Posted by Chris Felgate on Friday, November 23, 2012,
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2012 Racing
ITU African Cup Troutbeck, Zimbabwe
Thursday 15th November saw Nikki and myself
travel up to Zimbabwe for the final ITU African Cup for 2012 in Zimbabwe. This
was also going to double as my final International race of my career. The trip
to Troutbeck is always longer than expected with the flight JHB to Harare going
without a hitch. Zimbabwe Triathlon put on a complimentary bus to Troutbeck,
four and a half hours drive from Harare. By the time we trundled into the hotel
parking bay it wa... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Friday, November 23, 2012,
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2012 Racing
Posted by Chris Felgate on Monday, September 17, 2012,
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2012 Racing
The BSG Sprint Triseries kicks off on 30th September! BSG has been committed to continuing to grow and support the sport of triathlon, despite the numerous sponsors pulling out due to the effects of the economic downfall. For more information, visit http://www.bsgmultisport.co.za/events/bsg-triseries Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Wednesday, August 22, 2012,
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2012 Racing
After a
restless night of sleep, I woke somewhere between 0600 and 0630hrs, watched my
usual youtube videos that take my mind to a place where I can start to
visualise what is about to happen in a few hours’ time. I had managed to find
some oats at one of the Olympic Village cafes the day before, which I promptly
had for breakfast. Wayne, my manager, had gone off to McDonalds to get my (and
our) standard Cappuccino with an extra 2 shots of espresso. (I am a caffeine addict,
developed fr... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Tuesday, July 10, 2012,
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2012 Racing
This WTS race in Austria would be my first of its kind and a chance to
test out how I would fare against the best in the world. I had been
implementing some new things in training so wanted to see what would
happen in a race format, especially with the Olympics in mid. The trip
to Kitzbuehel, a popular winter skiing town in the Austrian mountains,
was quite arduous with the flight from JHB to Frankfurt, two trains to
Frankfurt main station then another train to Munich Main station. I wa... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Wednesday, May 30, 2012,
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2012 Racing
Have a read: http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2012-05-29-felgate-seals-olympic-spot/ Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Thursday, May 24, 2012,
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2012 Racing
At this point in time, I am currently waiting for the ITU Olympic Qualification period to end, at the end of May. This has been a two year period and there have been many ups and downs. I am currently leading the African New Flag position for the Olympics after competing twice in South Africa, Mauritius, Brazil, China and the Philippines in 2012 alone. However, my closest rival, Mehdi Essadiq from Morocco is 184 points behind me going into the final race in the Olympic Qualification cycle, in... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Thursday, May 10, 2012,
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2012 Racing
The trip to Fuzhou- China, via Hong Kong went as well as
long haul travel can go. No miss haps and even managed to get on a
complimentary bus to the host hotel. China is a very ‘different’ country, well
I guess, if you are ‘Westernised’ that is! There are large cultural differences
such as smoking in restaurants, elevators, in your face and of course spitting
everywhere. The food is also tricky and the only things one can recognise are
rice and noodles, however, these are generally ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Friday, April 13, 2012,
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2012 Racing
The
All Africa Championships were held in Mauritius on the 31st March and
was going to decide the future direction of my triathlon career. The
focus of my latter career has been to qualify for the London Olympics as
the African New Flag. Essentially this entails being the highest ranked
non-South African, African. Up to the African Champs, my 2012 did not
get off to a great start, as can be seen from the previous posts. I had
to beat Mehdi Essadiq from Morocco, my main contender for th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Friday, April 13, 2012,
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2012 Racing
Sunday 17th March was set to be one of the most crucial races in terms
of earning ITU points and moving up my position on the world rankings. I
made the trip down to PE on the Friday prior to the race to try and
rest up before a busy Saturday whereby had to combine my pre- race warm
up with my work has BSG Elite Team manager. We had a full Elite squad
down in PE racing so had to make sure they were all sorted as well as
myself prior to the race. The 23 strong mens field was small but
... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Wednesday, March 7, 2012,
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2012 Racing
The start of the duathlon season has kicked off nice and early this year
with the first event in the Momentum I flex National Series kicking off
just outside Pretoria (road event of 5km run/40km bike/2.5km run).
For me, duathlons are not the nicest or easiest forms of racing- I
definitely love a water leg in the race! Anyway, they are a necessary
form of evil and something I force myself to do, to work on my weaker
disciplines. I didnt rest going into the race and literally it came slap... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Thursday, February 23, 2012,
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2012 Racing
This race was always going to be 'a tough day out', mainly because I am
not a sprint race athlete and secondly, there were two previous World
Champions racing on the day. BSG's Wian, Abrahm and myself flew down on
Saturday, with the race being on Sunday. I always say this once done,
but it is sometimes better to get to a race with one day off in between,
especially when there is a trek from your house to the airport to the
place where you are staying etc. Anyway, after getting to our ac... Continue reading ...
Posted by Chris Felgate on Saturday, February 11, 2012,
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2012 Racing
 Sunday 4th Feb saw the second event in the JHB
City Triseries. I wanted to try and top my 3rd place in the 1st event in
the series, however, I knew would have my work cut out, as I went into
the race quite tired based on the training I have been doing. As I am
now entering a crucial time in my racing and training period, as I try
and qualify for the London Olympics (cut off being 31st May), I cant
afford to taper for too many races as I have to focus on the bugger
events such as SA and...
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