Joberg2c

I must say I was a little worried about this one... 9days, 910kilos! Something different and new for me! Luckily I had Paul Cordes as my partner, he is also currently my coach so I was sure that he wouldn't try to break me.

Day 1, apparently a neutral day and we were already taking shots. Things didn't look so great anymore. 

Day 2 went even worse with Paul having issues with his pedal just before the last waterpoint. We decided to sit up and enjoy the rest of the day out there. 

Ok, so maybe it wasn't really going that bad, but then we got our act together or maybe rode into some shape, suddenly we were both feeling pretty good.

Even thou we planned a steady ride down to Scotsburg we got invloved in a few serious battles out there. Some beter riding and a bit of luck saw us moving into 4th over all after day 6. Game on!

We came close to jumping on the podium the last day. Itec got us with less than 10k's to go. Our legs wasn't really working anymore by this time. Anyway we made it all the way and finished in 4th place, must say i've never been so happy to get on the beach!

Thanks transact for making this experience possible for us and to Paul for some great riding and motivation when needed and Andre Cordes from Epic Sports Cycle shop, our mechanic / team managment for making sure everything and the bikes ran smooth all the way!

Stuff and 2nd National:

After a bunch of races down in KZN were I managed a few average and some beter results in the Momentum International xco series and also the PMB world cup, I was really excited for the second national at fountains!

I took some time off before this event seeing that it was a good time to rest the legs after a few hard weeks of racing. This was during the Epic and I had the privilege to go on this "epic" journey with the guys from Epic Sports Cycle Shop. Great fun and a very nice experience!

Back to reality! I enjoyed the holiday, but needed some quality time on the bike before the 2nd leg of the national xco series.

On the day I felt fresh and excited, maybe to excited... It's never a good time to crash, but half way through the first lap! Don't really know what happend there, we were flying and all of a sudden, I wasn't flying anymore...

I tried my best to pick up the pieces. It took a while, but once the worst pain disappeared and with the support of the crowd I caught a few guys and managed to pull of 2nd u/23.