Won the biggest XTERRA ever held. 1300+ participants. The sport is growing like crazy here in Souf Effrica. Race was held at Buffelspoort outside Pretoria, South Africa.

On my way to PE for SA road TT champs on thursday.

More later

C

During his 2 day travel Conrad was spotted in New York City.

Had a great race. To my amazement I had a 5min 20 lead off this uphill bike, and won by 5min. My Specialized 29er was AMAZING. Shows you- 29ers can climb.

Big travel today- more later

Conrad Stoltz Winning 8th XTERRA  USA title.

2010 XTERRA USA Championship
September 25, 2010 – Ogden/Snowbasin, UtahOfficial Results by: JTL Timing Systems

Overall Results

 Plc Name                     Division    Fem   Swim    Bike     Run    Overall

   1 Conrad Stoltz #1         Pro              :21:34  1:25:11  :37:18  2:24:03
   2 Nicolas Lebrun #6        Pro              :24:10  1:28:17  :36:35  2:29:02
   3 Josiah Middaugh #2       Pro              :23:42  1:30:00  :35:56  2:29:38
   4 Dan Hugo #12             Pro              :21:04  1:31:37  :37:03  2:29:44
   5 Felix Schumann #23       Pro              :21:34  1:32:09  :36:20  2:30:03
   6 Seth Wealing #3          Pro              :20:44  1:34:32  :37:01  2:32:17
   7 Branden Rakita #7        Pro              :20:44  1:34:58  :40:59  2:36:41
   8 Cody Waite #5            Pro              :24:31  1:35:04  :37:54  2:37:29
   9 Will Kelsay #8           Pro              :26:09  1:34:12  :37:19  2:37:40
  10 Jason Michalak #249      30 - 34          :22:59  1:39:36  :37:45  2:40:20
  11 Matt Lieto #22           Pro              :22:27  1:40:27  :37:53  2:40:47
  12 Adam Wirth #20           Pro              :25:34  1:35:51  :41:13  2:42:38
  13 Scott Gall #14           Pro              :28:25  1:39:37  :35:13  2:43:15
  14 Craig Evans #4           Pro              :21:12  1:38:33  :43:30  2:43:15
  15 Shiloh Mielke #250       30 - 34          :29:08  1:36:44  :37:42  2:43:34
  16 Brad Zoller #13          Pro              :21:50  1:45:09  :38:01  2:45:00
  17 Justin Hurd #15          Pro              :27:14  1:40:01  :38:15  2:45:30
  18 Patrick Valentine #341   20 - 24          :20:56  1:43:25  :42:40  2:47:01
  19 Nicholas Goodman #191    30 - 34          :26:31  1:39:40  :40:55  2:47:06
  20 Luke Jay #213            30 - 34          :27:52  1:4

Being quite the “car guy” myself, I know a spectacular car when I see one. I just love cool cars. I bought my beloved Red Rocket (1987 Nissan Sentra) for $750 in Colorado Springs in 2001 and drove it like I stole it (and many other happy memories) before abandoning it in a parking lot in Reno- 2008. (Wanted to light it on fire and push it off a cliff but life has just been so busy)

Those bungees held the front fender up, and when I had to impress someone (like meeting a sponsor) I would touch the yellowing fender up with a can of black paint.

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I came to XTERRA Whistler for the single track and boy, I wasnt disappointed!

For sure the hairiest, most scary, most technical XTERRA course I’ve seen.  I walked some of the most hectic sections to check them out, then get on the bike, motivate and attack. Felt the rush of adrenaline, realized I forgot to breathe. What a rush. The riding here is in a class of its own. Not what I’m used to for sure.

I was just going to roll with the standard bike set up on my 29er Sworks Epic, but within 10minutes, I had the bar ends off, sliced the rear tire, so I put some Captains on and of course the Command Post is worth its wight in gold.

To make things harder – it just started raining and cant seem to shake this head cold.

The XTERRA crew, the athletes and the scenery is amazing. Fun times:

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