Training Log Archive: Stijn

The most shocking start I could possibly have hoped for, costing me about 4 mins on the first 200m leg. Maybe it had something to do with Jeremy shouting "faster, go faster!" as I left the starting blocks ;-) So the confidence was down for the next few controls. After hitting those fairly smoothly, I found some more flow and I really enjoyed the rest of the course (from #7 onwards). Probably could have pushed it a bit harder and avoided the odd 1-min mistake but I'm still pretty happy with the second half of my run.

I'm going to be in the Swiss Alps from 12 June - 5 July so my next O will be the long-O at Saints... methinks 20km is going to hurt!

C • Swiss Alps 2

I was planning to ride over Breedt's Nek but with the Magalies Monster on it was probably going to be closed. So instead, I parked my car in the Magaliesburg village and did a looong ride using the network of gravel roads which extend to the North West. Mostly fast gravel, a few corrugations, a few unexpected passes and an all round scenic ride :-) Max 50, Avg 21.1, Cadence 90.

Evening ride on the Spruit with Rhyan from Emmies to Republic and back. Had to push significantly harder to crack the 20km/h avg. Max 36, Avg 20.1, Avg Cad 79.

Evening ride with Rhyan along the Braamfontein Spruit from Emmies to Republic and back. Max 38, Avg 18.9, Avg Cad 78.