After a night of sleeping in the sprint position so I could wake up every hour and run to the portaloos, I started today feeling understandably anxious. The prospect of 122km with the squirts wasn’t filling me with my usual enthusiasm for a day on the bike. Although, let it be said that if there [...]

The first day of racing proper, and the promise of new singletrack sections throughout the 93km route had the start line pumping at 7am this morning. I’m pretty sure the enthusiasm for a pre-dawn wake-up and freezing start line will start to wane at some point… But for now, 500-plus riders fueled by free Seattle [...]

After eating my body-weight in Easter eggs and only two short rides I’m happy to report I’m nicely recovered from that other rather large multi-stage mountain bike race near Cape Town. And I’m already itching for the next adventure. Thankfully, it’s just around the corner… It starts this Friday, to be exact. The Old Mutual [...]