mr_stig

Years ago we hiked and picnicked there and I didn't feel unsafe.

I have the same problem - will try your fix. At a point where it may drive me mad.

As a weak-willed person who has recently been faced with a similar question, I can tell you that the answer is yes. And if you can't afford it, sell a kidney or child.

Are the overall results available anywhere?

Shout-out to the wind for making the racing even more challenging.

Just to check - does the racing start at 10; or can we register from 10 with the races starting later?

To quote cycling's equivalent of Voldemort, "It's not about the bike."

....when 5fm played music worth listening to?

Willing to bet more delegates and MPs get sent than athletes.

If you offered any cyclist a spot on the podium, they'd take it. Quintana might not have won, but he beat the last-placed finisher (also a pro racer), by over five hours. I'd hardly call him a loser. Still, it would have been nice to see Froome panic a bit more.

Nairo Quintana? More like Noshow Quintana! To be fair, I'd also feel pretty sick if my view of the French countryside was restricted to the back of a team Sky jersey. Hope there is a bit more switching of the lead during the Vuelta.

This looks like fun. Although you may need to time me using moon phases, tides or a calendar.

I've heard of a swim technique called hypoxic breathing. Basically, you swim lengths in the pool and increase the amount of strokes before taking a breath. ie. breath on 1,3,5,7. Not sure if that's strictly hypoxic, but a swim coach I once met reckons it's a good way to train.

I have done some commuting on my MTB between Randpark Ridge and Houghton. It wasn't too bad but there is one other problem to address: Joburg is a pretty hilly city. If you have to cycle even 15km to work, chances are you will be drenched in sweat in the summer months. Few companies have shower facilities wear employees can freshen up; even fewer have secure bicycle parking. But as others have commented already, an open patch of tar on a Joburg road by default belongs to taxis and morons who think they are more important than any other road user. My other concern is that this will be like the Gautrain and compromise of limited routes that benefit few people.

I did my bit and sent an objection. I don't think they have thought this through - sure - they may stop trout accidentally entering new rivers/streams. But at the expense of entire industries that either promote fly fishing or breed trout for food.

Starting in AL but it's been a while since I last raced so I am probably out of my depth. It could be a looooooooong time trial for me!

Good ride to test your endurance. It's also well organised from what I remember.

While we are on the subject, how often are time trial races held? And where can we find details?

According to the World Health Organisation vitamin supplements are just that - supplements. If you have a deficiency they may assist, but should not be your first port of call. Your diet should be. Now if you'll excuse me, I have an egg McMuffin that needs my attention.

I must beat him, no matter the cost. Somebody give me the number of Contador's butcher.

I think cheating in general has been part of its make up. I read a book about the tour and in its earliest days, competitors would break rules. Cyclists would carry glass milk bottles and shatter them on the ground to shred tyres of those behind them. If the tour passed through a cyclists home town/village, the local residents would often pummel other riders to give the hometown hero an advantage. I think there has always been some form of cheating. Doped or not, those guys suffer. It's excellent to watch.

Where can I watch Le Tour if I don't have DSTV? Will it be streamed live at all? I'd like Andy Schleck to win but I think Froome will take it.

Random trivia: Ouma rusks are from Molteno which is in the Eastern Cape if memory serves me. Though that's just the story on the box. They're probably mass produced in a factory in Boksburg.

Will see. Next year might be a Comrades year rather than IM. Might do 70.3 though.

You get one bag for the cycle leg, one for the run and you can only access each bag once. You're correct about receiving outside help - you are not allowed to get food, clothes, spares from spectators. If you do put clothes in your run/cycle bags, be sure to collect them even if you don't need them on race day. Special needs bags are all thrown away. You will not be able to track your bag down. Don't forget, you can keep your warm top in your run transition bag and take it at the start of the run if you wish. If you decide to leave it, you will not lose your warm gear as you still get your transition bags back after the race.