Posts Tagged ‘south africa’
In just 4 airline meals,
I went from this:
Roodewalshoek, Lydenburg, South Africa (Yes, that is a Cheryl Crow speedo)
To this:
Reno, Nevada, USA
More Black and White Photography
The Cheetah sculpture collection in Stellenbosch by Dylan Lewis really has my imagination going. There are 23 Dylan Lewis animal sculptures in Stellenbosch, and you literally bump into one on every street corner. As I ride my cruiser bike around town I cant stop taking pictures…
Wish I had a real digital camera, my SLR is outdated & I dont have time to stand around in the dark room printing B&W test strips for hours anymore.
Soul riding
One of the many great things I got to do while in PE for Ironman was exploring the South Africa East coast by mountain bike. Actually it was training, (1h30 ride with 8x20second sprints) but I played with the location a bit and what came out was this amazing ride from Schoenmaakerskop to Sardinia Bay.
These kind of training sessions don’t come very often, but they provide me with the soul food I need for a long season’s racing, training, traveling and getting visas.
This is why I love my job…
The Caveman discovers the tractor!
Always keen to support my meager triathlon income with some cash, I’m trying my hand at growing instant lawn. The field has been fallow for about 6 years (since my dad tried Protea flower farming) so the plowing was quite tough. Had to cut some smallish thorn tress down, roll rocks away and tried to get rid of all the Sickle Thorns. You’ll notice I write Sickle Thorns with capitals, as They deserve a lot of respect. They go through a tractor tire like a knife through butter. I’m almost done preparing the field now, and am on my 2nd front tire so far. As you can imagine, changing a tractor tire is not nearly as quick and easy as a bike tire…
This is how I fly. Getting to the field (where the tractor sleeps) is a 25minute race pace mountain bike ride away. (45min by tractor) Getting home is where the plow backs up as a bike rack. Its about as close as I get to training…
