The two weeks after competing in Durban at the All Africa Champs my training had been going well. I then started battling with a sore throat and the usual aches that usually precedes a bout of flu. Unfortunately I woke up about 8 days ago with this and after 3-4 days the aches subsided but the 'extra's' that come with a cold have been hassling me since. Despite dosing myself with all the immune boosting vitamins that I know, I havent managed to shake it, which resulted in a visit to the doc y...
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What a weekend! Driving down with Nikki on the Friday prior to the race, we hit Natal in the late afternoon, staying with distant relatives in Sheffield Beach, Mike and Mary Graham. Sat was spent relaxing and going over the course. The race was on Sunday 1330hrs and the wind was blowing roughly at 19km/hr, at least less than the day before. The sea had quite a  chop and to make matters slightly more interesting, the blue bottle brigade was out in full force!

6 of us got away on the swim and on...
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The final of the JHB City Triseries was held a little over 2 weeks ago. I was finally able to test my fitness after battling with a few medical situations. The swim went well, coming out the water with Sander and Hendrik. Onto the non drafting 40km bike leg and I dropped back from the front two a bit- partly due to a lack of bike fitness and lack of TT bike. The run went better with posting my PB 10km to date at 33.15- showing that the consistent track and other run speed sessions are paying ...
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