance athletes. Read more about it here. Benita is making a new website and needed a picture of a pair of sporty legs for the logo on the homepage. It was an honour to be elected. Here is the process of getting the pictures taken.

Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen , photographer & designer extraoridinaire took the pictures at his stunning studio in Bosmans Square, Stellenbosch.

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Mark DeJohn

One of the hardest things for the traveling athlete is finding a good massage. After some poking around in Bend, I was referred to Mark by another cyclist. That was 4 years ago and now we good friends. Mark is a big strong guy (even bigger and stronger than me!) and there is no worry that the massage wont be deep enough! Here I was introduced to Active Release Technique (ART), a technique which takes care of tight spots in a matter of minutes. We’d go with the usual massage for recovery and if we run into trouble (usually IT Band) Mark would do some ART and Bob’s your uncle.

Mark is also an avid mountain biker and trail builder. In fact, he helped build most of the existing trail system in Bend and is the Oregon IMBA representative. Although we talk a lot of cycling, we actually havent ridden together yet. (We do go for beer quite a bit!) See, Mark likes to ride hairy trails on his 5inch travel trail bike, and I try to stay in 1 piece for Worlds in October. A bit of a clash. Now that Worlds web is over its snowy, but we’ll fit in a ride sometime levitra generique.